Yes, he had rock hard abs, but what else was there? Sure, you can appreciate it, but to be taken in so rapidly was ridiculous. I couldn’t even figure out why she like him so much. The love triangle in no way resonated with me and I could not understand how quickly Alexa and Prince Damien’s relationship progressed. Maybe I’m being a little unfair, but I could not help reading this book in my head with enough melodrama to last anyone a lifetime. It went a little something like this: “Oh, we’ve been captured! But how handsome Prince Damien looks! I’m in utter pain over his beauty!”

Then there were the times when it was completely inappropriate for her to be reflecting on either Prince Damien or Rylan. I couldn’t believe how many times a guy would look at her and she would either be fantasizing about falling into his arms or blushing like she’d never been in the presence of a guy before. I was helpless to stop him from leaving me.”Īlexa was utterly intolerable as a protagonist. As I stood next to his body, the darkness took the shape of death, reaching, grasping for him. “The blackness of the night was like a living thing, breathing in hope and expelling terror. Secrets are swirling around her and when Alexa’s secret is revealed, she finds herself drawn to both Prince Damien and her old friend Rylan.

The war between King Hector’s Antion and the neighboring kingdom of Blevon comes to a head when Prince Damien is abducted along with Alexa and her fellow guard Rylan. Having to disguise herself as a boy Alexa, known as Alex, quickly rises in rank in Prince Damien’s personal guard. After her parents are murdered, Alexa and her brother Marcel enlist in King Hector’s army.

Defy by sara b larson