Defiance (Strange Angels, #4) by Lilith Saintcrow

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Somewhat Spoilery for the Previous Books---Beware---

If the last in the series could be considered Graves's turn in 'wooing', this one is really Christophe's. Dru is still dealing with the ramifications of the last book, Jealously. She is impatient to find and save Graves and is tired of being 'dealt' with, instead of actively involved with his search. Christophe is there once again to provide the angst, which I'll be the first to say I love. Yet even with the lovely detours Christophe-ness I have to admit that I was a tad bit disappointed with the direction this installment, because while I saw Dru take some steps in the maturity dept. there wasn't enough happening with the plot. Sure Dru needs a time-out and escape from the pressures of her life, but I don't need three-quarters of the book to follow that. I wish there had been more demanding and less acquiescing.
The title is Defiance, which Dru lives up to, but not in the sense I had hoped. It looks like she will continue to go through the school of hard-knocks, but it makes me wonder just where St. Crow will take her in the last book, because Dru's been dragging her feet for awhile now. I always enjoy taking the time to visit with these characters and I still would recommend this series, I just don't feel like this is the strongest of the bunch.

Copy Source: Purchased Kindle version

Read 'ems

When I find a series or book I really like and want to share words may not suffice. Instead I will resort to enthusiastic pointing and simple instructions, hence the title of this post: Read 'ems. Simple enough, right?

I finally have my copy of Defiance, which I can't wait to start reading.

This is one of my favorite YA-series. I would totally, enthusiastically recommend it!

Start with Strange Angels, which takes a little bit to find it's pace, but once you move onto the second book you'll be hooked. There's a lot of inner-monologue, but it gets better and Dru is ahead of most girls in paranormal YA fiction. Plus there's Graves, who helps Dru navigate her new life and he pretty much makes this series for me.

The second in the series is Betrayals where Dru has to deal with many of the truths that were kept from her. I like that the author doesn't solve things in a matter of chapters and Dru is allowed to show some depth, be stubborn and mulish in a way that's realistic.

Jealousy is full of fun Graves scenes, oh and some other stuff I'm sure...

The last in the series, Reckoning is sure to be the cat's meow and we only have to wait until November. However I would have to mention...just say no to the Count Chocula jacket and bad highlights, plus the unintentionally hilarious dude in the corner!

Now I'm off to spend time with Defiance!