He immediately appointed his younger brother, Prince Corrick as the King’s Justice – the one responsible for stamping out any sign of rebellion and making a brutal example of anyone who breaks the law (and more and more people are being made examples of as the sickness and desperation for the Moonflower petals grows).Īs you might imagine, these brothers are. The former king and queen were gentle and beloved, but when they were brutally assassinated in a plot masterminded by the consul of one of the sectors, young Prince Harristan suddenly became king.Īnd after seeing how his parents’ kindness left them exposed to murder, he was determined not to make the same mistake. Defy the Night by Brigid KemmererĪ mysterious sickness has begun spreading among the people and the only cure, an elixir made from Moonflower petals, is in short supply, thanks to the fact that only two of the kingdom’s sectors can grow Moonflower and those sectors want to make as much money as possible on their suddenly wildly valuable commodity.Ī black market has sprung up around the petals, which means theft, shipment raids, and lots of desperate people, and the palace is doing everything possible to keep the peace. It’s one of those books with lots of plot twists, so I don’t want to give too much away, but here’s what you should know about Defy the Night.

The publishers are calling it a fantasy series but there’s actually no magic in it at all – it probably just FEELS like a fantasy book because of the setting and storyline. So when a copy of her newest book, Defy the Night, showed up in my mailbox, I didn’t hesitate for a second.Īnd happily, it was even BETTER than I expected. One of my favorite books I read in 2020 was A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer (if you haven’t read it, it’s a TERRIFIC retelling of Beauty and the Beast – I loved it so much).

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