✨Defy the Dusk: Book Review✨

Author: Danielle L. Jensen

What can I say…Danielle L. Jensen has done it again!  Defy the Dusk was so amazing, I could barley put it down long enough to want to talk about it.  I just wanted to pick it up and read it all over again.  Is there anything that she can’t write well?  I really think the answer is no.

Premise: 𝒲𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝒹𝒶𝓇𝓀𝓃𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝓂𝑒𝒶𝓃𝓈 𝒸𝑒𝓇𝓉𝒶𝒾𝓃 𝒹𝑒𝒶𝓉𝒽 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝓊𝓇𝓋𝒾𝓋𝒶𝓁 𝒹𝑒𝓅𝑒𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝑜𝓃 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝒶𝓌𝓃, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓌𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝑔𝒾𝒸 𝒷𝓇𝑜𝓀𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝑜𝓇𝓁𝒹 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒸𝒶𝓇𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓅𝒶𝓉𝒽: 𝒹𝑒𝒻𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝓊𝓈𝓀. 𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓇𝓈𝓉 𝒷𝑜𝑜𝓀 𝒾𝓃 𝒶 𝑔𝓇𝒾𝓉𝓉𝓎 𝓅𝑜𝓈𝓉-𝒶𝓅𝑜𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓎𝓅𝓉𝒾𝒸 𝒻𝒶𝓃𝓉𝒶𝓈𝓎 𝒹𝓊𝑜𝓁𝑜𝑔𝓎.

Absolute perfection.  11/10 no notes.  I have always been a big fan of dystopian fiction and fantasy, so after finding out the Danielle L. Jensen wrote one? I needed it immediately.

First and foremost, I loved that the FMC is a little older than the main characters we often get with fantasy and romantasy books and wrining.  As in she is 29. Which is almost 30.  And while my older self would never be able to survive in this world, not even for a minute, I do love seeing characters closer to my age defying all the odds.  Plus a slightly older MMC? Say less.

The enemies to lovers was alive and well with this one.  As in he actually talks about how much he wants to *unalive* her.  True enemies/nemesises to lovers pipeline was alive and well in this one.  And I ate up.  Every single bit.

This book was all the things: action packed, intense, insane, and freaking fantastic.  I seriously already can’t wait for the next one. I will be requesting immediately when it is announced.

Defy the Dusk is perfect for fans of

⚔️Enemies to lovers

⚔️Slightly older main characters

⚔️Dystopian fantasy/romantansy

⚔️Steam Punk Vibes.

Seriously, this book is EVERYTHING and is out November 3rd.

A very special thank you to DelRey Books, NetGalley and the author for the e-ARC.