#king harristan

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Corrick: I think my brother Harristan is gay, and I can’t wait for him to tell me!

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✩⚔️🏰Series Review:

⋆ Adventure and suspense ⋆ Political intrigue ⋆ Romance ⋆ Multiple pov

What started out as a twist on Robin Hood turned into an action-packed, high-stakes adventure with brooding pirates, power-hungry consuls, and warring kingdoms that I could not put down. With each book in the series, I grew closer to Kemmerer’s characters and further immersed myself in the world they inhabited. All the tears I shed were worth it in the end and I look forward to reading Kemmerer’s next project. 

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I just finished Destroy the Day, and I am officially finished with the Defy the Night Trilogy, as devastating as that is to say.

if you plan to read this or you are a friend or colleague of mine that I have begged to read it! Do it!! But go away so I don’t ruin everything for you. Please.

spoilers below cut

I knew Harristan and Quint were gonna get gay with each other, and I was not disappointed. They are just so cutie and I love them very, very much.

speaking of which, when they “died” I was like, this would be such a cute little way to let them live out their dreams as the stable boy and the mill boy! And I’m so glad that’s what happened, I don’t know if I could handle it if they got to be themselves and then were killed instantly anyways.

loving the fact that they needed a fake name for Quint and they were like “you worked in a mill, so you shall be Miller!” Horribly creative, my liege

also, I’m really happy that Corrick knew, and didn’t feel like it had to be some huge thing. I have lots of siblings, some of which are LGBTQ+ and it wouldn’t have felt right for them to be brothers that spent their whole lives together, but Corrick can’t tell when Harristan is checking a dude out. Very well done! Especially because it included a bit of brotherly teasing. They are written so well for siblings, you can tell Kemmerer either has some herself or has really studied sibling dynamics in preparation.

Tessa and Corrick make me oh so happy. I wish I was her, please just one chance. They are so perfect for each other, very Hades and Persephone. They will make excellent rulers.

I was also ecstatic when it was revealed Corrick wasn’t dead! I would not have been able to handle it!!!

and how could I forget Corrick and Lochlan’s friendship. Nothing makes me happier than two men who love their partners so much that they can’t help but get along. Lochlan had lost his own brother, and he knew what Corrick needed, and he will be a perfect King’s Justice. (Sweetest moment ever, I shed many a tear) I was hoping that Corrick would appoint him for the same reasons Corrick stated in Destroy the Day. They are just so funny when they mess with each other, I love them so very much.

wonderful, wonderful books. Sad they are over, but glad Brigid Kemmerer didn’t turn it into some huge drawn out series. She knew three books was all she needed to tell this particular story. Not that I would be mad about a spin-off or two, however 👀

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Minor Defy the Night Spoilers

Ok it did actually get better. A lot of the politics is still annoying but I’m excited to see where the sequel goes

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I HAVE NOT READ DEFEMD THE DAWN YET, BUT IF HARRISTAN AND QUINT DON’T END UP TOGETHER I THINK I’LL CRY.

My wild (?) theory supported by scenes across Defy the Night on why Harristan and Quint could be a ship in Defend the Dawn:

(note: if they are somehow revealed to be related, like Rhen & Grey, forget this whole post lolol)

(1) The subtle banter and bickering

(2) The way Quint is confident enough to intercede with Harristan when the situation is tense

(3) when Quint is injured and Harristan is like siT DOWN, I'M GONNA PATCH YOU UP AND HEAL YOU

(4) this: .... but Harristan hesitates in the hallway. He studies Quint, sound asleep to the point where he's almost drooling.

"I'll wake him," I say. [Corrick]

"No. Let him sleep."

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I'm so happy. I'm soooo happy we got a TRUE happy ending. All the couples are getting married. The kingdom is prospering. Tessa's gonna be a good queen. Corrick's already proved himself to be a good king. Lochlan's the King's Justice. Harristan and Quint are alive and happy and living about the life they had imagined for themselves. Olive is pregnant. Saeth is captain of the guard. Rian is under INTENSE speculation. Things are good. Things are great. What a way to end the story. I love it. Truly, I love it

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Review: Defy the night - Brigid Kemmerer

The kingdom of Kandala is on the brink of disaster. Rifts between sectors have only worsened since a sickness began ravaging the land, and within the Royal Palace, the king holds a tenuous peace with a ruthless hand.

King Harristan was thrust into power after his parents' shocking assassination, leaving the younger Prince Corrick to take on the brutal role of the King's Justice. The brothers have learned to react mercilessly to any sign of rebellion--it's the only way to maintain order when the sickness can strike anywhere, and the only known cure, an elixir made from delicate Moonflower petals, is severely limited.

Out in the Wilds, apothecary apprentice Tessa Cade is tired of seeing her neighbors die, their suffering ignored by the unyielding royals. Every night, she and her best friend Wes risk their lives to steal Moonflower petals and distribute the elixir to those who need it most--but it's still not enough.

As rumors spread that the cure no longer works and sparks of rebellion begin to flare, a particularly cruel act from the King's Justice makes Tessa desperate enough to try the impossible: sneaking into the palace. But what she finds upon her arrival makes her wonder if it's even possible to fix Kandala without destroying it first.

Review:

I need to read the sequel. I was impressed around the torture but otherwise you can tell I rarely stopped reading it. It is a beautiful story with very raw and well put together characters. There is always an undercurrent behind an authoritarian government, not always the one at the head is the corrupt one. I love reading books inspired by Robin Hood.

READ THIS IMMEDIATELY

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Book Review: Defend the Dawn

Okay I'm finally going to clear my back log of reviews! So check out my review for Defend the Dawn by Brigid Kemmerer

Title: Defend the Dawn Author: Brigid Kemmerer Published: 2022 Publisher: Bloomsbury Pages: 429 From Goodreads: To save their kingdom, they must embark on a dangerous journey… The kingdom of Kandala narrowly avoided catastrophe, but the embers of revolution still simmer. While King Harristan seeks a new way to lead, Tessa and Prince Corrick attempt to foster unity between rebels and…

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Diversity win! The king known as “Harristan the Terrible” is queer

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Defend the Dawn

By Brigid Kemmerer

Defend the Dawn is the fantastic sequel to Defy the Night. This is easily my favorite read of 2022! Brigid Kemmerer writes the most amazing characters and the best stories. I can’t wait to see what happens in the next book in this series!

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“Corrick is terrible and wonderful and aggravating and inspiring, and somehow he manages all of it, all at once.” - Defend the Dawn

By Brigid Kemmerer

Love when a book quote sums up your feelings ❤️

[posts-from-kandala]

Harristan: Losing the IDGAF war to Quint badly (I want to be in love and have someone be in love with me).

[jessread-s]

I was on the edge of my seat with tissues on hand at all times!

“Destroy the Day” follows Corrick, Tessa, and Harristan as they find their way back to each other to save the Kingdom of Kandala before time runs out.

I really enjoyed the beginning and end of this book! Kemmerer creates characters that are impossible not to grow attached to, so I was happy to jump back in with Tessa, Corrick, and Harristan after being without them for so long. Their points-of-view allow the reader to explore the Kingdom of Ostriary while still remaining connected to the happenings in the Kingdom of Kandala. As always, Kemmerer’s detailed imagery and thoughtful world-building effectively immerse the reader in new environments and old.  

Sadly, the middle is where this book fell flat for me. Tessa and Corrick spend a majority of the book apart and Kemmerer relies on other storylines to advance the plot forward—storylines that I just did not find captivating and made the story feel longer than necessary. Once Tessa and Corrick actually reunite, I was underwhelmed by their romance and I expected more since I was deprived of it for most of the book.

Still, saying goodbye to this series was hard and the ending made me so emotional. I bawled like a baby for a solid chapter or two, but I couldn’t be happier with how Kemmerer left things!

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DEFY THE NIGHT IS JUST *Cheff's kiss*

...Only me or some spark between Harristan and Quint would be more than welcome in the 2nd book?

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Defy the Night

Things I liked:

-     Corrick and Tessa are so cute together!  I really liked that by the end of the book they were together.  Sometimes I don't want to wait for the happiness.  I like to when it happens right away and they can be happy together!  

-     The twist where Wes is actually Corrick was sooooooooo good!  I would never have guessed that was going to happen in a million years. And they way it was just kind of revealed without like trying to beat around it made it so much better.  

Things I didn't like:

-      The only thing I can think of that was not great was that there didn't seem to be a really strong villain in the story.  Like there seems to be a lot of people who could be the villain but none of them really stood out.  

Overall:

-     This book was better then the entire A Curse so Dark and Lonely series put together in my opinion.  It had the right balance of romance, action, politics, and comic relief.  It was very engaging and so much fun to read.  I can't believe I have no idea when the second one comes out.  

- Rating: 5/5

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Number of mentions in Defy the Night:

Mind your mettle, [Tessa] - 15 mentions, 14 by Corrick to Tessa, and one notable mention by Tessa to Corrick (pages 4, 5, 33, 74, 90, 92, 95, 112, 124, 178, 182, 252, 269, 270, 351)

Lord, [Tessa] - 16 mentions, 14 by Corrick to Tessa, 1 by Harristan to Tessa, 1 by Corrick to Harristan (pages 6, 25, 53, 89, 90, 118, 126, 129, 134, 197, 199, 209, 221, 267, 325, 369)