REVIEW:

Destroy the Day wraps up the Defy the Night trilogy. This last installment continues to follow the beloved characters Tessa and Corrick as they fight their way through numerous challenges, impossible odds, and intense situations as they continue to learn about love, right, wrong. . . and each other. 

You may be surprised by the lower rating this book was given. After all, both the previous books were rated very well, four and five stars! And while three stars certainly isn’t a bad review, it’s definitely surprising/disappointing coming from a series rated so high. 

I’d like to say one thing before getting into why this book got three stars, and that’s this: I enjoyed this book and it was good!  But, sadly, it didn’t quite measure up to the rest of the series. 

It honestly took me a long time to figure out how I actually felt about Destroy the Day, since I couldn’t decide if I liked it or not. I eventually decided that I did enjoy the book, but not nearly as much as the first two. I got to thinking, and I narrowed it down to two main reasons why this book fell short for me.

  If being a writer has taught me anything, it’s that a reader’s expectations are powerful. I saw this demonstrated very well while I was reading this book. I expected to have a lot of interaction between the love interests in this book, which I thought was a reasonable expectation. But, unfortunately, there wasn’t much interaction between the love interests. At least, not the love interest I wanted to hear about. So that was reason number one : I wanted more interaction between the main characters. 

Reason number two is more straightforward. There was an LGBTQ+ relationship in this book. I knew this before I started the book, but I expected it to be very light and on the side. It wasn’t. One of the three main characters is in this relationship. And it was way too descriptive for my tastes. I felt pretty uncomfortable reading it at some points. And while it wasn’t enough to make me stop reading, it did hinder my enjoyment. 

So those are the two reasons why I didn’t like this book as much as the other two. But overall the series was very enjoyable for me! As far as warnings for this one, there are a few worth mentioning. 

WARNINGS:

Violence // Not descriptive sexual content // LGBTQ+

TAKEAWAYS:

My takeaways from this book were few and simple: it’s not easy to forgive but it’s worth it, and right and wrong isn’t always as simple as black and white. 

Reviewed by: Amara Ader