The Laughing Listener
Format: Audiobook
Narrator: Rebecca Mozo
Length: 9 hours & 20 minutes

Story Rating: 3 Stars
Performance Rating: 5 Stars
Overall Rating: 4 Stars

This is the second book in the “Defy” trilogy, the sequel to the cliche-heavy novel that I found so entertaining a few weeks ago. And this definitely didn’t disappoint.

THE GOOD
Oh my god, I thought the first one was entertaining, but this one took it a step further and I ended up liking this sequel more than the first. When Vera the beautiful, evil, she-demon comes along, Alexa isn’t fooled for a minute, but all the men start drooling on the spot. In the end, it takes a woman to save all the men who couldn’t keep it in their pants and I can’t stress enough how much I enjoyed this storyline. Watching all the guys looks like morons and get saved by a kick-ass woman was awesome.

I also really enjoyed Rafe’s character because he was just so wonderfully evil. His power is legit terrifying and I genuinely have no idea how he’ll be defeated. He was such a creeper, I loved it!

And of course, the romantic tension between Damian and Alexa is top-notch in this book. Watching their relationship evolve was great fun. I love that Rylan still pretends like he has a chance because like, did he ever?? HA! Poor Rylan.



THE UGLY
Just like it’s predecessor, this book is incredibly predictable. It didn’t bother me this time because I had so much fun following the plot, but I don’t think I care enough about the third book to read it. In general, I already know what’s going to happen and how this saga will end, so what’s the point? I bought a package of the ebooks a couple weeks ago and I might just skim the third one [b:Endure|25440127|Endure (Defy, #3)|Sara B. Larson|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1430848464s/25440127.jpg|43797160] to see what happens, but I just don’t have it in me to go all in.

FINAL WORD
If you read [b:Defy|17406847|Defy (Defy, #1)|Sara B. Larson|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1371226819s/17406847.jpg|24246340] and enjoyed it, then definitely read this one too! I liked Ignite more than the first novel and highly recommend it to anyone looking for some good entertainment.