Girls are married off (Claimed) at 17 years of age, and have no say in who claims them, unless their Protector chooses to indulge their wishes. Women must be constantly with their Protector, either father, substitute guardian, or husband. The state of women in Baalboden, and perhaps other city states is horrific. This is not to say that the dystopian society is not reminiscent of certain terrible elements in cultures I'm familiar with, particularly the past. Personally, I think dystopias can go either way, and I have trouble really seeing our world evolving into this one. I would rank Defiance as more of a fantasy than a science fiction novel. Basically, it felt natural and worked well with the story. Nor does her writing ever seem forced, like she was writing with a thesaurus to sound smarter. Her sentences are complex and I just love her syntax and diction. Good news: I didn't! In fact, I was impressed with Redwine's writing early on. With all of those expectations in play, I was really afraid I would turn out to hate Defiance. While this may not have much to do with the quality of the book, I just had to express my obsessive love for this cover. Rachel does have hair like that, and both the forest and the walled city are important settings for the plot. Having read the book, I also like that it seems to make sense for the book. Seriously, this is, without a doubt, one of my favorite covers. Defiance has been on my radar ever since I saw the cover.
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