About this book:
“One
girl's faith makes her a soldier...
Seventeen-year-old Lennox Winters
lives an average life in a small Texas town where nothing ever seems to happen,
but that all changes in a blink of an eye. After her parents are murdered on
the street, she questions everything she knows and soon finds out there was
much more to their deaths. Now, there's a war in her own backyard and she has
only two options...go on the run and fight to survive or submit to the new
Regime taking over America and imprisoning Defiers--the ones who refuse to bow.
In her search for answers, she will discover her own limits and the price of
standing.
Faith will be tested.
Lives will be lost.
Truth will be found.
Are you brave enough to defy?”
Series: Book #1 in the “Defier” series.
Spiritual Content- 1 Thessalonians 2:2 at the dedication & Deuteronomy 31:6
at the beginning; Scriptures are read & mentioned; Prayers, saying The Lord’s
Prayer, & Thanking God; Going to a church for a funeral & the sermon; Talks
about God & faiths; ‘H’s are capitalized when referring to God; Lennox is mad
at God for allowing this to happen at the beginning and struggles with it for the
first part of the book; Lennox sees Heaven and her parents at one point; God
talks to Lennox; Many mentions of God, Jesus Christ, trusting Him, & faiths;
Mentions of prayers, praying, blessings over food, & thanking God; Mentions
of Bibles, Bible reading, & those and events in the Bible; Mentions of churches,
church going, preachers, choirs, & worshiping; Mentions of Christians; A few
mentions of miracles; A mention of a blessing; A mention of a Godsend; A mention
of a God-fearing town;
*Note: The villain of this series
thinks he is God, makes people bow down to him and denounce whatever faith they
are; Mentions of the Bible being illegal.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘blasted’ and five ‘stupid’s; A
bit of eye rolling; Extreme Pain, Injuries, Blood/Bleeding, & A Near Death Experience
(semi-detailed); Being in a Gas Chamber; Knocking someone out (up to semi-detailed);
Seeing people killed/murdered (barely-above-not-detailed); An explosion &
earthquake (semi-detailed); Nightmares & Illusions (including one with
snakes and another being strangled, up to semi-detailed); Many mentions of deaths/murders
(including Lennox’s parents and another loved one), seeing deaths, & the
terrorist organization who did it (semi-detailed); Mentions of weather disasters
& deaths (including seeing your parents swept away, barely-above-not-detailed);
Mentions of pain, injuries, & blood/bleeding (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions
of punishments & torture (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of a gas
chamber; Mentions of explosions & fires; Mentions of fighting; Mentions of guns/weapons
& them being aimed at people; Mentions of hatred; Mentions of nightmares &
illusions (up to semi-detailed); A few mentions of wars; A couple mentions of a
mother abandoning her child; A couple mentions of throwing up; A mention of threats;
A mention of bullies;
*Note: Mentions of a creature (a
result of a science experiment from the villain’s side) that can steal someone’s
soul; A few mentions of a car brand.
Sexual Content- Touches &
Dancing; A few mentions of Lennox’s friend who plans not to date until getting
her life right with God; A few mentions of crushes, liking someone, &
blushes; A mention of boy drama; A bit of crushing on someone, noticing his
handsomeness, & those feelings.
-Lennox Winters, age 17-18
P.O.V.
of Lennox
Set in 2030
270 pages
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My
personal Rating- 
{Probably not the best for girls sensitive to death.}
This was interesting. The first ten chapters are terribly sad and I was a little upset that when I look at reviews prior to reading, I saw no one mentioning that. It’s the after the death of her parents and then another loved one dies, so warning, if you’re a sensitive soul.
Let’s say that was the first
third of the book, the next third, I had a hard time getting into. There was a
lot of things that felt convenient for the plot and went as exactly as I
expected it to go. There were also some parts that would probably be realistic
for the time period (because it was a dystopian world where Christianity has
become basically illegal), but it was still a bit much for my stomach. (Confession:
This could be because my sensitivity level was higher than normal after those
sad first ten chapters.)
The last third I got more into,
because it was more like I was expecting of fighting against a corrupt
government and helping a rebellion. It also had the most faith content and
really focused on the message of as Believers, it doesn’t matter what happens
to us on earth, victory is ours at the end because the evil in the world can’t
take away our salvation. Which I think is a timely message for how the world
currently is, despite this book being written in 2015.
The writing style wasn’t my
favorite, so I’m currently on the fence if I would read the second book and continue
the series. I think I won’t rush off to read it, but maybe someday I’ll be in
the mood to see what happens next.
See y’all on Friday with a new
review!
*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this
author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.
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