Book description
Keep her inside. Keep her alive.
Blake Suttone has a stomach full of grief and no food. A decade of famine has taken its toll on the splintered kingdom, but it is the merchants who suffer most. A wall stands between the hungry and the food, and the kingdom’s defenders…
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2 authors picked Defender of Walls as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I absolutely love the high-intensity emotion and forbidden love in this story. Tanya Bird did an incredible job of pulling me into the tension between two characters, and I love how each book is about a different love story between characters within the same world!
A bit different from my usual fantasy picks, this series has a more dystopian and historical fantasy vibe, but it’s such a well-crafted dark world and the romantic tension is so good that I almost forget there are no real magical type elements.
From Jess' list on fantasy book series with great romantic tension.
As a history buff, dystopian author, and historical drama addict, this book is everything I want in a story.
It transports you to a gritty, dystopian world with a medieval flare. Best of all, it doesn’t have magic, which makes it feel plausible.
In Defender of Walls, a decade of famine has splintered the kingdom, but it is the merchants who suffer most. The prose is exquisite, and the characters are complex and endearing.
I love that this book doesn’t shy away from tough situations and cringe-worthy moments, either. You feel the characters’ hunger pains, their fears, their hatred,…
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