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Defiant
- Skyward, Book 4
- Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
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Summary
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson comes the final book in an epic series about a girl who will travel beyond the stars to save the world she loves from destruction.
Spensa made it out of the Nowhere, but what she saw in the space between the stars has changed her forever. She came face to face with the Delvers, and finally got answers to the questions she's had about her own strange Cytonic gifts.
The Superiority didn't stop in it's fight for galactic dominance while she was gone, though. Spensa's team, Skyward Flight, was able to hold Winzik off, and even collect allies to help with the cause, but it's only a matter of time until humanity - and the rest of the galaxy - falls.
Defeating them will require all the knowledge Spensa gathered while in the Nowhere. But being Cytonic is more complicated than she ever could have imagined. Now, Spensa must ask herself: how far is she willing to go for victory, if it means losing herself - and her friends - in the process.
The final book in the Skyward series will free humanity, or see it fall forever.
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- Fiona
- 24-11-23
Good end........Or beginning?
I've been waiting for this last book in the series to drop into my audio ibrary. I was excited and eager to listen to it.
Read by Sophie Aldred (a great choice) Spenca's latest escapades come to life. How can she overcome the Delvers and all the rest of the enemy, save her friends and herself. I enjoyed the book, am glad that the ending wasn't really an ending, and am heartened to know that more books set in this world and with these characters will come on due course.
I'm by no means YA audience, but still enjoyed it.
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- Gosia Furmanik
- 29-11-23
A satisfying end to the series
I think there was less novelty here, than in the previous books. But it was comforting to return to all the beloved characters. Great narration, as before.
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- John
- 02-02-24
Amazing
Another Brilliant book from Brandon Sanderson so sad that it's then End of the series
Mistborn Next
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- Anonymous User
- 17-01-24
incredible ending to skyward
just loved all of it throughout. I love the slugs <3 what do I write in a book review without spoiling? Brandon's just consistently my favourite writer
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- Anonymous User
- 30-11-23
It was a good ending
Overall a good ending and beginning. Th performance was as good as alla the other books in the series.
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- Brian Davies
- 26-02-24
Great performance, ok conclusion
I’ve enjoyed this series right up until the near sex scene in this book, which I found added nearly nothing to the story and very sadly makes it unsuitable for my 11 year old who has loved all the other books. I do appreciate we’re perhaps not the intended YA audience but for a set of work that has been so good to screen and pass to my strong reader without content concerns it was disappointing.
As a conclusion to the series it’s fine, nothing particularly awe inspiring like some of Sanderson’s other work and I found some of the romance tiresome.
Sophie Aldred gives an excellent narrative performance even if I occasionally mentally slip back to watching Dr Who in the late 80s and have to rewind a few seconds I missed whilst reminiscing, but that’s probably just me.
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- dean strachan
- 12-12-23
Good ending
I must admit I did enjoy that this was the end of the series. Last book felt like a side quest whereas this got things ‘back on track’. There were a few twists and turns to the tale and the end of the story worked really well. Only complaint is that the action took too long to get to, and I wished it lasted longer 😂
Great performance as well and overall it was enjoyable - looks like there will be new beginnings after this series with new adventures!
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- Trebor
- 12-12-23
just incredible series
amazing voice artist and incredible story telling. had me actually in tears because its incredible listening to all 4 books. desperately want this to become a movie series somehow
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- D. Hanking
- 25-01-24
A good closing story with faults...
I love a branders book, however this felt very slow to get going both vocally and plot!. I found for the first time I needed to up the playback speed. I stuck with it and in the end really enjoyed the story overall, with the pace and story picking up as it went along. A fitting end.
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- Chris & Sarah Orme
- 24-11-23
A good YA series
This book ended the first arc of the skyward series well. It’s clear by the ending that there’s still so much yet to come. These characters are far from finished and I’m excited to see where the series goes from here. Like many I do agree because it’s only an ending, it lost the gravity it needed to finish strong. I didn’t feel as strongly as I usually do at the end of a Sanderson book or series, but I still had a good time and will be happy to read the next one.
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