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Rage and Ruin by Jennifer L. Armentrout

chaynesb's review against another edition

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3.0

I really don't think Zane's that great? He's arrogant and kind of an asshole. He doesn't say the right things all the time despite Trinity's insistence he does. In fact he shuts down most of the time and avoids. They never actually had a conversation about their fights, he put some sticky stars up , like minimal effort here and she thought it was the best thing ever. 
I don't know, I really hated this. lol Roth was the only good character.

books_are_my_friends's review against another edition

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adventurous tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Love this series so much!! 

daviesam's review against another edition

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4.0

3 stars until the last 100 pages, then 4 stars. the ending has my mouth agape, but i still wish the writing was slightly less wattpad. will be finishing the trilogy.

trin is an extremely likable female protagonist with multiple horrifying one liners. christianity flows through the book, not in a missionary attempt to convert you way, but in a lore about the darker parts of the bible way. it is captivating to see bibical characters, whom are portrayed in the bible as only good, written in a dark manner.

blackrein's review against another edition

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2.0

This was one wasnt as good as the first. I'd say 3/4 was miscommunication tropes and denying forbidden love. 10% of the book focused on the Harbringer and I lost interest half way thru but still finished the audiobook.

snoopydoo77's review against another edition

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5.0

What a crazy wild ride. The book pretty much starts odd where the last one ended.

Trin and Zayne learning how to live not only with the bond, but also with each other and their growing but yet forbidden feelings for each other. Things get complicated of course, things get messy and awkward.... but things also get steamy and fun.
Trin part of the book was a bit annoying , she seemed naive and selfish , and I think one of of my favorite scenes was , when Zayne called her out on her behavior.  But I loved her on any other level and that she never despite her poor eye site, gives up or steps back. I just wished we had more Peanut in this book. I've kinda miised him and he was absent most the time. I also enjoyed her  being able to talk and interact with ghosts one of the things I enjoyed the most.

Zayne, I always liked Zayne but in theses last two books, I really starting love him more and more. We get to see some other fun sites of him and I like it.

We see some familiar faces and some new ones but most of all we have plot twists and surprises all the way.  I had a theory about the harbinger and it seemed like I was right allllll the way to the last few chapters when all of the sudden shit hits the fan and all kind if things are being revealed. Some truly shocking things are happening and I really hate to admit it but I was wrong about my theory.

Overall another fantastic book, that makes you guess, laugh, cry swoon and hold on to your seat to the last minute. The end was not only shocking but also a huge cliffhanger and I wanted to yell and scream. I can't wait for the next book to come out.

I rate it 4.5 ★

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ashley_apairofreaders's review against another edition

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5.0

Fast paced continuation to Storm & Fury. The pining, the tensions, and the action packed plot were spot-on. An underrated series by JLA.

madimun's review against another edition

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4.0

omg

mxlilly's review against another edition

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adventurous tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I just love when book 2 outshines book 1.  I went into this knowing I'd likely enjoy it but without high hopes and boy was I surprised.

The depth kicked in, the action amped up, the romance hopped up into overdrive.  It was tense, it was emotional, it had me hooked.

That ending!  I mean, we all kinda figured the harbinger would be exactly what it was right?  But the delivery was impeccable!!!  It alone was worth 5 stars, but I hate the both in love thinking the other person isn't trope so it got knocked down to 4.5.

I'd write more but book 3 is screaming to be red so now I'm diving into it hoping it'll live up to book 2.

eesh25's review against another edition

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2.0

This is officially my least favourite JLA book yet. And that includes the two Lux series books I read. At least they were short. This one put me through hundreds of pages or boredom, exasperation and annoyance, and then had the audacity to pull a last-minute cliffhanger that might make me read the third book. And as you can guess, I'm not happy about it.

The book starts off soon after where the last one ended. Trinity is still dealing with the fact that Misha betrayed her. Her vision is getting worse. And she likes Zayne but can't be with him because he's her protector. Basically, she's got stuff on her mind. And I mention that because it's these factors that kept me trying to make excuses for her. Unfortunately, I ran out of excuses after a while and had to admit that she was acting like a complete twat.

For one, she kept snapping at Zayne for wanting to protect her. He's her protector! It's literally his job! But what really bugged me was the jealousy crap. She was jealous of every woman Zayne came into contact with. She was mad at him for being friends with a woman, even though Zayne has known Stacey for years.

I've seen a few reviews that talk about how Zayne shouldn't have been spending time with Stacey, and I just... fucking why?! He's doing nothing wrong! He has a right to have friends! And contrary to what the book says, he doesn't have to inform Trinity about every person he spends time with. Especially since she can't even handle Stacey's name being mentioned without being a dick about it. And don't even get me started on the hypocrisy of her being upset about Zayne hiding something from her. His personal life is of no concern to her. And she was hiding things the entire time, things that had everything to do with their job.

But you know what, I'm not gonna hate her. Instead, I'm going to blame the book for being a complete waste of six hundred fucking pages. We wouldn't have had to deal with all these non-plots of jealousy and twatty behaviour if the book had just gotten to the fucking point. You know, before the 500-page mark.

Do you know what this book accomplished plot-wise? We found out who this Harbinger is, and there was a climax that leads to a cliffhanger. That's it. Six hundred pages and nothing else happened. One might argue that the author wanted to focus on the romance. But she actually did a disservice there because, while I liked the Trinity and Zayne's relationship in the first book, I couldn't give two fucks about it now. All the pettiness and pointless bullshit killed it for me.

There's also the fact that the villain fucking sucks. He's a ginormous cliche, and he can go fuck himself. And so can Trinity's father. The only thing that made this book slightly more bearable was Roth, who was entertaining. Though I don't have any issue with Zayne either. He just didn't have anything to do the entire book.

And before I rant some more, I'm going to move on to what I'm hoping for with the next book—if I end up reading it, that is. I hope that, by the time it comes out, I forget everything about this book that pissed me off. I also hope that it will actually make me like Trinity again, and care about her relationship with Zayne. I hope that the villain will become less eye-roll-worthy. And that there's an actual fucking plot. That's not too much to ask for, is it?

To conclude... I think I've already said all I wanted to say. Wait, one last thing. Whoever proofread this didn't do that good a job since I clocked three instances of '---- and I' when it should have been 'me and ---.' And... now I'm done.

marijes_boekenhoekje's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

4.0