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forsakenfates's review against another edition
4.0
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I'm super annoyed with that ending. I need Avenged now.
melhunt182's review against another edition
4.0
*3.75 stars*
Ruined has been a book on my radar for ages. I knew I wanted to read something new to start off 2019 so decided Ruined would be the perfect book to pick up. Luckily I wasn't disappointed. There was a few moments where I was a little bored, hence the rating, but overall I did enjoy it. The world was nicely developed, and the characters were intriguing. I will be continuing with book 2 and 3 soon.
Ruined has been a book on my radar for ages. I knew I wanted to read something new to start off 2019 so decided Ruined would be the perfect book to pick up. Luckily I wasn't disappointed. There was a few moments where I was a little bored, hence the rating, but overall I did enjoy it. The world was nicely developed, and the characters were intriguing. I will be continuing with book 2 and 3 soon.
readmorefiction's review against another edition
3.0
2.5 stars
This book wasn't bad, but it did miss the mark in a few key areas. Never a page turner, it was at least interesting enough to keep me coming back for the first half. Then, it got a little boring, and then out of nowhere the romantic storyline became front and center. As many others have noted, it just wasn't believable, to the point that it was even a little cringe at points. By this point, I was fairly near the end so I decided to see how it wraps up. And then.... THERE'S A CLIFFHANGER ENDING. If I'd known I wasn't going to get any resolution, I definitely wouldn't have stuck with it to the end.
This book wasn't bad, but it did miss the mark in a few key areas. Never a page turner, it was at least interesting enough to keep me coming back for the first half. Then, it got a little boring, and then out of nowhere the romantic storyline became front and center. As many others have noted, it just wasn't believable, to the point that it was even a little cringe at points. By this point, I was fairly near the end so I decided to see how it wraps up. And then.... THERE'S A CLIFFHANGER ENDING. If I'd known I wasn't going to get any resolution, I definitely wouldn't have stuck with it to the end.
laceanddaggerbooks's review against another edition
3.0
A quick read and an enjoyable enough book but nothing particularly special. I loved and adored Reboot so I wanted to see Tintera's take on fantasy but I didn't love it as much as I thought I would.
tholm3's review against another edition
4.0
Thank goodness this was better than I was expecting!
I didn't enjoy the beginning of this book. Right off the bat we have a protagonist that kills someone for their own selfish reasons— this did not make me like her. I was also worried that there was a lot of foreshadowing of a potential love triangle and that just didn't impress me at all.
Luckily, the protagonist redeemed herself throughout the book and the love triangle dissolved. I loved the direction the author took plot wise in this book and I am really looking forward to reading the sequel.
This is better than [b:Red Queen|22328546|Red Queen (Red Queen, #1)|Victoria Aveyard|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1449778912s/22328546.jpg|25037051] but not as amazing as [b:Throne of Glass|7896527|Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)|Sarah J. Maas|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1335819760s/7896527.jpg|11138426]. If you liked either of those I would recommend you pick this one up.
I didn't enjoy the beginning of this book. Right off the bat we have a protagonist that kills someone for their own selfish reasons— this did not make me like her. I was also worried that there was a lot of foreshadowing of a potential love triangle and that just didn't impress me at all.
Luckily, the protagonist redeemed herself throughout the book and the love triangle dissolved.
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I will say that I feel like killing him was a little bit drastic, actually, there was a lot of death in this book that just didn't affect me.This is better than [b:Red Queen|22328546|Red Queen (Red Queen, #1)|Victoria Aveyard|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1449778912s/22328546.jpg|25037051] but not as amazing as [b:Throne of Glass|7896527|Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)|Sarah J. Maas|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1335819760s/7896527.jpg|11138426]. If you liked either of those I would recommend you pick this one up.
quoth_chloe's review against another edition
5.0
Ruined is so good. I love the characters, I love that Em has no magical powers and has to use other ways of fighting. I loved that there was romance and fighting and betrayal. I really liked that they didn't save Damian, it totally sucked but it went against a lot of cliches in fantasy books so that was great. I loved Cas and Em omg.
THAT ENDING THO.
I need the next book yesterday
THAT ENDING THO.
I need the next book yesterday
bookscents's review against another edition
4.0
Really liked it!! like the magic and the politics but also can we just stop killing!! I'm looking forward to the next but also scared
elleerose's review against another edition
4.0
This was such a gripping book. The action and main plot started on page one. I read it in two sittings that's how good it was.