A review by katreadsskulls
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

adventurous emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This whole series was full of tropes, but it wasn’t terrible. Entertaining for sure, but I finished all 3 books and still would have rather read it from the Darklings POV than Alina’s. Good YA series, I’d reccomend it to teens looking for an older universe if they liked Harry Potter, Red Queen, etc, but personally maybe dual POVs would have helped because I just couldn’t connect to Alina. The ending was pretty unsatisfying, I just feel like there was more to this universe that was planned but we couldn’t see due to being in Alina’s POV. Not a bad book, I just wanted more depth.