gretaslittlelibrary 's review for:

Ruin by John Gwynne

5.0

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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“Honour. Or death. And sometimes one follows the other.”

“Dark times are here, the night is upon us, and we all must be vigilant if we want to see Dawn rise again.”

Never has a book title captured my feeling so well after ending it; I am Ruined. The last two hundred pages of this book had me in a constant state of anxiety and anger, while simultaneously crying happy tears and being hopeful. John Gwynne knows how to weave a multi-layered story with way more characters and plot lines than is advisable, and ace it. Just when you think you figure it out, boom something happens that has one flabbergasted. The handling of good versus evil, the politics, the found family trope, the chosen one(s) trope, betrayals and hope, all of it was so well done. This series is easily becoming one of my favorites I’ve ever read and I can’t wait to see how it concludes in the next book.