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A review by barbarianmissy
City of Ruin by Charissa Weaks
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Wowee that ending 🤯 wtf we gonna do now?!?! AHHHH
Ok this book had me a bit all over the place, but MAN we went on a JOURNEY!
First half of the book I was thinking it was more gonna be in the 3-4 star territory cause the author got real honed in on her spice scenes to the point of “where tf is the actual plot?” BUT once we made it past that, it was plot twist after plot twist after plot twist (still spicy, but it was more of an embellishment rather than being the entirety of the story) I think I’m more of a fan of the banter and tension of the side characters, rather than the horndogs that are the FMC and MMC.
ANYWHO I really liked travelling to all the new places in the story. Each place felt fully formed and we got big storylines for each place and interesting new cultures and tidbits and even new characters like Zahira and Yaz (PIRATE QUEENS) and the fire Queen Fia! (Interested to hopefully see her and Colden meet again after so long in the next coming books)
But as for characters - Raina is still a cool ass chick. She is really finding herself and realizing her power and it’s cool to see her self discovery.
Alexus, whatta guy. I’m excited to see him be a bit more asshole-ish hopefully in the next book.
Nephele - I’m happy they finally gave her a bit of a personality and I’m QUITE excited to see what happens to her character
Helena and Rohnin - STINKIN CUTIES
Colden - I love his ‘tude.
Finn - eat dirt, sorry 😘
ANYWAYS. Next book is a novella and I’m hyped to delve into it. GAWD idk what the actual fuck is happening next but I’m HYPED! WOOP WOOP!
Ok this book had me a bit all over the place, but MAN we went on a JOURNEY!
First half of the book I was thinking it was more gonna be in the 3-4 star territory cause the author got real honed in on her spice scenes to the point of “where tf is the actual plot?” BUT once we made it past that, it was plot twist after plot twist after plot twist (still spicy, but it was more of an embellishment rather than being the entirety of the story) I think I’m more of a fan of the banter and tension of the side characters, rather than the horndogs that are the FMC and MMC.
ANYWHO I really liked travelling to all the new places in the story. Each place felt fully formed and we got big storylines for each place and interesting new cultures and tidbits and even new characters like Zahira and Yaz (PIRATE QUEENS) and the fire Queen Fia! (Interested to hopefully see her and Colden meet again after so long in the next coming books)
But as for characters - Raina is still a cool ass chick. She is really finding herself and realizing her power and it’s cool to see her self discovery.
Alexus, whatta guy. I’m excited to see him be a bit more asshole-ish hopefully in the next book.
Nephele - I’m happy they finally gave her a bit of a personality and I’m QUITE excited to see what happens to her character
Helena and Rohnin - STINKIN CUTIES
Colden - I love his ‘tude.
Finn - eat dirt, sorry 😘
ANYWAYS. Next book is a novella and I’m hyped to delve into it. GAWD idk what the actual fuck is happening next but I’m HYPED! WOOP WOOP!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail