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Ruthless Fae by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

29 reviews

midnacine's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I definitely liked this more than the first book, but I gave it the same rating cuz I just couldn't bring myself to give it four stars. I took a break from reading it about halfway through to focus on my book club books, but man that last third really goes by in a whirlwind. It's nice to see the twins finally developing their own personalities and discover themselves as Fae, but it's equally as nice to see the Heirs get a taste of their own medicine. Looking forward to the next one! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Death, Infidelity, and Murder

briochebun's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

4 out of 5 ☆’s.

”It didn’t matter that I hated him and he hated me, in that moment it was only us and them. And I couldn’t bear to let them take him.”

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Diving back into this world again and  getting to see the outcome of the events that unfolded in ”The Awakening” was such a fun experience! 

I loved getting to see Tory and Darcy gain some more footing in Solaria — stating that they’re starting to see it as their home, etc. — as well as seeing their continued attempts at harnessing their powers. 

(I’m glad that the authors of the series are making this a gradual process for the sisters — rather than having Tory and Darcy arrive at ZA and instantly being able to beat everyone to a pulp…) 

I also enjoyed seeing Orion and Darcy’s relationship develop a bit more in this novel…I’m such a sucker for them! 

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I’m sooo excited to begin “The Reckoning“! :)

P.S. Orion is still my number one. ♡

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual harassment

Minor: War

shorthannah's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

This book is a slight improvement on the first one, the Vegas have grown a little bit of a backbone and finally get a tiny bit of revenge on the heirs. But it really is only a tiny bit. The pranks they pull on the Heirs are about the level you would expect from a bunch of high school kids and barely gets them enough payback for the hazing they went through on day one at the academy, so it's quite underwhelming. Again, the frequency of grammatical errors in the book is disappointing. The pacing of this series is weird, each book only covers a week or two and there is so much focus on the mundanity of each day and the constant jibes and bullying from the heirs, then most of the action packed in right at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Physical abuse and Violence

crinkledmochi's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.75

again im just reading this for a good time lmao… also these books are kinda long for no reason like the first half to middle is barely any plot and all the action and good stuff is at the end which is understandable but there’s too much exposition. 

also can we talk about the tokenism of diego… 

and the fact that this series lacks diversity when there’s so many species of fae ??? there’s one poc in this whole series and he’s a bad guy (max rigel), the vega twins and diego are latine but they’re white so does that even count,,,

let’s also mention the fact that lance is like 26 and darcy is 18… at least tory is flirting with people her age not that it makes it any better cause she has terrible taste (abusers).  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Incest, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Excrement, and War

Minor: Alcoholism

hiddeninfantasy's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

kat1105's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sam019's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

Just absolutely amazing! No additional comments. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Blood

sampetsdogs's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

Ruthless Fae was miles better than The Awakening and the story flows so much better. I'm also appreciating the character growth that we're starting to see. I really disliked Tory in the first book but she's starting to grow on me. I still think all of the boys are trash but I enjoyed reading the few chapters from their points of view. Particularly, Caleb has a chapter just after the mid-way point of the book that made me laugh my A.S.S. off 🦄 😂 I'm excited to dive into book 3!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence

elenamarmiroli's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

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

3.75

Volume divertente e finalmente le protagoniste cominciano a diventare leggermente più attive e controllano leggermente meglio i loro potere e potenziale.
Non vedo l'ora di scoprire l'ordine a cui appartengono.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Physical abuse and Blood