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Fall of Ruin and Wrath by Jennifer L. Armentrout

17 reviews

ktwinkiebell's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Really enjoyed it. Pacing was good but it ended right when all the action was starting. Not too wordy like other JLA books can be. I feel like it's going to be a series where the 1st book really sets everything up and the 2nd book is where the plot really picks up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Drug use, Rape, Vomit, Abandonment, and Alcohol

katharina90's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.0

Like Blood and Ash, I found this entertaining enough to keep reading but it's nothing to write home about. 

The worldbuilding is meh and the plot drags for most of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use and Classism

Minor: War

tierneymichele's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and War

Moderate: Torture, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use

carsons1996's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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

This was yet another great launching point for a wonderful new Jennifer Armentrout series. Great suspense and tension and just an overall good style of writing. It follows a similar blueprint to her other series, but I literally do not care because it's just such a unique and interesting take on all the typical fantasy tropes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Classism

Minor: Confinement and Kidnapping

3bobbielee's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

aurora4847's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I fell in love with this book so quickly. It has everything I love in a fantasy. I can't wait to read the rest of the series when it comes out!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexism, Torture, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death and War

nicolewhopickedthisbook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

A whole star is for the smut scenes and half a star is for that ending. Otherwise, this would be a 2 star book. Strange word choices in sentences threw me waaaay off. Reminded me way too much FBAA but less good even though it’s by the same author 🤷🏼‍♀️ and even though Thorne is the MMC, we don’t get a whole lot from his other than sexy prince dude. Very one dimensional. Maybe we’ll get to know him in book 2 (the only reason I want to read book 2 is the ending)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Vomit

birbpal's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 Stars

I am confused to the point that my brain feels as though it has melted through my ears. I am either incredibly stupid, or I have no idea what was happening for the majority of the book.😖🤷‍♀️

For a good chunk of the story, it was endless exposition that made little to no sense along with sexy times between Lis and Thorne. I was hooked at the beginning of the book, but the middle dragged on and on; simultaneously making little sense but also info dumping??

The last 20% of the book hooked me again. Finally, there was action! And some questions were answered! But wait, those answers only made me more confused, so yeah, I don't know what to think lol.😅

Someone else described this book perfectly: Fall of Ruin and Wrath read more like a prequel than an actual fully-formed book. Nevertheless, I am somewhat hooked, so I will be reading the next book. Depending on how I like it, I might change this review. For now, I will keep it at 3.5. 🐥💕

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Gore, Torture, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Abandonment, and War

chelbawamba's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.75

This was fine. Much less involved than From Blood and Ash, but there were plot similarities between the two. Writing was slightly better than JLA’s recent additions to her other series, but still suffered greatly from repetitive phrasing. 

Also an interesting choice by the author to borrow terms and characteristics from another, much more popular series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, and Classism

ambzillius's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

🖤 R E V I E W 🖤

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I really wasn't expecting to enjoy this so much, but the relationships between all of the characters were just 😘👌

I'm not usually one for Romantasy  and also usually avoid the smut and head for the gore instead... but this had the perfect amount of both! Every other chapter was spicy and made you want more, but the scenes with the blood and gore were top-notch!!

Thankyou @books_and_boxes11 for lending me your edition, I now understand why you cannot wait for book 2!

If this ends up doing a Shadow & Bone I will be sorely disappointed. Let Thorne be the good guy, i desperately need this 😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol