“I’ll always protect you, my réalta. No matter what happens, I’ll always do whatever it takes to protect you. Always.”
Of Darkness and Ruination by Rachel Fallon ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
What an incredibly amazing debut by Fallon! This book had me in a chokehold and just spoke to me in so many ways! I literally devoured this book. It is filled with ALL the tropes that make me giddy to read a Romantasy book! I was sucked in and enthralled from the very first chapter. There was not anything I didn’t love about this book! Full of beautifully complex world building, an intricate magic system based on elemental magic and balance of the kingdoms, and a story that was superbly paced.
The character development we experience is quite intense. The trauma and brutality that some characters experience, including our MMC Astoria is quite tragic at times. But their journey to freedom was uplifting. The emotions I experienced while reading this book was unfathomable. More times than not, I was so captivated and connected to these characters that I felt like I was right there, within the story, feeling everything they felt.
The book begins with an extensively detailed glossary that is an immense help in explaining each kingdom in detail, the important players and their roles, along with pronunciations. This is important to note because I felt the author really considered all the tiny details that may sometimes get overlooked. Fallon did it with perfection!!
The storyline and plot were both so well thought out, in my opinion. It is full of trauma, political intrigue, magic and wonderment! If you love enemies to lovers, touch her and die, morally grey villainous men, shadows daddies, found family and hidden magic you will absolutely love this book.
Please note that there immense trigger warnings that encompass this book. Some parts of the book are gravely heavy. Some of these warnings include SA, abuse, slavery and torture. Please evaluate what you may or may not be able to handle before picking up this book. Your mental health matters!!
Overall, this a well written, well thought and immensely beautiful debut! Run and read this book! You will not be disappointed! 💞
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From the Publisher
Of Darkness and Ruination Features
- Enemies to Lovers
- Fated Mates
- Celestial Kingdoms
- Elemental Magic
- FMC Finding Her Own Power
- Court Intrigue
- Morally Grey Shadow Daddy Dragon Shifter
- Slavery Resistance
- Fae Shifters
- Dark/Light Themes
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A slow start but ended up loving it
The world building was great and every real med seems so beautiful in its own right. The villains are incredible well written and you know it’s good when you feel seething anger toward a character 😂The FMC was a smartass which I could wholly appreciate. The character art on her socials also did wonders for building the story in my head. I look forward to : watching Asteria + Calix love grow, what makes Asteria is so special, the story of the old god and the humans unfold (but I do think the author will build this into a spinoff series) , and finally get some answers on how and why Asteria was a slave.*oh and hopefully a first death to several of the villainsThe spice was about a 3-4🌶️ but overall I like the story. Sometimes it was difficult to tell when she speaking or thinking so grammar/punctuation/ and tense could use a little work but all in all I really enjoyed the story.
