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A Touch of Ruin by Scarlett St. Clair

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renee_fae's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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sleepy_bookworm's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional 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? Yes

5.0

Wow, wow, wow! If I could rate this book higher I definitely would! The amount of character development alone in this book is enough to make me happy; there is so much relationship development here as well for so many characters! I love that even the side characters are developing in their own ways and in their own relationships. This was such a fantastic read. At times I felt like I was on an emotional roller coaster. The ups and downs of Persephone's emotions throughout this book made me feel so many different things. There were times I laughed and experienced joy with her and others I experienced heartbreak. Of course there were times that I rolled my eyes, but the reactions totally made sense to who she is. She had amazing development in this book and I can't wait to see more from her in A Touch of Malice. This is easily becoming one of the best series I've ever read.

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nicolaj1994's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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idk_indigo's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

This wasn't as good as the 1st book (nor was it as steamy, very sad). As other reviewers have mentioned, Persephone just makes a few too many dumb decisions for me to empathize with her. Plus, she gets drugged at least 3x throughout the course of this story, that's just tooooo much for me. I do like the ending, and I appreciate Seph bringing a naivety/fresh perspective to the world of the gods (with Apollo & trying to help him be a slayer person, or like god/being).

I also don't understand with Dmitri couldn't just, like... not publish the story about Apollo? She only sent him an email with the article, but are there not like rounds of editing/approval that must take place before an article is sent to print? No you know what, speaking of her job in general, how is she an intern (been there <1 year) and she's already writing front-page pieces? Is this because of her notoriety what with being Hades's lover? Even before then, she had the article of Hades publish in the 1st book too, I just can't seem to comprehend how on earth she's able to jump from 1st-year intern to that in, like, what, a few months? Wild. Suspension of disbelief & all, but I can imagine Greek gods & goddesses fucking before I can imagine climbing the corporate ladder so quickly. They don't even know she's a nepo baby either!!! I just couldn't stop thinking, like "There is no way she's able to move up like that," esp in a field so overly saturated as investigative journaling!! So jelly, slay tho girly queen power obtain that bag (& that dick!)

I love how Seph is growing into her power, soooooo slay!! Yes queen tie Hades up in middle of the forest! We love it! Another one!! :P

Meg Sylvan, the narrator, is perfection. She reads Persephone's perspective so beautifully & I love her Hecate voice -- so wise, and so different from Seph's young, new goddess voice. Slay

PS I love Hades <3 pussy eating king

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rchulin1's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny sad 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

4.0

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nitecrtlvr's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

2.75

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haileyanne's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

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farfromsarah's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I enjoyed this a lot less than the first book, the characters are so whiney and repeat their mistakes too many times for my liking, and some of the plot beats towards the end of the book were way too serious to only be tackled so briefly and then moved on from, it felt like they were only thrown in for dramatic effect and I was not a fan.

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akbach08's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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libbytx's review against another edition

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tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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