Ruined (Ruined #1)
Emelina Flores has nothing. Her home in Ruina has been ravaged by war. She lacks the powers of her fellow Ruined. Worst of all, she witnessed her parents’ brutal murders and watched helplessly as her sister, Olivia, was kidnapped.
But because Em has nothing, she has nothing to lose. Driven by a blind desire for revenge, Em sets off on a dangerous journey to the enemy kingdom of Lera. Somewhere within Lera’s borders, Em hopes to find Olivia. But in order to find her, Em must infiltrate the royal family.
In a brilliant, elaborate plan of deception and murder, Em marries Prince Casimir, next in line to take Lera’s throne. If anyone in Lera discovers Em is not Casimir’s true betrothed, Em will be executed on the spot. But it’s the only way to salvage Em’s kingdom and what is left of her family.
Em is determined to succeed, but the closer she gets to the prince, the more she questions her mission. Em’s rage-filled heart begins to soften. But with her life—and her family—on the line, love could be Em’s deadliest mistake.
I received the audiobook from readingteen.net for review
I recommend this series to
those who liked the Defy series by Sara B Larson (which I loved). To
help protect her people and stop the mass murders, Em murders and then
assumes the position of the arranged marriage to Prince Casimir, in
hopes of killing him and his family as well to stop the war. The Prince
finds Em's behavior and opinions do not match what he has been told his
fiance should be. But, he seems to enjoy the spontaneous and unexpected
reactions his new wife exhibits.
One
thing that Em did not expect was that her opinions might worm their way
into the Prince's mind. She unintentionally gets him thinking about how
is Kingdom is being ran and how peace can be obtained. It's not too
long before one of Em's childhood friends is taken prisoner and being
torchered by the King. This leads all of the plans to speed up a lot of
action and traveling beings as Em and her companions must make a run for
it.
From
page one the atmosphere is immersed with this ongoing war. People are
fighting, dying and risking everything they have for a chance at a
better life. In Em's case it's not only to help her people, but to find
her sister who was kidnapped. It is very fast paced and always something
new happening to change the plot and put Em in danger of being caught.
In the meantime she gets to know the King, Queen and Prince Casimir
better all very strong characters and obstacles for Em to overcome. She
and the Prince have to spend a lot of time together and they soften to
each other, a spark of real romance, in one of the most difficult of
situations.
I
really enjoy the stories of the put upon rising up and fighting against
their oppressors. It gets even more exciting when both sides feel they
are the ones being put upon. There is not a lot of drama that happens in
this story, just straight forward people fighting for the ones they
love and doing what they have to do to survive. It's very action packed
and a lot of great characters. I find stories like this a lot of fun, I
had a great time reading it, cannot wait for the sequel!!
I received a copy of the audiobook for review but found early on that I
was not liking the voices the narrator chose to use to represent the
characters. It was something that just didn't quite mesh with me and I
turned to the physical book, which I highly enjoyed.
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