Joshua Winning

Ruins

Eleanor Luhar

This is one of the galleys I'm reviewing thanks to NetGalley - a massive thank you to Peridot Press for granting me access to the title.

I started reading this a rather long time ago now (way over a month). It's not a particularly long book, but neither was the previous novel and that took me a pretty long time to get through, too. Hmm.

Following the first book, this novel is focused on Nicholas Hallow, who has just discovered his Sentinel heritage. He's still learning but has finally realised how important his existence is.

Nicholas is to use his Sensitive powers and is also required to unlock certain knowledge within his mind. He has to find a girl, a girl who is important for reasons he doesn't yet know. But how does he find a girl he's never met before?

Laurent is attempting to revive the Dark Prophets, bringing terrible destruction to Bury St Edmunds in the process. Nicholas must find the girl to stop him, and he needs to get a hold of his powers, too. 

There are a few nice fight scenes in this, and some hints of mystery and suspense. But I can't get past the lack of time passing in this series, and the lack of character development. I don't feel like I'm living the book along with the characters, and I don't feel that the characters are real. There's just something very wrong with the pacing of these books.

It's not a bad book, but there may actually be a bit too much description. As I said, the pacing really ruins (hah!) these books for me, sadly. I'm going to have to say 2-3 stars for this.

Christina Baltimore 

I received a copy of Ruin directly from the author Joshua Winning.

The second book in this Trilogy did not disappoint! You tunnel forward into a dark strange story that you can’t predict. I think this second book is an improvement from the first book. I felt a more regular pacing in this book, which I expected since it is the second, and enjoyed it from start to finish. The imaginative characters and descriptions pull you into the story and easily make it an attention keeper. 

I, once again, found it very easy to visualize the story and characters. I still love Isabel. The characters are very well developed and the building relationships between them are tangible and well executed. I anticipate that this will continue into the third book of the trilogy. Often, I find myself attracted to a writing style even more than a storyline. I love both in this instance. Some books I will put down after the first chapter because the writing doesn’t make me feel anything. I love the texture in Winning’s writing style. It is more prevalent in this second book and I found myself reading sections of this book again because I enjoyed the imaging that I found through the texture in writing. I’m eager to read the final book! 

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