Review: Fall of Ruin and Wrath by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fall of Ruin and Wrath by Jennifer L. Armentrout
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I received this free eARC novel from the author and NetGalley.  This is my honest review. 

This first book in a new series by Jennifer L. Armentrout entrapped me from page one until the last page!  I honestly had no idea what it was about, but JLA is an auto buy, auto dive into her books without knowing a thing, because I always consume her books and love them immensely.  This was definitely no different!

Lis is such a different FMC than most of JLA's characters.  Her confidence in her abilities is fascinating to me because she is using them to make sure she can have a future that's comfortable.  She may not like everything about her surroundings, but she's learned the very hard way that life can be difficult and she's not about to give up her lifestyle anytime soon.  But she's also clever and smart and brave, which is exactly like JLA's FMC. 

The MMC is so mysterious and intense.  We don't even learn of his name until WELL into the book, and I didn't even care.  Every time he was on the page with Lis, I was on pins and needles because the attraction between these two?!  Off the charts, kept me anticipating every action they both made.  Also, the spice in this book?  Extreme.  Like. E.X.T.R.E.M.E.  I was so surprised at 1. how much there was in book one, but also 2. how normal it flowed in the story.  It's like the lifestyle of this world has normalized it which was fascinating to me. 

I also really liked when the MMC explained the history of their world.  It literally gave me goosebumps to envision what he was explaining and how devastating those events must have been.  It definitely put a different vibe into their current surroundings for me after that moment. 

The ending?  THE ENDING??  It's a cliffhanger.  It's not a terrible cliffhanger.  But it of course left me wanting more and I didn't have more.  I need to know what happens next??  So much build up toward that moment only to be abruptly ended.  Rude.  But now I almost want to go back and re-read everything after having more details in my mind.  

I adored this new debut series by JLA and I feel like her newer and older fans will dive into this book and not see daylight again until it's finished.  I loved every word and can't wait to see what is in store for these characters. 

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