Ruined by Amy Tintera

Ruined (Ruined, #1)

by Amy Tintera

New York Times bestseller

Amy Tintera’s YA fantasy trilogy blends the romance of Kiera Cass’s Selection series and the epic stakes of Victoria Aveyard’s Red Queen in a story of revenge, adventure, and unexpected love.

Emelina Flores has nothing. Her home in Ruina has been ravaged by war; her parents were killed and her sister was kidnapped. Even though Em is only a useless Ruined—completely lacking any magic—she is determined to get revenge.

Her plan is simple: She will infiltrate the enemy’s kingdom, posing as the crown prince’s betrothed. She will lead an ambush. She will kill the king and everything he holds dear, including his son.

The closer Em gets to the prince, though, the more she questions her mission. Her rage-filled heart begins to soften. But with her life—and her family—on the line, love could be Em’s deadliest mistake.

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Wow this book delivered more then i thought it would. I was expecting the same recycled plot i seen done a few times in the fantasy genre. Why yes it not a new concept of a revenge filled store where the prince and the one bent on revenge fall for each other. At the root of it all though are two people who in the end i really think want to try and do what best for the Ruined and that the prince does start to see just how wrong his parents are. I was not expecting the sister Olivia to be quite so how shall i put this psycho but ya have to make your own mind up about her as she only just introduced at the very end of the book. Their a lost more brutal killing in this book then what i was expecting which was refreshing as i did not feel the author tried to shield us from how brutal some of these characters can be. I will continue the series.

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