Ruthless Gods: A Novel | 
so-soRead the second one because I just wanted to know how it ended. But guess what? Girls still love the bad boys, boys are still @ssholes, patriotism is the basis of all these bad things, and young powerful teens should still have supervision. I know there‘s a third, but I think I‘ll just read an overview of it so I can find out how it ends without having to continue. 5.5/10
pickThese books give a whole new meaning to the word bloodbath. Holy crap. 🫣
pickGreat continuation of the series have the last book in the mail can‘t wait for the conclusion 🤗📖
Book mail 🥰📚…. See they just arrive at my door …🤪🤣
panThe constant betrayal of the character got annoying. I felt like bits of story was missing. One minute the group is traveling and the next Nadya was in the salt mines, is just one example of missing text. With all the controversy surrounding this author I won't be continuing the story, and it's not like I'll be miss anything. The book fell flat and it felt like a chore to finish this one.
so-so⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3.5/5)
“Ruthless Gods” is a solid addition to this trilogy, but I wasn‘t impressed overall. I found that I couldn‘t get invested in any of the characters, and the plot got a bit confusing at times. One thing I couldn‘t get over was the emotional whiplash of the ‘I hate you‘/‘I love you‘ aspect of Nadya‘s and Malachiasz‘s relationship and the toxic amount of betrayal in it.
Sunday night quiet...priceless
I am posting one book per day from my to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new - don‘t judge me I have a lot of books.
Join the fun if you want. This is day 97.
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pickI really enjoyed & I don't think it suffered from 2nd book syndrome at all
The story still progresses with good pacing. It's dark with a good amount of character development & plot to keep you turning the pages. The 2 protagonists were relentless & stay true to their beliefs often to their detriment
I highly recommend this series as it never goes in the direction I think it will & it's refreshingly original to anything I've read in a while
"Things won't seem as bleak in the morning. Morning is wiser than evening"
"did you expect to return and find everything exactly like it was before you burned it to the ground? there are only ever ashes after a fire."
Reading in the long car line. I'm taking my mom to get her covid vaccine.
1. Ruthless Gods and Fire Falling
2. Ebooks mostly but I do enjoy audiobooks when I'm driving.
3. Air Awakens. I stayed up until 430am last night finishing it because I could not put it down.
#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain
pickGah I‘ve been away too long. Have a few #bookspinbingo reviews to post. This one I liked but I‘d probably have to read the books again before I read the next one. I get a couple things confused but it‘s an intriguing ride! Covers draw my eye with the black, white, and red!
pickI didn‘t enjoy this one as much as the first book. However, it still was good. I will definitely read the next book to see how it all ties together. ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
#emilyaduncan #somethingdarkandholyseries
Now that I've finished my library books, time for my new stack! I am almost finished with #SomeEnchantedEclair, and I plan on dipping into some #ScaryStoriesToTellInTheDark from now until #Halloween, and I'm gonna finally(!!) start #RuthlessGods (#SomethingDarkandHoly 2).
#magic #tbr #readingnext
pickLoved! Can‘t wait for the last book to the trilogy.
pick4 💫💫💫💫 Ruthless Gods, this series is an entertaining fantasy world. Creative writing style but at times fell flat for me. The odd names threw off my concentration I think I'm getting bored with Young Adult fantasy.
Wicked Saints 4💫💫💫💫
so-soI had a lot of trouble getting through this one- I‘m not sure why. I can‘t pinpoint anything “wrong,” except that maybe I didn‘t enjoy Serefin‘s arc very much. I just felt that maybe that much happened and Duncan kept hinting at action and betrayals to come but didn‘t quite give us enough information about what was going on to feel the tension. I didn‘t not enjoy it but didn‘t feel the drive of the first one.
pickI really enjoyed the second book in the series. It didn‘t have the same great pacing as the first and I felt the conclusion of this book got a bit muddled. However, I am eager to see where things go in the third book.
pickDark, bloody, & intriguing. A very slow burn. A lot of intermittent tension & action to keep things going, but occasionally has thick & confusing prose. Don't expect this to be a single sitting read, slow & steady is best. The ending gave some resolution & satisfaction, but also left open some large pieces for the next installment to explain & solve. I am looking forward to the concluding novel in the series & hope for a satisfying conclusion.
pickRating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I found this more enjoyable than Wicked Saints. This takes place a few months after we finish Wicked Saints. The world building was done well as well as the character development. I loved the darkness of the story. I did find parts slow and confusing at times.
#litsy #littens #bookstagram #bibliophile #wickedsaints #audiobook
Still my favorites, still wish more people would give them a chance.
pickI love this series. Disturbed Gods, overly emotional teenagers, cute guys becoming literal monsters, blood magic, cults, forbidden love, war; I can't waite for the next one and there better be a next one. I've heard rumors that its going to be a trilogy 🤞🏻
#jennyis30 #religion
@jenniferw88
I forgot how much I loved this world and the story. Ruthless Gods was an excellent follow up to Wicked Saints and I need the third book soon 😭
pickThere are plenty of moments during this series where I've thought, 'wait...wtf just happened?'I have a bit of an issue that there is so much telling, not enough showing here and so much is the characters thinking or talking to eachother and I felt like more needed to move out of their heads. However! So unique. Fantastic, macabre imagery. Engrossing characters and I was left going...'But...I want more!' So, take the good with the good I suppose.
Well so I don't think Indigo is actually shipping online orders anymore so my copy is just not here yet so thank GOOOOOOODNESS for the library
pickSob, Nadya, Malachiasz, Serefin, none have been spared their tortured fates. This author is just cruel. I see the answer to my question is no, this is not a duology and my heart will continue to be slowly shredded, little tears into little pieces.
Still going strong in my top 5 favorite series, I highly recommend because it‘s just so beautifully intense and dark. (Both of these are owlcrate special editions of the books)
Having more trouble focusing today than I would like when I really just wanted to binge read this weekend.
All was darkness.
#FirstLineFridays
Not that I don't have plenty of books in my tbr pile, but today I have added these two!
I should grade something, but #SamuelLCatson says it's okay to relax with a book today. #CatsOfLitsy #ReadingCompanion
pickStarts off a few months after where Wicked Saints left off. The war behind the Travanians and the Kalyazins is still raging, and our main character Nadya is in hiding. She has grown up a bit, is less naive, & not as unbelievably lovestruck. However, this installment is still just as bloody, gory, gothic, & magic-filled. I enjoyed this book much more than the first. I was more invested in the characters, more intrigued, and more entertained.
pickSomehow even better than the first. Still a bit confusing at times with the abstract name and words but the story is amazing. This wasn‘t like other second books where the story seems disconnected and slow, it was great beginning to end and I can‘t wait for the third!
Tonight's goal: finish this book!
It's soooo good but I always pick it up too late and have to force myself to put it down and sleep. Less than 100 pages left so I'm doing it!
THE ONLY BAD PART ABOUT ARCS IS HAVING TO WAIT SO LONG FOR A CURRENTLY UNDATED NEXT BOOK. My...my babies
Drawings. drawings. DRAWINGS. d r a w i n g s. #outofcontext
I didn‘t think my heart could hurt anymore and Emily said THINK AGAIN
Okay so at Yallfest someone described Emily as writing dark angsty and broken babies who always have bad things happen to them and I was like nah no way no one is that cruel. Well having finally read Wicked Saints and moving onto this one ummmmm yeah I guess you can really be that cruel but I‘m still hanging onto the small hope that the babies will be okay. It‘s....it‘s possible right???????
Moving on because I got an ARC of this and I just have some feelings I need to process because the cleric the prince and the monster boy keep making a big ol‘ mess of things and ya girl can‘t handle it anymore. I JUST WANT THE TRUTH. Same, Nadya girl, same. Maybe someone will finally know it.
