Ruinsong
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Fantasy / Dark Fantasy
3.6
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Julia Ember
In Julia Ember's dark and lush LGBTQ+ romantic fantasy Ruinsong, two young women from rival factions must work together to reunite their country, as they wrestle with their feelings for each other.Her voice was her prison...Now it’s her weapon. In a world where magic is sung, a powerful mage named Cadence has been forced to torture her country's disgraced nobility at her ruthless queen's bidding. But when she is reunited with her childhood friend, a noblewoman with ties to the underground rebellion, she must finally make a choice: Take a stand to free their country from oppression, or follow in the queen’s footsteps and become a monster herself.
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Author
Julia Ember
Pages
320
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Published Date
2020-11-24
ISBN
0374313369 9780374313364
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"This was okay but I wanted more from it. The magic system is cool though."
Sarah Brown
"I don’t like this book. It ended right but everything else was wrong, except the ***** parts"
Moze J
"i will never get enough of this world"
Lana
"Sapphic Phantom of the Opera retelling "
Maram
"Got me out of my reading slump!"
Tessa
"Not great. It’s okay, it’s not a waste of time, but it’s boring and the first half seems like introduction."
Rebecca Sharp
"I thought this was a really fun idea for a story, and the singing magic was cool. Everything was tense and the stakes felt high. Most of the characters were interesting.<br/><br/>However, the characters we spend our time focused on are probably the least interesting of the bunch. They spend a lot of time complaining and making impulsive decisions (and then complaining that people don't trust them not to make impulsive decisions) and you only kind of hear about other characters doing cool things in the background. The ending wraps up extremely fast so a lot of the victories don't really feel earned. I get the idea of noting every character’s skintone instead of making special note of who wasn't white, but it really drove home how white the core cast still was so I don't know if it helped.<br/><br/>Also this is a nitpick but if you're retelling Phantom of the Opera and you drop ZERO chandeliers? You're doing it wrong."
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"Interesting concept and queer characters"
Emma Hundertmark
"this was pretty good! the only thing was that i HATED the ending- i finished the book and cringed a little lol. it was a very "theres twenty pages left and im not sure how to end it so everyone lives happily ever after the end" ending which im not a huge fan of- the end definitely could have been expanded on. other than that, i really liked cadence and remis dynamic and their relationship. definitely worth reading, but dont expect much from the end. "
joey
"It was great, I love magical worldbuilding mixed with LGBTQ+ representation."
Jourdan Mendoza
