#RUINED BY AMY TINTERA

[bookcentral101]

Cas and Em from the Ruined Trilogy are so precious to me. Cas is so soft about Em, and I love them so much.

[betterbooksandthings]

“YA lost heir fantasy books are a staple of the YA fantasy genre. You cannot look me in the eye and tell me you aren’t obsessed with an unlikely heir who claws their way out of obscurity to reclaim their ancestral throne. There are dresses and sword fights and monsters and subterfuge, and even a bit of romance. It’s fun, I promise.

Runaway heirs have their reasons for getting out. But, in the lost heir trope, there is an understanding that they will have to come back. A kingdom is about to crumble under the rule of a cruel tyrant. A too-young heir must now reclaim their throne. Even better — a teen with an unknown royal lineage discovers they now have to rule. These books all have a lost teen heir to something and are often in a fantasy setting of some kind.“

[adorianshadeofgray]

I'm tired of loving niche fandoms as I cutently don't have time to write it for myself,,, once I found out that a book I loved had 0 fan fics like ZERO wtf people, how is a girl ment to survive in these conditions???

me after consuming a wonderful media: wow, can’t wait to read all the great fics!

ao3:

[unlikelysaintdelele]

i wished the Ruined series by Amy Tintera had a bigger fandom. it honestly deserves so much love.

it's so good that it's the reason I refuse to start a series until all or most of the books are published. waiting for the next release was devastating after I finished book one.

[janiemcpants]

2024 Reading Roundup, Part 1

Another year, another bunch of books!

I read A LOT of mysteries (all 30-something Patricia Wentworths, some Georgette Heyers, some Dorothy L. Sayers, plus caught up on a few current series). I also read more fantasy than usual, and I definitely want to keep doing that. More nonfiction than last year, too, including some great books about movies. 

There weren't quite as many 5-star books as there usually are, but the ones that were were REALLY good. Not sure if this was because of my own mind, or because my picker was less lucky, but there were still more fives than ones, so I'll take it! 

Stats:

Total books: 218 Total pages: 69,786 Average length: 320 pages Shortest book: The House on Abigail Lane by Kealan Patrick Burke (68 pgs) Longest book: Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson (1,088 pgs)

Three favorite books I read this year: 1. Paladin’s Faith by T. Kingfisher 2. The September House by Carissa Orlando 3. Hot Earl Summer by Erica Ridley

Three least favorite books I read this year: 1. Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera 2. A Lady Awakened by Cecilia Grant 3. The Summer Bride by Anne Gracie

Full list (with ratings!) below the cut.

Five stars: The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse (1923) [reread] Very Good, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse (1930) [reread] Paladin’s Grace by T. Kingfisher (2020) Paladin’s Strength by T. Kingfisher (2021) Paladin’s Hope by T. Kingfisher (2021) Paladin’s Faith by T. Kingfisher (2023) What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher (2024) Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir (2022) Starter Villain by John Scalzi (2023) The Bell in the Fog by Lev A.C. Rosen (2023) Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War by Mark Harris (2014) Death of an American Beauty by Mariah Fredericks (2020) His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik (2006) [reread] My Rogue to Ruin by Erica Ridley (2023) Hot Earl Summer by Erica Ridley (2024) Moving Pictures: Memories of a Hollywood Prince by Budd Schulberg (1981) The September House by Carissa Orlando (2023 Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael Schulman (2023) The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden (2024) Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis (2024) Lone Women by Victor LaValle (2023) Mrs. Porter Calling by A.J. Pearce (2023) The Briar Club by Kate Quinn (2024) The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery (1926) [reread] Cue the Sun!: The Invention of Reality TV by Emily Nussbaum (2024) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving (1820) The Phantom Patrol by James R. Benn (2024)

Four stars: The Perfect Rake by Anne Gracie (2005) The Winter Bride by Anne Gracie (2014) Clockwork Boys by T. Kingfisher (2017) Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher (2023) Nine Goblins by T. Kingfisher (2013) The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by K.J. Charles (2023) A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel by K.J. Charles (2023) A Gentleman Fallen on Hard Times by Grace Burrowes (2023) A Gentleman of Dubious Reputation by Grace Burrowes (2023) A Gentleman in Challenging Circumstances by Grace Burrowes (2023) A Gentleman in Pursuit of Truth by Grace Burrowes (2024) A Gentleman of Unreliable Honor by Grace Burrowes (2024) A Gentleman Under the Mistletoe by Grace Burrowes (2024) Lady Violet Investigates by Grace Burrowes (2021) Lady Violet Attends a Wedding by Grace Burrowes (2021) The Refusal Camp by James R. Benn (2023) Proud Sorrows by James R. Benn (2023) Miss Percy's Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons by Quenby Olson (2021) Miss Percy's Travel Guide to Welsh Moors and Feral Dragons by Quenby Olson (2022) Cold-Blooded Myrtle by Elizabeth C. Bunce (2021) In Myrtle Peril by Elizabeth C. Bunce (2022) Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity by Elizabeth C. Bunce (2023) The Marquis Who Mustn’t by Courtney Milan (2023) The Golden Tresses of the Dead by Alan Bradley (2019) What Time the Sexton’s Spade Doth Rust by Alan Bradley (2024) An Infamous Betrayal by Lynn Messina (2018) How to Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann (2022) Street of the Five Moons by Elizabeth Peters (1978) [reread] Borrower of the Night by Elizabeth Peters (1973) [reread] Superfluous Women by Carola Dunn (2015) The Corpse at the Crystal Palace by Carola Dunn (2019) The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman (2023) Circles of Stone: Weird Tales of Pagan Sites and Ancient Rites edited by Katy Soar (2023) A Fire at the Exhibition by T.E. Kinsey (2023) An Assassination on the Agenda by T.E. Kinsey (2024) Cursed Objects: Strange but True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items by J.W. Ocker (2020) The Lawrence Browne Affair by Cat Sebastian (2017) The Ruin of a Rake by Cat Sebastian (2017) A Little Light Mischief by Cat Sebastian (2019) The Road to Roswell by Connie Willis (2023) The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Ann Older (2023) The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham (1952) Forgotten Murder by Dolores Gordon-Smith (2018) The Chapel in the Woods by Dolores Gordon-Smith (2022) I Do, I Do, I Do by Maggie Osborne (2000) The Rust Maidens by Gwendolyn Kiste (2018) Holy Ghosts: Classic Tales of the Ecclesiastical Uncanny edited by Fiona Snailham (2023) A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas (2016) A Conspiracy in Belgravia by Sherry Thomas (2017) The Hollow of Fear by Sherry Thomas (2018) The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas (2019) Murder on Cold Street by Sherry Thomas (2020) Miss Moriarty, I Presume? by Sherry Thomas (2021) A Tempest at Sea by Sherry Thomas (2023) A Ruse of Shadows by Sherry Thomas (2024) Beheld by TaraShea Nesbit (2020) The Archive of Alternate Endings by Lindsey Drager (2019) Death of a Showman by Mariah Fredericks (2021) The Lily of Ludgate Hill by Mimi Matthews (2024) Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik (2006) [reread] A Light Most Hateful by Hailey Piper (2023) Rose Cottage by Mary Stewart (1997) The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett (2020) The Temporary Wife by Mary Balogh (1997) The Lord I Left by Scarlett Peckham (2020) The Mistress Experience by Scarlett Peckham (2024) The Witches: Suspicion, Betrayal, and Hysteria in 1692 Salem by Stacy Schiff (2015) Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology edited by Shane Hawk (2023) Girl A by Abigail Dean (2021) Leave It to Psmith by P.G. Wodehouse (1923) [reread] Twice as Wicked by Elizabeth Bright (2017) Wicked With the Scoundrel by Elizabeth Bright (2019) The Duke’s Wicked Wife by Elizabeth Bright (2020) Mystique by Amanda Quick (1995) The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (2010) Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson (2014) Snuff by Terry Pratchett (2011) Vermilion: The Adventures of Lou Merriwether, Psychopomp by Molly Tanzer (2015)

[angelsaxis]

2023 Books, Movies, and Shows

Titles with a star (*) come highly recommended. Titles with a minues (-) do not.

EDIT: at this point this is definitely NOT an exhaustive list at all 😭 I forgot to maintain it, but here's most of what I watched or read last year!

Movies

Puss in Boots 2: The Last Wish (2022)

Bob's Burgers Movie (2022)

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)

The Menu (2022)

Decision to Leave (2022)

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)*

All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)*

Babylon (2022)

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2022)

JUJUTSU KAISEN 0 (2021)

Women Talking (2022)

M3gan (2023)

Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983)

Skinamarink (2023)

Books

Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado*

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

You Talkin To Me? by E.J. White

The Ivory Tomb by Melissa Caruso

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter ‒ And How to Make the Most of Them Now by Meg Jay

Lockdown: Escape from Furnace by Alexander Gordon Smith

Ruined by Amy Tintera

Shows

1899 (2022)

Abott Elementary (2021)*

The Glory (2022)*

The Last of Us (2023)

Shadow and Bone (2023)

Star Wars: The Bad Batch (2021) -

Emergency NYC (2023)

Yellowjackets (2022)

Star Wars: Visions (2021)*

[summaryi]

Ruined - Amy Tintera

I honestly wish it was longer. This kind of gives me the vibes of a less fluffy, slightly more barebones ACOTAR book 1. idk.

It’s obviously not a 1:1 but the vibes are like. there. for me.

[tiktoksinspo]

Best "I'm supposed to kill you" books:

- The shadows between us by Tricia Levenseller

- Assassins Heart by Sarah Ahiers

- Ruined by Amy Tintera

- Cruel beauty by Rosamund Hodge

- The shadow queen by C.J. Redwine

- Daughter of smoke and bone by Laini Taylor

- Legend by Marie Lu

[rujuraptor]

"Sympathy doesn’t mean much if you don’t take action."

—Amy Tintera, Ruined

[jessread-s]

There comes a time when we have to accept that people make their own choices, and we’re not responsible for those choices, even if they’re our family.

Allied, Amy Tintera

[caitsbooks]

Underrated YA Fantasy Books Everyone Needs to Read 

Books Mentioned:

Ruined (Ruined #1) by Amy Tintera - [ Review ] Avenged (Ruined #2) by Amy Tintera Allied (Ruined #3) by Amy Tintera - [ Review ]

Dance of Thieves (Dance of Thieves #1) by Mary E. Pearson - [ Review ] Vow of Thieves (Dance of Thieves #2) by Mary E. Pearson

Rosemarked (Rosemarked #1) by Livia Blackburne - [ Review ] Umbertouched (Rosemarked #2) by Livia Blackburne [ Review ]

The Last Namsara (Iskari #1) by Kristen Ciccarelli - [ Review ] The Caged Queen (Iskari #2) by Kristen Ciccarelli - [ Review ] The Sky Weaver (Iskari #3) by Kristen Ciccarelli - [ Review ]

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Emeline (Em) Flores

The Ruined Trilogy by Amy Tintera

[elizaandherbooks]

Can't wait to binge the rest of this trilogy the first book was so good

What was the last series you binge read

[bludgersandbroomsticks]

Ruined by Amy Tintera: Review

Ruined by Amy Tintera: Review

A revenge that will consume her. A love that will ruin her.

Emelina Flores has nothing. Her home in Ruina has been ravaged by war, she witnessed her parents’ brutal murders and watched helplessly as her sister, Olivia, was kidnapped.

But because Em has nothing, she has nothing to lose. In a brilliant, elaborate plan of deception and murder, Em marries Prince Casimir, next in line to take Lera’s…

[booksneedcaffeinetoo]

Are there any other Runied fans out there?!??

I want someone else to chat with about how Aren and Galo are the definitions of Cinammon Roll™

[laurens-libraryy]

I’m going to be doing a series of blog posts about my favorite series that I think are underrated or not talked about enough. I am going to start with the ones that are most talked about, and then work my way down. Go follow me on my new bookstagram fiction_fanaticc to see more pics!