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Realm of Ruins by Hannah West was sent to me by Holiday House. It was never on my radar, but I'm extremely grateful that I crossed paths with it, because it is a marvelous story.

"The first kingdom he destroyed by plague, the second by vanity and decadence. The third he destroyed by wielding its own craving for power. But the new queens rebuilt the realm from its ruins. And it will never be destroyed."

Realm of Ruins is the second in The Nissera Chronicles series. You do not have to read the first book, Kingdom of Fire and Briars, to begin this book, as this book takes place a century after Kingdom of Fire and Briars. Valory Braiosa has greatness in her bones, but it is unknown to her. And amidst her magical discovery, an evil is awaken and disrupts everything that she has ever known. A stranger, a quest, and a battle for good and evil sums up this story in a few words.

But that's not all this story holds. As in Kingdom of Fire and Brairs, West writes this story with familiar elements from our favorite fairytales. The story is unique, comprising of all the best pieces of stories that we love. Brave heroine? Check. Dashing stranger? Check. Breath-catching adventure? Check. And the magic system? So intricate and interesting! I was drawn by the magic when I read Kingdom of Fire and Brairs, but I saw the darker and more dangerous side with Realm of Ruins.

"Please, I thought, imploring the ancestral magic in my blood to catch. Please let me be powerful."

I love, love Valory! She is such a great heroine. She has heart, but also gumption. She is brave, but also isn't afraid to show vulnerability. She is the best traits that one can hope for in a heroine. My love for her is forever. I did enjoy the cast of characters, and while I want to talk more about it, I won't give them away. Just know there is a revolving cast and each one have an integral piece of this adventure. And others? I hope they get their own story.

I enjoyed this so much, and I hope you will too.

*Thank you to the publisher for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.*


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Realm of Ruins A Nissera Novel The Nissera Chronicles Hannah West Books Reviews

(Disclaimer I received this free book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.)

What I loved about Realm of Ruins is that it looks about the cost of ambitions and the price of the rules when they are broken. It's almost like a mixture of Beauty and the Beast with The Little Mermaid and more! It feels like this blending of stories you know, but always with a new twist, a different option - another ending. One of the things I adore about this book is that it celebrates the idea that we cannot pretend to be someone we aren't. Valory struggles with her power and taming it, but what it she were to let it go?
"Please let me be powerful."

Trouble follows Valory Braiosa wherever she goes.

Raised in Calgoran during the Age of the Accords, Valory is surrounded by elicrin magic and elicromancers. As a descendant of the legendary Queen Bristal and King Anthony, everyone assumes Valory will become a powerful elicromancer herself. But now she is almost at the end of her time at the Academy with no signs of power manifesting. With her chances of receiving an elicrin stone from the Water dwindling, Valory is forced to consider her greatest fear a life without magic or power.

Touching the Water is no guarantee of receiving an elicrin stone. Even with careful vetting from the Academy candidates may still be deemed unworthy and drowned in the Water, their bodies lost forever. Valory’s attempt to save her cousin from such a fate proves disastrous. In the aftermath her cousin is dead, the Water is gone, and Valory now has dangerous power no one understands and which Valory can’t control.

Branded a murderer and a rogue, Valory is forced to travel far from home to try and clear her name. Across Nissera it’s apparent that a dark presence is rising and Valory might be the only one powerful enough to stop it. As danger mounts and loyalties are tested, Valory will have to embrace her power to face this danger. But all power comes at a price and this time the cost may be steeper than Valory can pay in Realm of Ruins (2018) by Hannah West.

Real of Ruins is the second book in West's Nissera Chronicles which begins with the companion novel Kingdom of Ash and Briars.

Realm of Ruins is set one hundred years after the events of West's debut novel Kingdom of Ash and Briars and follows a new generation of characters. An elaborate family tree at the start of the book and sly asides throughout offer nods to events of the first book although this novel can easily be read as a standalone. (A companion short story, Fields of Fire, can also be read for free online.)

Valory is as pragmatic as she is reckless. Although the implications of her new power are obvious she is still quick to jump to conclusions and easily falls prey to the manipulations of others while she tries to understand her dramatically changed circumstances.

Her efforts to clear her name are soon sidelined as she learns about the emergence of a dangerous new threat known as the Moth King or the Lord of the Elicromancers. Drawn into a hunt to stop this new enemy Valory plays a part in side plots that draw heavily from elements of Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid. West manages a convoluted and sometimes bloated plot admirably bringing diverging threads together to explore larger themes of power, collective memory, and the dangers of both if left unchecked.

While Valory is initially a slave to circumstance, forced repeatedly into reactive positions as her situation shifts from bad to worse, Realm of Ruins is largely about agency and choice. It is only when Valory chooses to embrace her power--and the difficult decisions she must make about how to wield it--that she is able to regain control of her fate and try to claim what she sees as her rightful power in the realm.

Realm of Ruins is an intricate and original fantasy. West blends her unique magic system with a vivid world and fairy tale elements to create a story that is entirely fascinating. Recommended for fans of fairy tales, high fantasy, and bloody revolution.

Possible Pairings The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert, The Cruel Prince by Holly Black, Frostblood by Elly Blake, The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi, Forest of a Thousand Lanterns by Julie C. Dao, Reign the Earth by A. C. Gaughen, For a Muse of Fire by Heidi Heilig, Furyborn by Claire Legrand
So enjoyed a journey back to Nissera and like before with Kingdom of Ash and Briars, did not want it to end!!!
Realm of Ruins by Hannah West was sent to me by Holiday House. It was never on my radar, but I'm extremely grateful that I crossed paths with it, because it is a marvelous story.

"The first kingdom he destroyed by plague, the second by vanity and decadence. The third he destroyed by wielding its own craving for power. But the new queens rebuilt the realm from its ruins. And it will never be destroyed."

Realm of Ruins is the second in The Nissera Chronicles series. You do not have to read the first book, Kingdom of Fire and Briars, to begin this book, as this book takes place a century after Kingdom of Fire and Briars. Valory Braiosa has greatness in her bones, but it is unknown to her. And amidst her magical discovery, an evil is awaken and disrupts everything that she has ever known. A stranger, a quest, and a battle for good and evil sums up this story in a few words.

But that's not all this story holds. As in Kingdom of Fire and Brairs, West writes this story with familiar elements from our favorite fairytales. The story is unique, comprising of all the best pieces of stories that we love. Brave heroine? Check. Dashing stranger? Check. Breath-catching adventure? Check. And the magic system? So intricate and interesting! I was drawn by the magic when I read Kingdom of Fire and Brairs, but I saw the darker and more dangerous side with Realm of Ruins.

"Please, I thought, imploring the ancestral magic in my blood to catch. Please let me be powerful."

I love, love Valory! She is such a great heroine. She has heart, but also gumption. She is brave, but also isn't afraid to show vulnerability. She is the best traits that one can hope for in a heroine. My love for her is forever. I did enjoy the cast of characters, and while I want to talk more about it, I won't give them away. Just know there is a revolving cast and each one have an integral piece of this adventure. And others? I hope they get their own story.

I enjoyed this so much, and I hope you will too.

*Thank you to the publisher for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.*