A Song of Wraiths and Ruin

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Roseanne A. Brown: A Song of Wraiths and Ruin (2020, Balzer + Bray)

hardcover, 480 pages

Published June 2, 2020 by Balzer + Bray.

ISBN:
978-0-06-289149-5
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4 stars (4 reviews)

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Review of 'A Song of Wraiths and Ruin' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

This was a very good debut, I liked what the authors did with the characters individually, showing panic attacks or Karina having chronic migraines for example. I liked the scenes between the two of them, I just wish all the events didn't happened during just a couple of days because I need more yearning lol, the sequel looks promising on that front^

Review of 'Song of Wraiths and Ruin' on 'Storygraph'

5 stars

A fast-paced and engaging fantasy,  A Song of Wraiths and Ruin is good from the first page to the last. High stakes oaths, fantastic characters with mutually incompatible goals, and the creeping dread of never quite being enough for what everyone expects of you.

This book flew by for me, I sat down to read just a bit to check it out and then devoured it just a couple of days. It does an amazing job of establishing two compelling protagonists with incompatible goals and making you want them both to succeed. The world is rich with backstory and detail without ever feeling overwhelming, and it so perfectly handled the delicate balance of providing a satisfying ending while making me invested in the sequel. I love everything it did and I really want to know what happens next. 

When I say they have incompatible goals, I mean that they literally …

Review of 'A Song of Wraiths and Ruin' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Vivid fantasy world of kings and princesses and demons, inspired by West African folklore and set in the mythical desert city of Ziran. The two main characters are crown princess Karina and poor refugee boy Malik, whose paths cross when Malik is forced by a vengeful demon to swear to assassinate Karina in order to save the life of his younger sister.

Karina, on the other side of things, needs to obtain the heart of a king, in order to save her mother, and if that means marrying a boy in order to cut out his heart, then so be it. In order to get in stabbing distance of Karina, Malik tricks his way into being one of the seven Champions who will fight it out during the Solstasia festival (in a very Hunger games style event) for the hand of Karina in marriage.

Of course, from the moment the …

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