Ruin Me

by Anika Valero

Genres: Lesbian, Lesbian Fiction, Enemies To Lovers

293 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 28, 2026

Reviews

[Misha · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was fine. The dialogue is so sparse and repetitive (and saying literally nothing) that I had to roll my eyes a lot but fine for a YA book.

[Lynda B. · Rating 3 out of 5]

spelling mistakes and a lot of running around in circles, but it was good.

[Falcão · Rating 1 out of 5]

repetitivo, redundante e vazio

[jennifer cameron · Rating 3 out of 5]

too fast paste in my opinion. idk

[Carlee Resline · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this book was really good. There was a few spelling mistakes and sometimes circling back with phrases and words. But I thought overall the book was really good and displays passion with self guilt. I loved the book

[Cristina · Rating 1 out of 5]

Oh. My. God.

Ruin Me has ruined me. Because I wasted an hour or so of my night reading this.

How did this come out of the same author as Loathing You? I'm not a fan of Loathing You but that book at least tried. It had some consistency and characters with decent depth. This book does not even try. It feels like the draft of a thirteen-year old attempting to publish their first queer Wattpad original story thinking it's ground-breaking.

Also I cannot ignore the blatant use of AI-imagery to promote this book. I do not have respect for any author who utilizes AI for promotional purposes since the following question rises: How do I know you are not using that in your writing?

At least I know they aren't for this book due to the CONSTANT GRAMMATICAL ERRORS. I read "se" somewhere instead of "she". This shows that this was a careless publish as well. Nobody bothered to reread what was written down.

Onto the book itself. It's shit. I have nothing kind to say. I attempt to always find something redeeming in a book but I cannot find anything redeeming whatsoever in Ruin Me. It's repetitive, boring, frustrating, inconsistent and so much more. The writing does not help since it severely lacks any personality. It's rushed and messy in many scenes. There's no actual intimacy, or proper build-up. The interactions between the supposed couple are bland and unnatural.

It's just bad. Like don't waste your time. This is just disappointing from an author I thought would actually grow.

[Olivia Hunt · Rating 2 out of 5]

I purchased this book after seeing some good reviews on tik tok and was very underwhelmed.

it begun and it felt like i was dropped in the middle of the story, like there was a lot of background information that could have been shared but we didn’t get to experience it.

The characters seemed really interesting, especially with the ounce of home life info we got to know, i would have loved to dive further into that side of the characters before they had gotten closer.

It was very quick that the characters got intimate and honestly it felt as if i was reading completely different characters, the way they spoke to each other in those private moments were so different to the bickering we had known them by, but again, we don’t really know the characters all that well, they seemed to have known each other for a long time so there could be backstory as to why they spoke to each other in that way in those personal moments.

overall this book has a lot of potential if there was more to it, but seemed like a bit of a rush, especially with the spelling mistakes i had come across whilst reading it.

[solyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

i really wanted to love this book because the plot is the kind of story i gravitate toward; emotional, messy, and full of tension. it’s the kind of premise that makes you yearn.

but the writing made it hard to stay immersed.

the dialogue feels shallow, and there’s very little narration grounding the scenes. most conversations are just lines of dialogue back-to-back, with barely any cues, descriptions, or internal thoughts to know who’s speaking or what’s happening. because of that, i kept getting lost mid-conversation and had to go back and reread just to figure out who was talking.

because of this, it was hard for me to stay engaged with the story. overall, it’s a story i wanted to get lost in but the writing style made it really difficult to focus.

[Lakambria Tula · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book um feels very stiff 90% of the time, the characters don’t really feel like they have a lot of layers to them and the dialogue feels very repetitive most of the time to the point where the characters feel exactly the same same. It also feels like the characters have moments where they explain the relationship but you don’t really feel it at all. There are even moments where i question if some of this could possibly be AI generated. Overall, it’s just okay it’s not that great as far as story telling and characters but it’s something to read if you’re into a little bit of spiciness.

[Robin Ray · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was a bit odd and the dialog stylized, but ultimately I found it enjoyable, even charming. I think some of the negative comments here reflect commenters' dissatisfaction with the odd style, but I think the book was well done. Take it or leave it, as they say. I recommend reading a sample before purchasing the book.

The story had a certain enemies-to-lovers quality to it, as one of the girls (Valeria) was very popular while the other (Iris) was a loner. But the book was much more than that. Valeria had always believed herself to be straight, and so had to grapple with her attraction to Iris. But romantic feelings for someone unlike yourself can lead to discovery and growth – for both characters.

There were few dialog tags, and so the dialog went by very quickly. Most of the characters' lines were very short. Their reactions to each other's words were concisely described. Half their communication seemed to consist of gazes, pauses, and silences of varying length and character. At times I felt I was reading a play script rather than a book. But once I got used to it, I found the style no less engaging than conventional prose, and the pace meant it took me only a few hours to read.

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have to say it was way shorter than I expected.

Also that girl did not lie about the to be continued which I don't really like.

Regardless of this I liked the short story, I screamed ( silently) in my room and kicked my feet and got stressed. Amazing
It could have been greater if it was longer and with a slower pace.
It felt like a mix of all the things you said + casual + I'll be watching you + glue + midnight love + purple rain

[T · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF. Repetitive, feels like there only one dimension. Can’t really explore the world of the book much. Don’t know how to explain it kinda feels gray and missing a few things. Feels very flat and the characters especially the main ones feel like they’re the same person (I think like tones feel similar). Pacing is weird too, kinda feels a little rushed.

[Jellybean · Rating 1 out of 5]

I felt like I had already read this in the first paragraph, but I don't recognize the book.
I found it really repetitive and boring, there were some grammar mistakes that made me pause and reread the line a few times before understanding it. Not really for me I guess, I just can't with bad communication tropes, sorry

[Bea · Rating 3 out of 5]

I give 2,5/5
It reads very quickly, the only thing that is very repetitive and almost the entire book is the same. Nothing progresses

[Ah Write · Rating 1 out of 5]

terrible book. runs in circles, even halfway through the book, nothing is progressing. ai slop, with stiff corny conversation that only ai could come up with. do better, author.

[Girl · Rating 3 out of 5]

What I hate most about a book is reaching the end… only to find a “to be continued” with no warning.😕

[Lily Eaton · Rating 3 out of 5]

The dialogue was so repetitive but the tension was insane that i finished it in a day.

[štœnetheelysai · Rating 1 out of 5]

Good concept, poor writing

[Celina · Rating 2 out of 5]

this is some toxic behaviour; if you read Tryst Venom Six or Six Venom by Penelope Douglas and loved it.. this is exactly it for you, don't miss out on the craziness.

[Dilyara · Rating 1 out of 5]

I’m like 95% sure this is ai made… the driest book I have ever read. Repetitive dialogues, actions. Absolutely no depth.

[virgoreading · Rating 2 out of 5]

This reads like AI slop (I don't know if it is), and it's full of spelling mistakes. Could've been a great story, though.

[Red Eye87 · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you think about it from a teenage pov, it was very accurate, but that ending omg! I wasn't really hooked from the beggining, but it totally got me at the end

[Naylalala · Rating 1 out of 5]

Um...it was a book, i guess?

[Lot · Rating 2 out of 5]

The idea of the storyline is interesting, but the execution of it.. Very repetitive and the characters are shallow. Same character dynamics as Loathing You, but then more rushed.