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Fractured World #1
City of Hope and Ruin
Every night the monsters hunt.
A city that is the whole world: Theosophy and her companions in the City militia do their best to protect the civilians from the monsters, but they keep crawling from the Rift and there’s nowhere to run. Theosophy knows she’ll die fighting. It’s the best kind of death she’s seen, and at least she can save lives in the meantime.
They say the Scarred carve you up while you’re still alive.
A village in the shadow of a forest: Refugees from the border whisper about the oncoming Scarred, but Briony can’t convince her brother to relocate his children to safety. Briony will do anything to protect them. She owes them that much, even if it means turning to forbidden magic.
When Theosophy and Briony accidentally make contact across the boundaries of their worlds, they realize that solutions might finally be within reach. A world beyond the City would give Theosophy’s people an escape, and the City’s warriors could help Briony protect her family from the Scarred. Each woman sees in the other a strength she lacks—and maybe something more.
All they need to do is find a way across the dimensions to each other before their enemies close in.
A city that is the whole world: Theosophy and her companions in the City militia do their best to protect the civilians from the monsters, but they keep crawling from the Rift and there’s nowhere to run. Theosophy knows she’ll die fighting. It’s the best kind of death she’s seen, and at least she can save lives in the meantime.
They say the Scarred carve you up while you’re still alive.
A village in the shadow of a forest: Refugees from the border whisper about the oncoming Scarred, but Briony can’t convince her brother to relocate his children to safety. Briony will do anything to protect them. She owes them that much, even if it means turning to forbidden magic.
When Theosophy and Briony accidentally make contact across the boundaries of their worlds, they realize that solutions might finally be within reach. A world beyond the City would give Theosophy’s people an escape, and the City’s warriors could help Briony protect her family from the Scarred. Each woman sees in the other a strength she lacks—and maybe something more.
All they need to do is find a way across the dimensions to each other before their enemies close in.
326 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 11, 2016
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About the author
Kit Campbell
27 books154 followersKit Campbell has never met a mythology she hasn’t liked. This sometimes leads to issues, such as the occasional Norse God of Thunder showing up in the Garden of Eden. She adores weaving in the possibilities forgotten magic can bring to a story, and enjoys making up new creatures, such as large, venomous monsters that hunt in packs.
Kit’s stories have been published in half-a-dozen anthologies, and her YA novella, Hidden Worlds, was released by Turtleduck Press in 2010.
Kit lives in Colorado in a house of ever-increasing chaos. She can be found around the internet at kitcampbellbooks.com, @KitCampbell, and on Goodreads.
Kit’s stories have been published in half-a-dozen anthologies, and her YA novella, Hidden Worlds, was released by Turtleduck Press in 2010.
Kit lives in Colorado in a house of ever-increasing chaos. She can be found around the internet at kitcampbellbooks.com, @KitCampbell, and on Goodreads.
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May 12, 2016
Total page turner. Finished this in two sittings.
A portal fantasy between two different flavors of fantasy world, each with its own culture, magic, monsters, etc.
In the interests of not spoiling things on a new book, please just note that there are MANY clever elements that I am not bringing up. You start reading the book because it's so smooth and the worlds and characters are interesting, but you continue because of the twists, both in plot and character development.
A portal fantasy between two different flavors of fantasy world, each with its own culture, magic, monsters, etc.
In the interests of not spoiling things on a new book, please just note that there are MANY clever elements that I am not bringing up. You start reading the book because it's so smooth and the worlds and characters are interesting, but you continue because of the twists, both in plot and character development.
May 15, 2016
This unusual post-apocalyptic story is about two women living in separate worlds who are worried about protecting those around them from the attacks of others. Theo is a warrior trained to fight the monsters who come through the Rift every night to hunt humans. Bree is a healer who is trying to find a way to get her brother and his family to move with her to some place where they will be safe from the violent Scarred. When a device Theo finds enables the two women to meet and talk, the information they gain about each other's lives gives them hope and ideas about how to change things for the better. Bree wants to bring Theo and her trained warriors to Westenaedre to fight the Scarred while Theo believes escaping from the City into the wider world may be the way to end the monster attacks.
What I loved about this book is the sense that Theo and Bree's worlds are very different and yet connected. The reader spends the early chapters of the book trying to guess what the real situation is just as the characters are trying to understand what it happening. Both women are brave, determined, and yet flawed. Their struggles with their relationships and emotions make them easy to relate to. They act on what they believe and work to achieve their goals even when no one else is supporting them.
It's been a while since I read a book straight through. City of Hope and Ruin kept me wondering and wanting to know what would happen next. I liked both women for different reasons and wanted to see them succeed in their goals. Like them, I wanted to understand how their two worlds were connected and what they needed to do to defeat their enemies. The ending was satisfying, although I want to know what happens to these women next. I look forward to the sequel.
What I loved about this book is the sense that Theo and Bree's worlds are very different and yet connected. The reader spends the early chapters of the book trying to guess what the real situation is just as the characters are trying to understand what it happening. Both women are brave, determined, and yet flawed. Their struggles with their relationships and emotions make them easy to relate to. They act on what they believe and work to achieve their goals even when no one else is supporting them.
It's been a while since I read a book straight through. City of Hope and Ruin kept me wondering and wanting to know what would happen next. I liked both women for different reasons and wanted to see them succeed in their goals. Like them, I wanted to understand how their two worlds were connected and what they needed to do to defeat their enemies. The ending was satisfying, although I want to know what happens to these women next. I look forward to the sequel.
June 1, 2016
This is a very interesting story idea and as a cherry on top you'll get a f/f pairing and a genderqueer side character as well. Yay!
City of hope and ruin jumps right into the story and at first I was a little bit confused (there are some magical crystals and they... do stuff?). So more worldbuilding would be great. But I found my way into it and both worlds are really different from each other and really interesting as well.
I came to like both Briony and Theosophy on their own, their relationship? Not so much. It left me cold, because it didn't really make sense and was very rushed. The ending is rushed as well. I was like ''It's over? Huh???''
So some minor things could be done better, but it still makes a very interesting read.
Disclaimer: I was provided by the author with a free copy in exchange for an honest review.
City of hope and ruin jumps right into the story and at first I was a little bit confused (there are some magical crystals and they... do stuff?). So more worldbuilding would be great. But I found my way into it and both worlds are really different from each other and really interesting as well.
I came to like both Briony and Theosophy on their own, their relationship? Not so much. It left me cold, because it didn't really make sense and was very rushed. The ending is rushed as well. I was like ''It's over? Huh???''
So some minor things could be done better, but it still makes a very interesting read.
Disclaimer: I was provided by the author with a free copy in exchange for an honest review.
June 18, 2016
Thoroughly enjoyed this novel. Not my usual fare, and not typical swords & sorcery type of fantasy. The authors were ambitious and carried off most of what they set out to do admirably. It's a book that will help fill some real voids in the fantasy genre. I did struggle a bit with the opening - particularly with the character names - but once past that, it was engaging, lively and had enough suspense to keep me reading through to the end.
Looking forward to the next book in the series.
Looking forward to the next book in the series.
September 10, 2016
A wonderful book with captivating characters. I want to read more stories in this world they've created. I also applaud the way gender and sexuality are dealt with in the novel. An androgynous character and same sex relationships are introduced without fanfare. They are dealt with as a normal part of life which I wish was how more authors would do it.
Bravo!!
Bravo!!
December 3, 2020
Definitely not one of my favorites and honestly I can't believe two people worked on the book and it still turned out to like this.
A quick summary because the whole book doesn’t explain a single thing and you have no idea what is happening (and not in the fun way). So you have Theosophony, a female warrior who lives in the City that is sort of a dystopian setting, and she fights monsters that come from another dimension. I think. We also have Briony, a girl who lives in sort of a fantasy setting and wants to have magic so she can protect her brother and nephews, but her world is also full of monsters (I think) called Fractures. And Scarred. And some weird vines that trap you? Just 2 chapters in the book these two characters meet because of an old device Theo found, or because of magic, depends from which world you are.
The problem here is that I still don’t know how either of these two societies/worlds really work? We only find out later that it’s supposed to be 500+ years after the War (which we learn nothing about) and these two parts of essentially the same city got separated by a Wall or another dimension between them? It’s too confusing and barely explained throughout the book. I would rather have info dumps than trying to make sense of all these new terms with zero explanations. They also meet too soon and it’s not as exciting to realize they’re actually from the same dimension as it would’ve been had it happened later after we actually learned about the societies and how different they are. Not to mention the insta-love that happened, they fell in love but barely talked to each other twice. But some people might be into love at first sight so who am I to judge (it’s just not my thing).
I had several other issues with this book and I’m going to address all of them. First one is that the authors tried to be inclusive and have diversity so they have a nonbinary (specifically androgyne) character who uses they/them pronouns. As a nonbinary person myself, I was thrilled. Up until the point where they referred to the character as “the andro” multiple times until we were told their name. I’m not sure how this even got published, maybe because it’s not an “official slur” but that doesn’t mean it’s okay at all. It also seemed weird that a few chapters after another characters describes a kid as not being “sure whether it was a boy or a girl” when clearly the author is familiar with the concept of nonbinary genders, and multiple usage of “his or her” instead of “their”. Another thing that really bothered me was that all the warriors addressed the female characters in power with “sir”. What is wrong with ma'am? Or miss? Or using their actual title? Why do women in position of power need to be addressed with a word for a man? Especially in a fantasy setting where you can literally make up whatever you want? It just really rubbed me the wrong way and it seemed so misogynistic. Some other things that I didn’t like: there was casual drug abuse that was never really shown as something necessarily bad, Briony’s brother and fiance were so possessive it was borderline abusive since her fiance (she didn’t even have feelings for) barely let her do anything without his permission or at least knowing the details about where she was going and what she was doing. Neither of their behaviors was ever addressed as bad either? It wasn’t encouraged because she was annoyed at it but the author never made it clear that it wasn’t healthy behavior.
In short what I liked about the book: the general idea behind it is great. I love fantasy and dystopian books and to have both in one could’ve been so interesting if we actually got any world building. And yeah it was nice to have a nonbinary and 3 sapphic characters in one book, one was implied being pansexual too, and for it to not really be a heavily forced love triangle either. So if you want to read a fantasy/dystopian book that has wlw and don’t mind not really knowing what’s going on and are okay with a predictable (barely there) plot twists then you should read it. Otherwise I’d suggest investing time in something else. 2 stars for diversity attempt.
A quick summary because the whole book doesn’t explain a single thing and you have no idea what is happening (and not in the fun way). So you have Theosophony, a female warrior who lives in the City that is sort of a dystopian setting, and she fights monsters that come from another dimension. I think. We also have Briony, a girl who lives in sort of a fantasy setting and wants to have magic so she can protect her brother and nephews, but her world is also full of monsters (I think) called Fractures. And Scarred. And some weird vines that trap you? Just 2 chapters in the book these two characters meet because of an old device Theo found, or because of magic, depends from which world you are.
The problem here is that I still don’t know how either of these two societies/worlds really work? We only find out later that it’s supposed to be 500+ years after the War (which we learn nothing about) and these two parts of essentially the same city got separated by a Wall or another dimension between them? It’s too confusing and barely explained throughout the book. I would rather have info dumps than trying to make sense of all these new terms with zero explanations. They also meet too soon and it’s not as exciting to realize they’re actually from the same dimension as it would’ve been had it happened later after we actually learned about the societies and how different they are. Not to mention the insta-love that happened, they fell in love but barely talked to each other twice. But some people might be into love at first sight so who am I to judge (it’s just not my thing).
I had several other issues with this book and I’m going to address all of them. First one is that the authors tried to be inclusive and have diversity so they have a nonbinary (specifically androgyne) character who uses they/them pronouns. As a nonbinary person myself, I was thrilled. Up until the point where they referred to the character as “the andro” multiple times until we were told their name. I’m not sure how this even got published, maybe because it’s not an “official slur” but that doesn’t mean it’s okay at all. It also seemed weird that a few chapters after another characters describes a kid as not being “sure whether it was a boy or a girl” when clearly the author is familiar with the concept of nonbinary genders, and multiple usage of “his or her” instead of “their”. Another thing that really bothered me was that all the warriors addressed the female characters in power with “sir”. What is wrong with ma'am? Or miss? Or using their actual title? Why do women in position of power need to be addressed with a word for a man? Especially in a fantasy setting where you can literally make up whatever you want? It just really rubbed me the wrong way and it seemed so misogynistic. Some other things that I didn’t like: there was casual drug abuse that was never really shown as something necessarily bad, Briony’s brother and fiance were so possessive it was borderline abusive since her fiance (she didn’t even have feelings for) barely let her do anything without his permission or at least knowing the details about where she was going and what she was doing. Neither of their behaviors was ever addressed as bad either? It wasn’t encouraged because she was annoyed at it but the author never made it clear that it wasn’t healthy behavior.
In short what I liked about the book: the general idea behind it is great. I love fantasy and dystopian books and to have both in one could’ve been so interesting if we actually got any world building. And yeah it was nice to have a nonbinary and 3 sapphic characters in one book, one was implied being pansexual too, and for it to not really be a heavily forced love triangle either. So if you want to read a fantasy/dystopian book that has wlw and don’t mind not really knowing what’s going on and are okay with a predictable (barely there) plot twists then you should read it. Otherwise I’d suggest investing time in something else. 2 stars for diversity attempt.
September 2, 2019
Worth staying up all night.
Smooth reading, immersive world building, excellent characters, excitement, suspense, and mystery! I developed a serious case of "one more chapter syndrom" and stayed up pretty much all night reading this. The only thing that would have made me happier is another chapter or an epilogue to finish out the story. There was still a lot going on! But even as it stands, I am satisfied. Would recommend for a read.
Smooth reading, immersive world building, excellent characters, excitement, suspense, and mystery! I developed a serious case of "one more chapter syndrom" and stayed up pretty much all night reading this. The only thing that would have made me happier is another chapter or an epilogue to finish out the story. There was still a lot going on! But even as it stands, I am satisfied. Would recommend for a read.
August 24, 2017
After generations of struggle against monsters, soldier Theosophy discovers a world outside their City dimension — and an alluring but naive girl she meets there could save them all.
This LGBT fantasy took me two tries to get into, but that’s nothing against the story. I wasn’t in the right mood the first time. I particularly enjoyed how both protagonists are so driven and certain of themselves, yet naive in their own ways (a perfect example of new adult characters), although I still question just how much they could actually fall in love with each other when they’d had a total of thirty minutes together during the book. The two authors take their time drawing out the mystery and will keep you guessing.
If you love LGBT fantasy, then you’ll like City of Hope and Ruin.
This LGBT fantasy took me two tries to get into, but that’s nothing against the story. I wasn’t in the right mood the first time. I particularly enjoyed how both protagonists are so driven and certain of themselves, yet naive in their own ways (a perfect example of new adult characters), although I still question just how much they could actually fall in love with each other when they’d had a total of thirty minutes together during the book. The two authors take their time drawing out the mystery and will keep you guessing.
If you love LGBT fantasy, then you’ll like City of Hope and Ruin.
August 1, 2016
Independent reviewer for Archaeolibrarian, I was gifted my copy of this book.
I'm having trouble writing my own blurby bit for this, its not making sense or giving too much away, so I'm jumping straight in to my review.
I am, for the most part, NOT a young adult reader. Had this book come with that tag, I will have undoubtedly said no thank you. But it didn't, and I am so glad of that fact! And I'm classing it as upper young adult, 15 plus. I'd let my 15 year old daughter read this. There is some swearing but nothing she won't have heard or even used before, and some violence, fighting the monsters and the Scarred but not too much. Almost clean too.
Because, I really REALLY enjoyed this! It surprised me and I don't know WHY it did, but it did. The blurb makes you think of one thing, and the book goes a different way to what I expected, so maybe that's why, but I'm not feeling like it's that. I'm waffling, I know! Sorry!
Okay, so! Theo is in The City, and Briony, ...not, for wont of a better word. They make contact, across the plains between the two places and a string of events cause the two girls to actually meet. Briony is trying to save her world from the Scarred and Theo from The Monsters. But it appears both these creatures may be descended from the Old Ones, who built The City, who caused all the destruction in the first place.
It's written by two authors, and I did wonder how the work was split. After reading, I'm left thinking this. One author wrote for each girl. Because they are very different. Each girl (I keep calling them girls, but they aren't really, I just don't think ladies fits!) has a distinct speech pattern, thoughts and words used, they are very clearly different people, bought up in very different ways. And I loved that they were, but as soon as they met, that first time across the plains, the connection was instant and powerful.
It's very well written, I saw no spellings or editing errors. Both girls have their say. As I said, some swearing and fighting, so upper young adult, but regardless of that fact... I DID enjoy it!
It says it's A Fractured World Novel. Now, some searching has led me to think this is the FIRST Fractured World novel, unless the other books are not tagged as such, or I'm just rubbish at searching, either way, I would like to read more. Much more. Both of Theo and Briony, and of any others who popped up in this story, or new ones in future books.
Thank you, for NOT tagging this as young adult. It doesn't say it on Amazon, I'm just reading it as such but still.....
4 stars
**same worded review will appear on Goodreads, BookLikes, Amazon.co.uk/.com, Kobo and Barnes and Noble**
I'm having trouble writing my own blurby bit for this, its not making sense or giving too much away, so I'm jumping straight in to my review.
I am, for the most part, NOT a young adult reader. Had this book come with that tag, I will have undoubtedly said no thank you. But it didn't, and I am so glad of that fact! And I'm classing it as upper young adult, 15 plus. I'd let my 15 year old daughter read this. There is some swearing but nothing she won't have heard or even used before, and some violence, fighting the monsters and the Scarred but not too much. Almost clean too.
Because, I really REALLY enjoyed this! It surprised me and I don't know WHY it did, but it did. The blurb makes you think of one thing, and the book goes a different way to what I expected, so maybe that's why, but I'm not feeling like it's that. I'm waffling, I know! Sorry!
Okay, so! Theo is in The City, and Briony, ...not, for wont of a better word. They make contact, across the plains between the two places and a string of events cause the two girls to actually meet. Briony is trying to save her world from the Scarred and Theo from The Monsters. But it appears both these creatures may be descended from the Old Ones, who built The City, who caused all the destruction in the first place.
It's written by two authors, and I did wonder how the work was split. After reading, I'm left thinking this. One author wrote for each girl. Because they are very different. Each girl (I keep calling them girls, but they aren't really, I just don't think ladies fits!) has a distinct speech pattern, thoughts and words used, they are very clearly different people, bought up in very different ways. And I loved that they were, but as soon as they met, that first time across the plains, the connection was instant and powerful.
It's very well written, I saw no spellings or editing errors. Both girls have their say. As I said, some swearing and fighting, so upper young adult, but regardless of that fact... I DID enjoy it!
It says it's A Fractured World Novel. Now, some searching has led me to think this is the FIRST Fractured World novel, unless the other books are not tagged as such, or I'm just rubbish at searching, either way, I would like to read more. Much more. Both of Theo and Briony, and of any others who popped up in this story, or new ones in future books.
Thank you, for NOT tagging this as young adult. It doesn't say it on Amazon, I'm just reading it as such but still.....
4 stars
**same worded review will appear on Goodreads, BookLikes, Amazon.co.uk/.com, Kobo and Barnes and Noble**
August 11, 2016
5**** Not your usual fantasy read - much better than that.
For starters, I’d like to say I love reading fantasy books but I avoid YA as much as I can. In this case, I wasn’t aware City of Hope and Ruin was a Young Adult title because it’s not described as such in the blurb and it’s not placed in that Amazon category. However, I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it and that’s why I wanted to make my aversion to YA clear from the beginning. This is a very good book regardless of genres.
I don’t like reading spoilers so I don’t write them in my reviews. With this book, that makes writing about it quite hard. LOL
My favorite kind of fantasy story is the one which puts the reader right in the middle of the action and presents the world and its characters indirectly from their interactions and descriptions of the settings. For me it feels like putting together a puzzle, which is one of my favorite leisure activities. I’m sure this was one of the reasons I enjoyed City of Hope and Ruin so much. You literally land in the middle of a chase through the rooftops of the City and it can only get better than that. It’s like starting an action movie with a huge car chase scene. Throw in some magic, monsters, and menaces and you have a recipe for a great read.
Alternative POVs make my day when they’re well written and don’t seem like ‘head-hopping’. It seems having two different authors writing this book might have helped with that as I’m guessing each wrote one POV because they’re distinctively different as are the characters. That added quality to the experience of reading the story. Finally, the many twists and turns in the plot keep the reader engaged and looking forward to the story’s resolution, which the reader will find by the end of the book. But that doesn’t mean one will want to stop reading. *winks* Although there’s no indication of this being a first novel in a series, I do hope to read more about these worlds.
The authors also did a great work building the distinct worlds where the main characters live, their personalities, and characteristics. Theo is a trained warrior in the City while Briony is a healer in Westenaedre. They are both strong and capable young women; however, they couldn’t be more psychologically different and physically apart. Yet they kind of complete each other. Besides, they need to find a way to work together to save both their worlds. Not an easy task; but it wouldn’t be a fantasy book otherwise. LOL
For starters, I’d like to say I love reading fantasy books but I avoid YA as much as I can. In this case, I wasn’t aware City of Hope and Ruin was a Young Adult title because it’s not described as such in the blurb and it’s not placed in that Amazon category. However, I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it and that’s why I wanted to make my aversion to YA clear from the beginning. This is a very good book regardless of genres.
I don’t like reading spoilers so I don’t write them in my reviews. With this book, that makes writing about it quite hard. LOL
My favorite kind of fantasy story is the one which puts the reader right in the middle of the action and presents the world and its characters indirectly from their interactions and descriptions of the settings. For me it feels like putting together a puzzle, which is one of my favorite leisure activities. I’m sure this was one of the reasons I enjoyed City of Hope and Ruin so much. You literally land in the middle of a chase through the rooftops of the City and it can only get better than that. It’s like starting an action movie with a huge car chase scene. Throw in some magic, monsters, and menaces and you have a recipe for a great read.
Alternative POVs make my day when they’re well written and don’t seem like ‘head-hopping’. It seems having two different authors writing this book might have helped with that as I’m guessing each wrote one POV because they’re distinctively different as are the characters. That added quality to the experience of reading the story. Finally, the many twists and turns in the plot keep the reader engaged and looking forward to the story’s resolution, which the reader will find by the end of the book. But that doesn’t mean one will want to stop reading. *winks* Although there’s no indication of this being a first novel in a series, I do hope to read more about these worlds.
The authors also did a great work building the distinct worlds where the main characters live, their personalities, and characteristics. Theo is a trained warrior in the City while Briony is a healer in Westenaedre. They are both strong and capable young women; however, they couldn’t be more psychologically different and physically apart. Yet they kind of complete each other. Besides, they need to find a way to work together to save both their worlds. Not an easy task; but it wouldn’t be a fantasy book otherwise. LOL
February 1, 2017
Theo lives to protect her people from hellish monsters that sweep over her city each night when the sun goes down. She leads a trio of fighters on patrol to seek out and destroy them or be destroyed. Theo is the longest serving fighter on duty and has had numerous trio members wiped out by the creatures.
Briony is a healer in her village which lies near the border of her country and that under the control of the vicious Scarred. As the Scarred invade closer and closer, Briony is desperate to get her family to flee away from the border to the safer interior of the country.
One twilight, while Briony is deep in the forest with her mountain lion companion, Poes, she comes face-to-face with a projection of Theo. Over a series of meetings, they learn the rudiments of each other’s world and decide that their societies can and must come together to defeat their enemies and survive. While they work to solve the mystery of how their two societies got to where they are, the two begin to fall in love with each other.
It was my understanding that City of Hope and Ruin is a collaborative work by Kit Campbell and Siri Paulsen with one author writing from the point of view of one character and the other from another. Right there I was intrigued. The result was a very nice story. The authors have also posted pictures on Pinterest of settings that resembled their ideas of their characters and various settings. This was fun and I only wish that I’d run across that earlier in my reading - great pictures that really fit the story! The character names are awesome by the way.
City of Hope and Ruin is a solid fantasy with good character and world building, loads of exciting action, mystery, intrigue, heartbreak, and romance. This is the beginning of a series and I look forward to finding out what happens next.
Briony is a healer in her village which lies near the border of her country and that under the control of the vicious Scarred. As the Scarred invade closer and closer, Briony is desperate to get her family to flee away from the border to the safer interior of the country.
One twilight, while Briony is deep in the forest with her mountain lion companion, Poes, she comes face-to-face with a projection of Theo. Over a series of meetings, they learn the rudiments of each other’s world and decide that their societies can and must come together to defeat their enemies and survive. While they work to solve the mystery of how their two societies got to where they are, the two begin to fall in love with each other.
It was my understanding that City of Hope and Ruin is a collaborative work by Kit Campbell and Siri Paulsen with one author writing from the point of view of one character and the other from another. Right there I was intrigued. The result was a very nice story. The authors have also posted pictures on Pinterest of settings that resembled their ideas of their characters and various settings. This was fun and I only wish that I’d run across that earlier in my reading - great pictures that really fit the story! The character names are awesome by the way.
City of Hope and Ruin is a solid fantasy with good character and world building, loads of exciting action, mystery, intrigue, heartbreak, and romance. This is the beginning of a series and I look forward to finding out what happens next.
November 18, 2016
This book pick you up and runs with you at full speed, drawing you in with each step until then end. It feels like an old friend, whereas you feel comfortable within it's pages from the very start yet saddened when it ends.
The story is gripping and never fails to deliver, and no point through the book did I feel like putting it down and going to visit the outside world. The characters are easy to like and love, and the setting is exciting.
A very enjoyable book all round. I would recommend this to anyone who likes any of the following genres: action, adventure, dystopia.
The story is gripping and never fails to deliver, and no point through the book did I feel like putting it down and going to visit the outside world. The characters are easy to like and love, and the setting is exciting.
A very enjoyable book all round. I would recommend this to anyone who likes any of the following genres: action, adventure, dystopia.
June 23, 2016
It was a really enjoyable read and I hope that there are plans for future instalments. Loved the characters, their relationships and the world(s) they inhabit. Magic and Monsters. Awesome. I would have liked to know more about the monsters, how and why they inhabit the City.
All in all, a solid start.
All in all, a solid start.
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