Ruined
I received a free copy of the book from the authors for my honest opinion. Patrick Dolan has spent months in a cell in a dungeon inside the palace of King Landric at the Winter Courts. King Landric has had Patrick beaten by his guards on a couple of occasions; one reason is because Patrick is a man with pride. Patrick has always been in charge of his own destiny and did his duty as a father and husband. But when Patrick and his wife Maeve are taken hostage or prisoner by King Landric; Patrick tries his best to save his wife or at least get the King to let her go and keep him. But the King is smarter than that. He is under the assumption that he can use Patrick and Maeve against one another to get what he wants or so he thinks. Patrick and Maeve both are way smarter than he knows. But the King is a stubborn man and can hold out for a long time if he thinks that he will get what he wants. But the Dolan’s have more at stake than he does because they are fighting for or because of love. The Dolan’s love each other and their children more than their own lives whereas the King cares only for himself and would even kill his own children to get want he wants.
Patrick and Maeve live in a world where the Fae have come in and taken over. The humans are no more than dirt to them. They take humans hostage and treat them no better than they would an animal. But to the King of the Winter Court it doesn’t matter if you are human or fae if you disrespect him or do not abide by his laws and do as he says then he will kill you or have you killed.
Patrick makes a friend while he is a cell in the dungeon. The King’s daughter Lumi is always getting into trouble with her father. She doesn’t like doing as he tells her so she sneaks out of her room all the time and going on little adventures. On occasion some sees her and is taken to her father and he punishes her. But it doesn’t stop her from doing the things that she likes to do. The Princess has a great big heart and knows that a lot of the things that her father does is not right. She also doesn’t like the way her father treats his people and she will try to help them when she can. Lumi is probably one the thing that helps Patrick to stay sane while he is locked up in the dungeon. Lumi sneaks out and visits Patrick and brings him food. While she is out on one of her little adventures to visit with Patrick she meets a new friend, a guard, Murphy. Murphy becomes infatuated with the Princess and wants to protect her from her father.
I love the world that the authors have created in Ruined with the Fae taking over the world. I love that the two main characters Patrick and Maeve are soulmates and would do anything to save the other. I really love Maeve’s attitude and how she stands up to the King because the love of her life is being treated. I mean it is like her heart is being torn from her body. Maeve is one sassy lady. Ensnared is one of those books that will stay with you for a very long time. Ensnared will grab a hold of your heart will have it going in all different directions. One minute it will have you hurting for Patrick and Maeve and them in the next it will have you laughing out loud with the things that Maeve will say. Maeve is one of those characters that you wished you could meet in real life.
