Ruin and Rising

3.75/5 ⭐
Meh. It was my 2nd favorite out of the trilogy after Shadow and Bone obviously. I didn't really ship Alina with any of the love interests for different reasons. The Darkling I shouldn't even have to explain why I don't ship. Mal just wasn't giving for some reason. He only liked her when she didn't have powers. He was only satisfied when she didn't have them. I liked Nikolai but not with Alina. I can't really explain why I don't ship but I just don't ok? Anyway, I didn't really care for the ending. There are also too many characters on the journey thing. Like why are we bringing a whole cat on this hunt? Either I'm dumb or the whole having to kill Mal as the amplifier didn't make sense. Like why doesn't she just touch him when she needs power? Am I stupid? I also didn't care for any of the character deaths. She killed off the characters I cared the least about. Like don't be shy, kill off someone important.