Rise Reviews

Since reading Danika Dinsmore’s Brigitta of the White Forest a year ago, I’ve been looking forward to the sequel. When offered a chance to read and review an eARC for The Ruins of Noe, I jumped on the opportunity. The book did not disappoint. It continued the delightful tone, characters, and setting of the first book while standing apart with its own strengths and perspective.

As Brigitta continues her training to become an Elder for the village, she is drawn into a larger problem facing the White Forest. As the spirits of the dead do not pass on and children are born without destinies, Brigitta is shown a prophecy that foretold this and included her as the one who had to go out and solve it.

I was very excited to get a chance to review this anthology. It is the first in a series of anthologies about Bad Ass Faeries, and who doesn’t love a book about Faeries who kick some ass? There is so much room for creativity in writing about faeries, and most of it should be about [...]