The Lady of Rapture by Sarah Raughley
Penny Dreadful meets The Gilded Wolves in this breathtaking finale to young adult historical fantasy Bones of Ruin trilogy!
For years, the elite secret society called the Enlightenment Committee has waited for the apocalyptic force known as Hiva to destroy the world as it has so many times before. What the Committee didn’t know, however, was that Hiva wasn’t an event—it was a person.
Iris Marlow. An African tightrope dancer with no memories of her past. A girl who cannot die.
At least, she couldn’t die. Until her own friends discovered her one weakness and murdered her once and for all. The world-ending threat she posed should be gone too, but there’s one more Hiva out there, and unlike Iris, this one has no love for humanity. In her absence, this Hiva has taken it upon himself to judge if humanity deserves to live.
But when it comes to Hivas, the judgment is always the same. The ending is always total destruction. And while Iris is dead, she’s not gone—and after the betrayal that ended her life as Iris, she is now out for revenge.
The world’s days are numbered. The Cataclysm has begun.
This is a book three so there could be spoilers from the first two books below.
I’m going to keep this short. It’s very plot driven and there is a lot that happens. Iris dies believing that Jinn killed her and she’s angry. She wants revenge. She makes a deal to come back to life even though her bone should have really killed her. The other Hiva is still out there. The rest of the team is morning the loss of Iris, but they all know that they have to stop the new Hiva. He’s told them that this would be the planet’s last year. They are split up for a lot of the book. And there are chapters with Adam who is looking for Iris. There were parts of the book that made me sad and others that made me angry. My emotions were all over the place. I thought the book dragged at times, but it still had a lot of parts that were better.
I gave this book 4 1/2 stars. I’m still torn on how I feel about the ending.
Have you read this? Is it on your TBR?
