Jus Accardo is the author of YA paranormal romance and urban fantasy fiction. Erin’s Thoughts
Ruined by Jus Accardo
My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
Ruined is book one in The Eternal Balance series and Jus Accardo revisits the story of Cain and Abel and integrates the world and rules of demons into it. If you like your new adult paranormals with continuous action, you will definitely like this one.
Jax is back in his hometown and not happy about it. Three years ago he made the decision to leave in order to protect the people he loves and now due to things he can’t control, he is back. The only way he would agree to it is was if his uncle Rick could swear the two people who could do the most damage to him, his twin Chase and the girl he loves, Sam, wouldn’t be in town. Imagine his irritation when he shows up to find that Chase is definitely in town and surprisingly, so is Sam.
See, Jax is a Descendant of Cain. Somewhere in his family line, someone did something really horrible and ended up opening up the males of his family to infestation. It didn’t happen to all the males, just some and those that it affects come into this world with a demon attached to their soul. Jax is one of those people. Being a Descendant, he suffers the same hate toward his brother as Cain did and that is ultimately what pushes him to make the decision to leave.
Jax struggles with who he is and what is inside him. The demon requires him to do things he doesn’t want to in order to survive and because of that, he doesn’t feel like he can be happy nor does he feel like he deserves it. Now that he is face to face with Sam again, Jax is realizing just how much he has had to give up and he has a hard time walking away again. On top of the feelings he has he finds out there is another reason he has to stay close to Sam.
The reason behind Sam being back in town is related to being attacked while at college. While headed home after a party one night, she was attacked and someone ended up scaring off her attacker. She couldn’t make herself stay there and made the decision to move back home and get a job. Unfortunately, her problems seem to be following her home and she has to rely on Jax to keep her safe.
With all of the stuff going on with Sam, we find there is more going on with Jax’s demon than he originally thought. I can’t say a lot mostly because there is a twist that has a major impact on the entire story as well as the relationships Jax has with the people in his life. Accardo did a great job sneaking that twist in and mixing things up.
Overall this was a solid first book as it was filled with continuous action and characters I could like. I thought Accardo did a wonderful job of building the base of relationships and she ended this book well. There are definitely still some questions and I’m not sure where things are going to go for Jax and Sam but I will definitely be checking out book two when it is out. If you like paranormal and demons, you will want to check this one out.
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