I first came across this author through her fanfiction 'In Silence and Submission' which is a dramione fanfic, then read 'The Gallows' and now 'Ruin'. Gillian Eliza West can write and I will read everything she writes. Ruin is wonderful, it brings the themes and character interaction that I remember fondly from her fan fiction into a world that is truly her own. The romance between  Oralia and Renwick is to die for and the world building is chef's kiss the mythology West explores creates a world you can map out in your mind to the dot. I'm beyond excited for book 2.