ARC received from Hachette Australia via Netgalley for an honest review

I am not a huge MC genre reader - I feel for a long while there that the market was saturated with biker books.

But when one of my favourite authors releases a MC book - well then there is no chance that I won't read it.

In typical Pepper Winters style, Ruin and Rule is a dark, gritty story that I could not put down. The whole time I was reading, I felt like I couldn't relax. I had a death grip on my kindle, I think I held my breath for most of the read.

In fact, this is how I imagined Ms Winters at home as us readers get through Ruin and Rule:



Whilst Ruin and Rule is a MC book, it is so much more.

As the story progressed, it was like a fog lifted, not just for me but for our lead characters as well. There was so much history, so much darkness in their lives, it is like a ray of sunshine punching through the clouds during a storm. Letting us see that there is light after all the darkness.

I got absolutely lost in Ruin and Rule. It was as if only the world of Pure Corruption MC existed.

There was so much "who's that?", "what's happening?" And a whole lot of


And then, just as I was ready to believe things would turn out OK...

We were cliffhangered!

BUT! In this case, this is not a bad thing. This is giving me time to process all that has happened in Ruin and Rule, and steel myself for what is to come with Sin and Suffer.

Well played Ms Winters, well played!