Ruin & Rule is gritty, violent, and dark. This was a challenging read full of betrayal, lawlessness, and vengeance. 
 The narrator has no idea who she is, where she came from, or who the men around her are. But when her blindfold is removed, a spark of recognition makes her question if she is as far from home as she originally thought. At times, I was baffled by her actions and thought process. It seemed for some time as if she was making things more difficult for her captivity on purpose, ignoring opportunities for escape and digging herself in further. 
 Arthur "Kill" Killian is holding on to control of the Pure Corruption MC with an iron fist, and the blood that goes with it. He has a plan for vengeance that will give him peace from his past. His actions, too, made me question continuing the book. While he has a polished, good standing in the community, he is also fighting to keep control of his MC, with a puppet-master behind bars, and at times I questioned his blind trust of his benefactor's requests. 
 This is as dark and horrifying as it is intriguing and fascinating. Never know who to trust, what motives lie behind actions, and what really happened, readers are as off-kilter as the main characters. I spent as much time disturbed by what I was reading as I did unable to put the book down. While I had a hard time following the action at first (not unexpected when following a story narrated by an amnesiatic), I was pulled into the suspense of how she ended up in her current situation and how events had been twisted to put her there in the first place. 
 The end raised as many questions as it answered, and though I'm still not sure who to trust in the whole scheme, I look forward hesitantly to reading Sin & Suffer for answers. 
 I was gifted a copy in exchange for an honest review.