One Blood Ruby audiobook

3.5 starsI liked this, but I wouldn't go much further than liked. There were elements I loved - Creed and Lily, Roan and Will, seeing more of Erik, and Lily's dad - but the rest was flat compared to the dark, exciting Seven Black Diamonds.I'm left with so many unanswered questions. What happened to the fae world, and did Lily ever become queen? Was Eilidh meant to be queen, since the land chose her? What the hell HAPPENED to Eilidh? Did she and Torquil ever get to be together after that ending? Did Vi give Erik a chance? Did Zephyr ever heal from losing Alkamy? What were the consequences of Will coming out to the press? Was it Nacton doing the terrorist attacks or Eilidh???It was an ending that didn't feel at all like an ending. It feels ... unfinished, like there's still more story to tell. I'm a bit frustrated I didn't get to see Creed and Lily ruling the fae world, or the peace settling between them and humans. I'm invested in this world and these characters, and I'd really appreciate an epilogue or follow up of some kind to give me a satisfying conclusion to their stories. As always the faerie lore and details of the writing and world were stunning, but the story itself let me down.

Review to come!

Seven Black Diamonds'a bir kitap daha gelse, bu bir üçleme olsa, tadından yenmez. Bu haliyle One Blood Ruby çok fazla açık kapı bırakmış, bence Melissa Marr, istese bir kitap daha yazabilir ve tuhaf durmaz. Hatta, umarım bir kitap daha yazar ki bazı şeyler daha net bir sona kavuşur. "This fae man," Lily's father said, almost as if he hadn't been interrupted at all, "has broken no law yet.""Being fae is illegal . . . sir," said an officer cautiously.Nick waved his comment away, sounding more and more like his attorney. "Nevertheless, there were no other laws broken."

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This book was so strange, but in the best way possible. I cannot put my finger on what made me give it five stars, but I got really attached to it for no particular reason.This is the second book in the duo, the first being Seven Black Diamonds. Part of what made me love this book was defintley the plot. Its an unique mixture of the "humans and fae are at war (which is usually set in a fantasy, distopian world)" and "there are magical creatures hidden in a modern day world". And Melissa Marr has cobined the two into an amazing series.The premise of this book is that it is a modern world, which TV, phones, pop music, ect. There is a world of fae, and everyone knows that fae exist. The Unseelie queen hates humans, because her daughter died because of human-poisoned oceans. Now, the queen still wages war against the humans, sneaking in their world and killing them, setting fires, causing chaos, as revenge for her daughter. The queen has groups of what she refers to as Black Diamonds. They are half-fae, and can blend in among humans. Their job is to be the ones causing chaos and carrying out her orders, which often been assasinating or mass murder. The first book circles around our main character, Lilywhite Abernathy. She's the daughter of the biggest crime-lord in the world, and she's half-fae. Its a secret her father and her have kept forever, and they will not part with it. But when Creed Morrison, international pop-star, comes to her birthday party, and reveals that he knows her secret, she finds herself drawn to him despite that.Creed Morrison is one of the queen's black diamonds. Zephyr is the leader of his group of seven. He knows that Lilywhite is born to be the last one, his last diamond. But once he approaches her, he is stunned to find out that she has no idea of her heritage. Lily ends up at the prestigous academy where the seven are residing, and must fend off their attempts to prove she is fae.The first book was probably 4 stars. Despite it all, I loved that book, again, for no reason I can figure out. It just spoke to me (god that sounds so cheesy). This book is about how Lily accepts her heritage, and tries to start creating peace between humans and fae, and Marr does not disappoint.Lily was probably one of my favorite protagonists. She's determined to do what she wants to do, but she's level-headed enough to listen to others who now better. Very few people can balance on the line between the two, but Marr wrote Lily in a way that she can. Most headstrong female characters I love aggravate me once or twice despite it all, when they try to do everything by themselves or do something stupid. But Lily never did anything like that.Zephyr was always one of my three favorite characters, and this book only made he love him more. In the first book I did feel like he did some stupid stuff, but in this book he was reasonable.I hated Creed in the first book. I don't know why, I just did. He would disobey Zephyr (who was appreantly his best friend), and then get angry when he didn't understand why Zephyr was angry. I also didnt get the romance between him and Lily, but this book made everything clearer (they are an amazing couple, fight me). We also got to read some chapters in his point of view, which I did enjoy. He wasn't the typical jealous guy when Lily's(kinda?) ex Erik showed up, Creed respected him, and that shot him up 100 points for me. Eilidh is the third daughter of the queen. I really liked her in the first book, but that love kinda dimmed out in the second one. She's still an amazing character though.RHYS. We never get any chapters in his point of view, which is sad, but he's the eldest son of the queen. (For reference, Iana, the daughter that died, was the middle child). He's said to be the only one who can beat his mother, the queen, in combat. His big brother relationship with Eilidh was the highlight of both books. It is also revealing pretty early in the first book that he is Zephyr's father (he didn't know he had a son until then). This sequel contained Rhys and Zephyr trying to be father and son, and I was screaming with joy the entire time. Rhys is hands down my favorite character. Erik! Erik is the son of the biggest drug lord in the buisness. His father and Lily's father have each-other's backs through everything, and in the first book, it was supposed to be Erik and Lily were going to get married. Lily rejected his offer, mainly because of all the chaos with the black diamonds (also because she didn't love him like that, and he didn't love her like that, but they were willing to marry anyway). The first book kinda forgets about him aside from the beginning, but this book he shows up again. I have to say, I was unethusiantic about it, because I though he would be the typical jealous friend that will betray Lily or something. No! No! Nothing like that, and IT WAS AMAZING! Basically, Erik tells Lily that they are still best friends, and like their parents, he will have her back (as a friend) through all the peacemaking, and everything. And well, I loved him after that. It was such a break from the typical trope, and I loved how he was absolutely Lily's friend even after it all, even after you found about his friends and fae and such. (also a side note, I loved how everyone never dismissed Erik because they were fae and he was full human, there are mutiple instances that characters said that Erik was better at things then they were).I was not expecting to love the king and queen as much as I did. Basically, the unseelie queen and the seelie king ruled different courts, but were married to eachother. They acted like fae who have been alive for forever act, but in this book, I got a semblance of their relationship, and it was glorious. The queen was mainly portrayed as this cunning, ruthless queen in the first book, but in this book, we get to see that she does care for her children.Will and Roan. Two of the black diamonds, they didn't get a big role in the first book. We do get an insight into their characters in this book, and I really loved it. They are amazing characters.Violet and Alkamy. Again, two other Black Diamonds, I never really cared towards them. They are great characters, as all of the ones in this book are, but I never really cared what happened to them. Sorry.Side thing, we also get to see Lily's father in this book, and I love it. He's the biggest crime lord, but he's also incredibily loving. I loved how although he kept Lily away from the press, he never smothered her, or made her seem helpless. He made sure she knew how to fight, and taught her the tricks of the crime trade. Also a way Marr made me love him. So, all in all, this is a really underrated series, and I swear you will get attached to it for reasons unknown.

The sequel was so gripping and compelling and I couldn't stop!! Such a great plot and I loved learning even more about the Diamonds and their families! Plus I love learning more about the Fae world and those characters. This book was hands down better then the first!

Surprises and heartbreak.After finishing the first book, I was put-off because I felt like I didn't know who the characters were. There was definitely more development in this book, but I'm really upset that the characters still feel a bit distant. I wish there had been more emphasis on understanding the characters, if there was a way that could work with the rapid plot developments and changes.I feel like there is still a lot of unresolved arcs that came fairly close to completion but are still loose.I like seeing the princess slowly losing herself. The eventual explanation for it was what I had guess but very well done. I wish it had been explored more because the control of Nature over her is incredibly intriguing and I'm dying to know more!Nick's fae ancestry was deliciously surprising and did make sense. I liked seeing Lily interact with the criminal underground after 1 being socialized with normal people and 2 after learning her royal lineage. Seeing the world that was previously the only home she had known with fresh eyes was very interesting.I liked seeing Eric again and his interaction and integration into the Black Diamonds. I wish there was a bit more resolution with the tension and "fatedness" between him and Violet though.I was really heartbroken when Alchemy died, although when she had said that the day was literally perfect in every way I knew she would, which was a bit cliche.

I personally think the book should have had a sequel and then the ending wouldn't have felt so rushed. But I liked that you got to see more of other characters. Laughs were had, tears were cried. it was a good book overall though. 3.5 stars compared to the last one which was a full 4 stars.

Drama... This book had so much drama and it was so incredibly wonderful. I love a good fae story, they are my favorite type of supernatural, and I have read plenty of fae stories and Seven Black Diamonds duology is among my favorites.One Blood Ruby is the second book in the duology and it did not disappoint. Things pick up closely after the events in the first book, Seven Black Diamonds. Lily is the new heir to the Hidden Lands and her coronation is coming up, Lily's friends, the Diamonds, are supporting her while trying to do the tasks that are given to them by the royal fae. They have stopped the espionage and war on humanity to broker peace but someone doesn't want that peace and doesn't want Lily on the throne. The question then becomes who is sabotaging the peace talks and can Lily be the ruler everyone, fae and human alike, need her to be?The plot of One Blood Ruby seamlessly connects with the plot of Seven Black Diamonds and is very interesting and unique in a paranormal story. The fae are raging war on humanity because humanity is destroying the planet which they all share, there is espionage (think spies), court politics, human politics, worlds clashing, people at unrest and magic all in the mix which makes for a very interesting story. The only thing I can complain about is that the ending was a little rushed and I want so much more of the story, other than that I was in love. The story flowed lovely and held my attention, I actually had to slow my reading down so that I could stretch the book out over a few days, so I could live in the story and enjoy it.I have never loved a group of characters more than I do this group of characters. I enjoyed these characters, I had admired Lily, adored Violet, crushed on Creed, was jealous of Roan's calm, felt for Zepher, connected to Will and wished for Alkamy. I loved all the diamonds and connected to each of the characters. I loved that Lily's dad Nick loved his daughter so much and was so devoted to her and his wife, I loved that Eilidh was a character that was so very fae that she brought in the surprise element and most of all I loved the regents of faerie, Lily's grandparents. Endellion and Leith, the Unseelie Queen and the Seelie King, husband and wife and utterly ridiculous, mischievous, and scary all at the same time. I enjoyed these two so much and a lot of my laughable moments were because of them and I loved every minute of it. There are other characters that I haven't mentioned but that doesn't mean I love them less, I am just trying to keep this review as short as possible.One Blood Ruby is now one of my favorite reads, with the fae and elemental magic, romance, mystery, plot twists, shocks and revelations, and some of the best characters I have ever read. This duology has made it into my all-time favorite books and I know I will find myself rereading the story over and over again. If you enjoy the fae, magic, romance, or crazy adventures I highly recommend this series. Melissa Marr has done a fantastic job with this series and I will have to admit that I did enjoy Seven Black Diamonds more than I enjoyed her other fae series Wicked Lovely so if you are a Wicked Lovely fan you might want to try Seven Black Diamonds.

** spoiler alert ** Find this review and more on my blog The Rest Is Still Unwritten!One Blood Ruby is the second novel in Melissa Marr’s Seven Black Diamonds series and is a deeply engrossing sequel that is filled with danger, adventure and romance.After discovering her true Fae heritage, LilyWhite Abernathy has accepted her role as heir to the Hidden Lands and the combined Seelie and Unseelie thrones. After decades of raging war with the humans, the Queen of Blood and Rage is open to brokering peace with the human world and Lily knows her position in both worlds is the key to securing this. Alongside their fellow black diamonds, Lily and her new boyfriend Creed stand alongside Lily’s newly found fae family to create a new peaceful world but with recent violent attacks on humans leaning towards a fae involvement is the hope for peace over before it has even begun?Having fallen in love with Seven Black Diamonds, I jumped into One Blood Ruby as soon as my copy arrived and was delighted to find all the aspects I loved about the first novel alive in its sequel. Picking up where the first novel left off, One Blood Ruby is a thrilling and exciting story full of romance, friendship and blossoming familial connections.One Blood Ruby continues to follow Lily primarily but is also told through the varying perspectives of Creed, Eilidh, Zephyr, Will and Violet as well, offering readers a very well rounded and inclusive view of the happenings within the novel. I genuinely love all the characters and enjoy seeing them individually and as a group as they connect and fight for one another.Melissa Marr is very inapt at creating darkly riveting and complex characters with different personalities, desires and drives. One Blood Ruby continues to feature characters like this who are all very different but complement one another immensely. Fae, fae-blood or human, Marr writes her characters fiery, passionate, capable and endlessly thrilling to follow. I like their wit, attitude and mannerisms across the board and feel like the cast of characters within this series is truly fabulous.As the Hidden Lands and human worlds look to unite, we see a more maternal and almost human side to the Queen of Blood and Rage. Amongst the romance, friendship and action of the story, it was sweet to see Endellion motherly towards her newly found granddaughter Lily and even her grandson Zephyr. This made for a nice touch to the story and balanced nicely with other aspects that were at play.One Blood Ruby was another fabulous novel from Melissa Marr filled with excitement, danger and even unexpected loss. Emotional and riveting, One Blood Ruby leaves me highly excited about seeing more of the characters and I will be keeping my fingers-crossed and my eyes peeled for another novel in the series as I would love to see what Melissa Marr does next!

** spoiler alert ** Actual rating: 3.75 if there's a third book. If not, I drop it to a 3 out of 5.So. Many. Questions!!! I loved Vi, once again. Kick ass and takes names, tiny actress! I liked seeing more of Nick and Eric, and the relationships among the fae royals. I would have liked to hear more from Rhys, whose character was developing nicely in relation to his family and the other Diamonds, as well as Creed, Will, and, actually, Will's mom. With the exception of a description of Zephyer's mom's marriage, you'd think all the Diamonds were orphans save Will and Lily. I would have also liked to see more of the courts in the Hidden Lands and characters relationships and backstories.BUT,What the hell happened at the end? It seemed really rushed. The whodunnit was not entirely explained. Or really at all. What happened with Eilidh? What the hell was all that about? Did everyone make it through their injuries? Who were all those random murderous fae bloods running around? Who was accompanying Nacton in the prologue? What happens between the other characters? Who rules and lives where? Is there peace between the realms or is it back to business as usual? Also, Who fathered the other Diamonds? Some big paternal reveals happened and then... we're moving on to something else. And, What ever happened to Lily's mom? Since family and court of origin were themes among the fae, it would be helpful to know, as well as to define the characters, their relationships among each other, and define their place among the fae world we are attempting to envision and comprehend.There's definitely a lot of telling and less showing in the writing style, so I had a hard time connecting with the characters even more this time around. Lots of jumping among characters POV made the narrative a bit shallow. I mean, at one point, someone dies, and I didn't really care! That's weird for me. In spite of these questions, I liked this one. I hope there's a third book to answer these questions. If not, this ending will be exceedingly disappointing.

It took me awhile to remember what happened from the last book, since it’s been over a year. I love Melisa Marr and I always have, because she makes wonderful characters and plots. This was no exception.LilyDark and Creed oh my goodness I’m so happy for them. I will say it was a bit difficult to keep up with all of the different characters. That’s the only reason why it’s not getting a full five stars, because there were times when I was confused. The plot could have been less confusing by having less characters. Either way I still loved the book. I loved going to Marr’s world of the fae; I will always be in love with it, and I loved this spin off of it. Frankly I wasn’t ready to let go of the fae, so when I heard of this spin off I was very happy. If you’re expecting something like her original series, you’ll be a little disappointed. However, Lilly is a darker side of humanity/fae reader get to read and experience. I enjoyed going on this journey,8 hope you do too. Cheers lovelies.

Anyone who knows me, is aware of how fascinated I am with stories of the Fae; and Marr is one of the masters at them. In this series (which I admit, I missed the first one of) she premises that humans are aware of the Fae and have made being one of them a crime (testing done by blood is common to determine whether or not you have magic and are tainted); so a contigent of Fae, one of whom is the incumbent successor of the throne of the Fae AND a link betwen the Seelie and Unseelie courts is pretty much wanted dead by all. Especially since she is attempting to negotiate peace and eliminate the prejudice against the Fae among humans; Lilyblack is a huge target that everyone seems to have a reason to kill. The romance and intrigue are perfect for a teen audience but not so syrupy as to turn off an adult reader. Once again Melissa Marr hits a home run; runs a touchdown (insert sports reference here....I'm clueless...lol) Amazing!

One Blood Ruby by Melissa Marr was very spontaneous. After finishing the book, I just got me thinking of life today and how everything is. The book involves with the following: family, friends, humanity, fae, 2 worlds, power, and so many things. This is the sequel to Seven Black Diamonds and I think it is a great addition. This book goes on and continues the events on the war between humanity and fae. I enjoyed this book to an extent and even if some parts were slow, I still enjoyed it. There were deaths in this book that were divesting. I am again amazed by how authors can write such an important scene for the last couple of pages of the book. To me it was a simple story, but simple as in wonderful. I would actually want to know what will the next chapter be. Overall, this I gave this book a 4/5. Also the covers are so beautiful. If this book is the ending, it was a beautiful one.

The book I read was One Blood Ruby. I really liked this book, it had a interesting story line. There was definitely parts in the book I had to re-read due to the facts that there is a lot of information about the characters and the story. the book began with the point of view of all the characters and in that they would introduce the story. all of the characters had personality's that I loved to read about, especially Violet. She has such a story and the way she acts just makes you want to read more. the author did very well writing this book. There is an interesting and changing plot, and the characters have such a impact. I would say that this book is for the readers that like magic, adventure, and wars. This book is not for people that like realistic or romantic books.