Between Wild and Ruin
by Jennifer G. Edelson
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Pub Date Oct 28 2019 | Archive Date Aug 13 2020
Bad Apple Books | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles
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Description
Truth, like love, isn't always obvious.
Seventeen-year-old Ruby Brooks has never had a boyfriend. After moving to small-town La Luna, New Mexico following her mother’s untimely death, boys aren’t even on her radar. Ruby just wants to forget the last horrible year and blend in. But when she discovers an ancient pueblo ruin in the forest behind her house, and meets Ezra, a bitter recluse whose once-perfect face was destroyed in an accident he won’t talk about; Angel, La Luna’s handsome sheriff’s deputy, and Leo, a stranger who only appears near the ruin, Ruby finds herself teetering between love, mystery, and other worlds. What happened to Ezra’s face? And why is she so attracted to the one boy in town everyone despises? As Ruby unravels her own connections to both Ezra and the pueblo ruin, she’ll learn surfaces are deceiving. Especially in the heart of New Mexico, where spirits and legends aren’t always just campfire stories.
Set against a Northern New Mexico backdrop, Between Wild and Ruin is a young adult coming of age story that captures the wild and whimsical pulse of New Mexico through the eyes of teens Ruby Brooks, Angel Ruiz, and Ezra Lucero. The first book in the Wild and Ruin series, Between Wild and Ruin explores the time-tested credo ‘never judge a book by its cover’ through a paranormal lens, weaving Puebloan and Hispanic folklore and Southwest cultural narratives into tightly written, high-concept fiction ‘brimming with mystery, intrigue,’ and as Kirkus Reviews puts it, an “intriguing historical drama and an over-the top quadrangle romance.”
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Advance Praise
— Winner of the 2020 New Mexico Press Women's Prize for YA Fiction
— Winner of the 2020 National Press Communication Prize for YA Fiction
— A Blue Ink Review Top Fifty Indy Pick for 2019
“What could be a corny premise turns into an exhilarating, fun ride in Edelson’s adept hands. Her characters are smartly drawn, and readers will easily identify with Ruby, a strong yet insecure young artist on the verge of adulthood, who is still recovering from her tragic past . . . Fans of Twilight and modern fairy tales will fall in love with Ruby and root for her eventual romance.”
— Blue Ink Review (Starred Review)
“Between Wild and Ruin is a stunning story of legends, romance, and destiny with themes of starting over, small towns, beauty, and community . . . Edelson perfectly breathes new life in mythology by honoring the oral tradition of a small community and the ruins that bring to life Ruby's destiny.”
— Manhattan Book Review
“Highly recommended to mature teens through new adult and adult audiences, this is a story that lingers in the mind long after its final revelation.”
— Midwest Book Review
“Author Jennifer Edelson’s on-point dialogue, multicultural characters, and atmospheric setting, keenly conveys New Mexico’s rich cultural roots and narratives, weaving a story that incorporates both folklore and romance into an engrossing, unforgettable YA story.”
— Ryan Sprague, Author and Host of ‘Somewhere In the Skies’ book and podcast, co-host of the The CW’s 'Mysteries Decoded.’
“Between Wild and Ruin is, beat for beat, very close to Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight saga . . . which, thirteen years ago, captured the hearts of high school and college-aged girls everywhere, except instead of vampires vs. werewolves, it’s cops vs. demons vs. mountain lions with a bit of a twist at the end.”
— Seattle Book Review
"A great new addition to the YA Fantasy genre.”
— San Francisco Book Review
“Descriptions of the New Mexico landscape are rich and atmospheric, arousing the senses with references to the scent of smoke and juniper, the predatory roar of mountain lions, and the brilliant dazzle of stars in the desert sky . . . The writing conveys a sense of timelessness, making it easy to believe Ruby’s sense that the land is spirit-haunted and that Leo, the handsome young man she encounters near the ruins, is somehow connected to it all.”
— Clarion Foreward
“An intriguing historical tale and an over-the-top love-quadrangle romance.”
— Kirkus Reviews
“The paranormal aspects of the tale are credible and richly steeped in traditional lore, and the plot is finely crafted . . . Between Wild and Ruin is most highly recommended.”
— Reader’s Favorite (5-Star Review)
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781733514002 |
| PRICE | $16.99 (USD) |
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