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Teen Tuesday features Beasts of Ruin by Ayana Gray. This sequel to Beasts of Prey begins immediately with Koffi awakening a prisoner of Fedu, god of death and Ekon reeling from the secrets he learned and hiding from his former warrior brothers. Koffi must find a way out, but first she needs to learn about her powers as a duraja. Ekon must learn to trust his instincts even if it means going against his training.
Readers of Beasts of Prey will re-immerse themselves into the lush and magical world building and the cliffhanger ending will leave them panting for the next installment. Suspense, betrayal, twists and turns abound. This summary was kept deliberately vague to avoid spoiling the first installment.
I read Beasts of Prey as an arc with my eyes and was utterly entranced. I chose to read Beasts of Ruin with my ears and was disappointed. While I found the two female narrators to be fine, the voice actor for Ekon kept making his voice break, which sounded stilted and artificial.
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