Book title is a play on Rune is ruin. He hates being called ruin, so of course Jo calls him this to get him riled up. Ruin is another tragic backstory hero hacking who’s body fluids are literally poison. At age 15 he’s forced to become a sexual assassin. Then a sex slave. Now a “secret master” who gets his intel by having sex with nymphs. Even though he’s part demon he doesn’t believe he has a mate. He’s a bit dumb about understanding what sex means to other people. It might be meaningless currency to him, but he’s a dummy when he doesn’t try to understand Jo about the issue.
Jo is……unsympathetic to me. I’m not a fan of her attitude or the “hulk smash” approach she has to everything. So stubborn to her detriment. Doesn’t think, just acts. She is completely ignorant about what she is and the Lore. She first encounters Rune thinking he might be able to help her understand and answer questions she has. But then won’t confide in him at all??? She just makes no sense to me. But once she bites Rune they are both completely affected. The sexual tension is so hot.
We got
More of Thad! He’s Jo’s little brother. And seeing him return makes me hopeful that he will have his own book, and we will get a golden retriever hero in the IAD world.