#Beasts of Ruin

[caihosreads]

My take on Koffi from the Beasts of Prey trilogy by Ayana Gray.

I can’t wait for the third and final book to come out! So many questions were answered but so many new ones popped up 🙀 it’ll be interesting to see how it all plays out …📙 also interested in seeing what new creatures will come into play, the entire series is filled with creatures from African mythology.

If you’re curious about how her story starts…

The first book follows a warrior in training and a beast keeper as they enter a magical jungle ( filled with fantastical creatures) to hunt down an ancient monster.

Side note : it was fun doing a relatively “quick” character painting in between all the big splash scenes currently on the go. Will definitely be scheduling in more of these.

#caihosreads #beasts of prey #beasts of ruin #Ayana gray #bookish #book fanart #book art #african mythology #african stories #ya fantasy #ya books #young adult #young adult fantasy

[kdragon1209]

Beasts of Ruin Warnings

Finally finished Beasts of Ruin, the sequel to Beasts of Prey. However, considering that the book ended abruptly, there’s going to be another book. As always, feel free to add any warnings that I missed.

Things to heed:

Minor character death Major character death Indentured servant Racism Classicism Anxiety PTSD Panic attacks Survivor’s guilt Poisoning On the run Gore/blood Trauma Perfectionism Betrayal   Death Discrimination/prejudice Government and systemic oppression Manipulation Amnesia Near death experiences Undead Swarm of beetles eating people Public whipping Public execution Prisoners Kidnapping Hostage/Bargaining Chip God of Death is a psychopath Nightmares

#trigger warnings #beasts of ruin #book warnings

[jvzebel-x]

"He liked books, generally speaking, because they could be trusted to be consistent. A book could be read a thousand different times, a thousand different ways, but the words on the page would never change. Unlike people, books couldn't be disappointed in you. They couldn't abandon you. They couldn't fail you."

x. "Beasts of Prey", Ayana Gray

"Joy is a fleeting thing, though, as I have since come to learn. It pools in cupped palms, then seeps through the cracks no matter how tightly one might press ones fingers together in the hopes of preserving it."

x. "Beasts of Ruin", Ayana Gray

#Beasts of Prey #Beasts of Ruin #Ayana Gray #📚 #i really liked this series&im so incredibly biased about that lmaooo. #one of the protags has tics. in fact we have tics in common lmao. he counts his steps+has a very specific attachment to the number 3. #finding ppl who dont find his tics weird is in fact a decent chunck of his character arc thus far so like between those details #+the myths incorporated i was probably gonna like the series no matter what LMAO.

[razreads]

RAZREADS’ RECMAS 2023

December 4th ~ A book related to something you read last year: Beasts of Ruin by Ayana Gray

“She hadn't realized how powerful a thing hope could be until she'd almost lost it."

#razreads #book recommendation #recmas2023 #beasts of ruin #ayana gray #beasts of prey #december 4th

[cocoacat323]

“To be loved is to be changed” but instead of well worn and lovely I’m jagged and sharp. I’m ruined like a feral dog off its chain. I’m chasing after the scraps of myself with you at my heals, holding me far from who I used to be. I’m bloody and disgusting. Love has turned me into something dark and dangerous and evil, something consumed, something consumable.

#bingqiu #qijiu #hannigram #shadowpeach #obikaka #hashimada #catradora #lawlight #soukoku #once again HANNIGRAM #sasunaru #fenqing #skk #sskk #bsd #bsd beast #shin soukoku #hannibal #naruto #to be loved is to be ruined #to be loved is to be a dog. #To be loved is to be changed

[lotus-pear]

do you ever think about how in the day i picked up dazai side b dazai had to lie emotionless and soulless—like a corpse, almost—beside the man that gently brought him in, nursed his injuries, held him while he was in pain? he had to keep those suffocating bandages around his entire face, lest this man gain some sort of recognition for the little boy he saved. he had to lay there curled in the fetal position, bleeding and in pain, perhaps thinking about how, in another life, this man cooked for him, tried to build up his strength. read to him to pass the time while he curled up against him like a child listening to a bedtime story. played cards with him. saw through the heartless mafioso. the ruthless killer. and instead saw a boy.

imagine knowing this man, the man who saved you in more ways than one, was going to die one day all because he knew you. because he reached his hand into the darkness and plaintively, like a small child wanting a parent's touch, you grasped back desperately. imagine thinking all of that while that man is just a stone's throw away, making coffee in the next room just like he used to for you in another life. the scent, although you've never been here before, is reminiscent of home. and the tune he's humming? it's the silent melody that plays through your mind seven years later, for the last time as you fall backward off the building with your arms out like an embrace. but, hey. that man is alive. he's happy, although he never knew you. you can die with no regrets.

#guys i actually cannot stop thinking about oda and dazai someone save me PLEASE. the day i picked up dazai ruined my fucking life #dazai makes me so fucking miserable every time i see him in beast i just start fucking sobbing #absolute TRAGEDY of a character #he was fucking fifteen in this. and he knew the entire time. he knew oda would die. before even meeting him #bsd #the day i picked up dazai #ermmm found this in my drafts and i wanted to post it sorry guys i sound emo asf

[thenerdsofcolor]

Author Ayana Gray Discusses Her New Novel, 'Beasts of Ruin' and More

NOC Interview: Author Ayana Gray Discusses Her New Novel, 'Beasts of Ruin' and More @AyanaGray #BeastsofRuin #beastsofprey

Ayana Gray is a New York Times bestselling young adult fantasy author. Her debut novel, Beasts of Prey is being adapted for film by Netflix. The follow-up Beasts of Ruin was just released on July 26! (more…)

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#author #Ayana Gray #Beasts of Prey #Beasts of Ruin #Books #exclusive interview #film adaptation #Interview #Literature #novels

[publishedtoday]

Beasts of Ruin - Ayana Gray (Beasts of Prey #2)

Koffi has saved her city and the boy she loves, but at a terrible price. Now a servant to the cunning god of death, she must use her newfound power to further his continental conquest, or risk the safety of her home and loved ones. As she reluctantly learns to survive amidst unexpected friends and foes, she will also have to choose between the life—and love—she once had, or the one she could have, if she truly embraces her dangerous gifts. Cast out from the only home he’s ever known, Ekon is forced to strike new and unconventional alliances to find and rescue Koffi before it’s too late. But as he gets closer to the realm of death each day, so too does he draw nearer to a terrible truth—one that could cost everything. Koffi and Ekon—separated by land, sea, and gods—will have to risk everything to reunite again. But the longer they’re kept apart, the more each of their loyalties are tested. Soon, both may have to reckon with changing hearts—and maybe, changing destinies.

tw: animal attacks, death, near death experiences, violence

#beasts of ruin #ayana gray #beasts of prey trilogy #G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers #july 26 2022 #POC

[spaghettiandart]

sambwuich

#i put too much effort into this idk why #the mimic #fnaf mimic #fnaf #my art #fnaf ruin #fnaf sb #five nights at freddy’s #fanart #*insert mr beast meme here* #hes a hongry boy

[peliginspeaks]

Listen, I'm sorry to the people who draw Veils in torn/bloody robes because of the whole Vake thing but you're simply wrong. Do you think Veils would Ever go out like that. Do you think it doesn't have fifteen changes of clothes ready immediately, with options depending on the day and occasion, to climb into when it comes back from killing things. Of course it does. Veils is getting home, taking a shower in the Bazaar, putting on a new perfectly clean robe with accent panels and silk trim, and then dabbing 1 (one) tasteful bloodstain on the hem of it with a claw because it's arrogant and it thinks it can get away with it. What is a Veils if it's not serving cunt. Of course it is.

#Fallen London #Mr Veils #BaL spoilers #i do love veils it's awful. i love it as the interpretation of a beast unchained and a wild thing resenting its constraints #and that's the most common interpretation of it i tend to see #but Also it is a politician. so so so clearly. it covers up its crimes with spotless cufflinks and talks the blood away #it's spent hundreds of years swaying who it wants and killing who it wants in kind #the apparent clashing of its domains is funny sometimes but also to me it makes perfect sense #fashion and violence. look elevated enough and anyone will believe you. kill ruthlessly enough and the ones who don't don't matter #it's the perfect cover #it's also why in spite of seeing some relatability in its moments of straining for freedom Hallowrove doesn't regret killing it #if it were just a beast following its instincts out of control that would be one thing #if it were even a consicous thing bringing anything to ruin it could as revenge for being trapped that's another #but it just so clearly enjoys having power over things. and using that power to crush #and the manipulation beforehand #...hm. makes me wonder if the feelings in the early vake dreams were genuine #or if it constructed the rush to lure the player further into hunting it #.... you know what i think it was genuine actually. and i think it still doesn't matter. #sorry for bag a legend rambling on the funny poast i just think about it a lot still #in spite of finishing more than a year ago

[mushramoo]

look I love sun and moon but if I see one more eclipse post 😭 IM A ROXANNE ENJOYER PERSONALLY??? and after this dlc whoooooo boy ur gonna be seeing more of her my wife my beloved my little lady

#she is a beast and she is my beast #also no shade dca enjoyers I just am happy for more mainline character development #I love Roxy hehehehehe #fnaf #fnaf fandom #ruin spoilers #fnaf dlc #ruin dlc #fnaf ruin

[skunkes]

my evil hater opinion is that tails often enhance character designs but paw pads dont. not everything needs paw pads.

#specific: the autism creature does not need paw pads. trolls do not need paw pads. #every time theres ''cute beast'' with no direct animal equivalent ppl ruin it with paw pads. #general: sometimes rabbit furs can be cuter with them but done right but usually theyre much cuter without them like irl #u have to use them correctly if u do #like the autism creature wld look cute with pawpads if it was the single pink circle pad and not the individual toe ones #trolls wld look nice with em if under their hands/feet was jst lighter or darker without the individual finger pads etc #and looney tunes rabbits paw pads are fun and cute separate circles #i dont think tails belong on EVERY character (like chilchuck) but it at least makes me go oh cuuuuute! #paw pads on a character that doesnt need them actively makes them less cute

[lovedazai]

panels that make my tummy hurt

#⸝⸝˚₊💬﹕mai speaks #reread the last volume of beast n ruined my own day #when dazai goes from having the biggest smile n sparkly eyes talking to oda #to his face absolutely crumbling when oda pulls out his gun #‘it was hard. it was so hard’ IM IN A PUDDLE OF MY OWN TEARS #currently trying to tape my heart back together

[lobinilo]

I genuinely - GENUINELY - do not understand people who say their "childhood got ruined" because of a Disney Live Action remake.

Like... the OG movie is still there? Disney didn't erase the animated version and replaced it with the remake. You can choose not to watch the remake if you don't enjoy it. Noone is forcing you to look at it.

And honestly, how thin and weak are your childhood memories if they can be "destroyed" just because... a characters hair is not red enough? *side eye*

#this is not just about tlm but it's the best example #like how can a childhood that is no longer happening be ruined? #all because shes black like GET OVER IT ALREADY #disney #live action disney #the little mermaid 2023 #the little mermaid #tlm 2023 #the little mermaid live action #aladdin #aladdin 2019 #cinderella #cinderella 2015 #snow white #snow white 2024 #beauty and the beast #beauty and the beast 2017 #mulan #mulan 2020 #halle bailey #ariel #Disney couples

[razreads]

I don't think being brave means you're never scared [...] I think being brave means that you're always scared but trying anyway.

Ayana Gray, Beasts of Ruin

#razreads #book quote #ayana gray #beasts of ruin #fear #bravery #courage #perseverence #you've got this #queue have a good day now

[christiancagesupporter]

The greatest wrestling love story

#wwf #x pac #kane wwe #he gave Kane a heart #screaming crying throwing up #they ruined kane because this was awesome #my beauty and the beast #my mvs