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Welcome to my Review of Rules For Ruin By Mimi Matthews
No one betrays the Academy. But now Euphemia must decide: break the rules for her enemy, or let the rules break her heart.
On the outskirts of London sits a seemingly innocuous institution with a secretive aim—train young women to distract, disrupt, and discredit the patriarchy. Outraged by a powerful lord’s systematic attack on women’s rights in Parliament, the Academy summons its brightest—and most bitter—pupil to infiltrate the odious man’s inner circle. A deal is struck: bring down the viscount, and Miss Euphemia Flite will finally earn her freedom.
But betting shop owner Gabriel Royce has other plans. The viscount is the perfect pawn to insulate Gabriel’s underworld empire from government interference. He’s not about to let some crinoline-clad miss destroy his carefully constructed enterprise—no matter how captivating he finds her threats.
From the rookeries of St. Giles to the ballrooms of Mayfair, Euphemia and Gabriel engage in a battle of wits and wills that’s complicated by a blossoming desire. Soon Euphemia realizes it’s not the broken promises to her Academy sisters she should fear. . . . It’s the danger to her heart.
Review
🩷 Rules For Ruin 🩷
𝐓𝐈𝐓𝐋𝐄: Rules for Ruin
𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑: Mimi Matthews
𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒: The Crinoline Academy, book 1
𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐑: Berkley Romance
𝐏𝐔𝐁 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄: 5.20.2025
𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐑𝐄: Historical Fiction/ Proper Romance
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Rules for Ruin by Mimi Matthew’s is stunning first installment in her latest new book series The Crinoline Academy.
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Victorian England in the Spring of April 1864, readers follow Effie who is called back from France to England, by Miss Corvus’s who runs Benevolent Academy For The Bitterment of Young Ladies. Orphaned at a young age Effie attended the unconventional academy for young ladies. A ladies companion to Madame Dalhousie, she now has travel experience, behind her and sophistication.Miss Corvus tasked her with bringing down and ruin a sinister politician.
Lord Compton, an influential and corrupt politician who opposes the Married Women’s Property Act. Posing as young debutante Effie sets out to infiltrate the close family circle of Lord Campton when she crosses paths with a self proclaimed lord of the inner slum area of London known as the Rookery. Gabriel Royce is brute force to be reckoned with.
He has known hardships just like his fellow patrons who happen to live in an area of extreme poverty. He raised himself up and now controls his the empire he created. His heart is into making a substantial difference to the people who are in need help. He seeks to create better living conditions and education for those less fortunate.
Mimi Matthews spectacular new book is absolutely brilliant. The characters within this storyline are top notch. I feel in love with Effie and Gabriel Royce, they are by far my favorites of all her novels. Mimi’s signature style writing insured that I was captivated by plenty of swoon worthy moments. More suspense and with higher stakes, the three dimensional out characters kept me engaged from start to finish. I especially adored Effie’s little side kick toy poodle named, Franc. The storyline has more depth with a focus on systemic inequalities and injustices faced by women.
Edgy and fierce, Mimi Matthews’s Rules for Ruin shows us that ladies crinolines be very handy in concealing daggers 🗡️ 🩷
I highly recommend this book for its morally grey hero and spunky heroine.
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Favorite Quote ::
“After all these years, I thought I’d finally find the place I belonged.” “You have,” he assured her. “It’s here. Right here, with me.”
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