The Wolves of Ruin

The Wolves of Ruin

By:

Sable Sorensen

Spice Scale
Number of books
2 Published
KU
✅
Audiobook
✅
Series Status
Incomplete
Interconnected
N/A
Overall Rating
Coming Soon

Fourth Wing meets The Hunger Games in this spicy, page-turning romantasy where humans and direwolves forge unbreakable bonds and fight for survival at all costs.

Only the worthy survive the Bonding Trials. She'll risk her life--and her heart--to be one of them.

This gorgeous DELUXE LIMITED EDITION is available while supplies last--featuring exclusive special design features.

Meryn Cooper has always hated the Bonded, elite warriors who form mental links with the massive, vicious direwolves they ride. While they live in luxury, Meryn struggles to keep her family out of poverty. When her little sister, Saela, is kidnapped--stolen across the border by the immortal monsters her country has spent centuries fighting--Meryn's world falls apart.

Desperate to cross the front and save her sister, Meryn enlists in the army and is thrown into the deadly Bonding Trials, where any mistake will cost her life.

Now Meryn must survive four months of training at the castle. She is bound to a feral direwolf who refuses to communicate. The other trainees would love to spill her common blood. And her cold and beautiful instructor, Stark Therion, is eager to punish any weakness.

Everything is a competition, and everyone is out to get her--everyone except the dangerously handsome crown prince, whose attention adds another target to her back. In the castle, every smile hides a knife...and the halls hide dark secrets.

It's bond or bleed. Duel or die. Failure is ruin.

Readers are already falling in love with Direbound:

"ONE OF THE BEST READS OF THE YEAR! This book was insanely good." Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"Stop it right now... I'm actually quite feral for the next book..." Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"The plot was THICK, the tension and banter? Flawless. And the world with the wolf bond, and trials??? NEED MORE NOW." Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"I just finished and still trying to mentally and emotionally recover to what just happened to me. You need to read it IMMEDIATELY." Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"If you're into dark romantasy with high stakes, fierce characters, and just the right amount of emotional wreckage, Direbound is your next obsession." Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"What an incredible read!! ... I am blown away. ... The romance, the anguish, the BANTER! I love a book with good banter and this was FULL OF IT!" Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"I. Am. OBSESSED. ... Left me spiraling in the best way possible. The morally grey anti-hero? Perfection. The slow-burn tension? Electric. ... I was completely immersed." Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Perfect for fans of:

Slow burn romance

Found family

Morally grey characters

One bed

Touch her and die

Who did this to you

Enemies to lovers

Forced proximity

Vampires vs. wolves!

Jamie’s review

DIRE BOUND

Had to jump on the bookstawagon and read Dire Bound! And weeeee what a fun ride! 🎢 YES it does have some of the hamster wheel tropes (who did this to you, one bed at the inn, hidden identity) BUT we love them for a reason. AND the mold is broken in other ways, there are some good twists!

Meryn enlists in the royal army in order to find her missing sister. But her plans take a turn when a Direwolf chooses her as a bonded rider. She has a boyfriend back home in the hood, but she's also caught the eye of Prince Killian and now enter the broody alpha trainer Stark Therion…

I LOVE Meryn. Her inner monologue is funny and fiery and smart. The Direwolves are the best. It's giving Fourth Wing but instead of dragons, it's wolves.

Sable Sorensen is a pen name for two romantasy loving friends, this is their debut novel and it's a huge freaking success. Loved it and can't wait for book 2 (May 2026).

FURY BOUND

I liked it, I didn't LOVE it. Not like Dire Bound. I think I was expecting better with Stark. Especially after all that build up and slowwwwww burn. It just didn't quite hit like I wanted it to. I do like them together. And there were parts I liked, mostly when they were confessing all their feelings.

But the spice was…. something. I don't know, it was strange.

I didn't love how it turned into a story about the Gods. I wanted it to stay a story about the direwolves and the bonded and the siphons and humans. It's too much now.

I'm still invested. Still enjoyed reading it. Just found it a bit lacking and a teeny bit try-hard with the storyline. Dropped my overall rating from a 5 to a 4.5 but still highly recommend this series.

DIRE BOUND

I LOVE Meryn. Her inner monologue is funny and fiery and smart. The Direwolves are the best. It's giving Fourth Wing but instead of dragons, it's wolves.

Sable Sorensen is a pen name for two romantasy loving friends, this is their debut novel and it's a huge freaking success. Loved it and can't wait for book 2 (May 2026).

FURY BOUND

But the spice was…. something. I don't know, it was strange.

I didn't love how it turned into a story about the Gods. I wanted it to stay a story about the direwolves and the bonded and the siphons and humans. It's too much now.

Erica’s review

DIRE BOUND

Once again Jamie forced me to read book 1 of an unfinished series. SIGH. Do I love it during the reading journey? Yes, of course. I'm a masochist. Am I going to want to punch her in the face when book 2 comes out in May and I don't remember a damn thing about book 1? Bigger yes! But, at least I'll have THIS review now to hopefully jog my memory. Which I'm sure she'll keep reminding me of going forward.

Hmmmm, I did really like this but there were a few things I didn't and now that we're through the "things" that annoyed me, I'm more excited for book 2. I think as the series progresses, my rating will bump up. It did start a little slow for me and then dragged again towards the middle. BUT! There were some great twists I didn't see coming all throughout. There were also some very predictable things most Romantasy buffs will sniff out a mile away. And a few things I knew were likely coming but were also twisted a little more. I just kind of wish all the best stuff didn't happen at 95% of the book.

It ends with a nice little cliffhanger (that was a good twist for me) so beware! Or don't and read it anyway because it's fun.

FURY BOUND

I liked the story better than Dire Bound because I don't love games and trials and I got tired of that in Dire Bound. I did struggle with starting over with the slow burn and how it was almost a reverse "who did this to you"…..not my jam. Meryn literally says that and that gives me the ick. I wanted more from Stark. There was something he said that I truly couldn't get over for the entire book. My irritation over it lessened but I could NOT forget what he had said in some of his internal dialogue - I don't want to spoil it….but he was an ass and it triggered me. I was also very confused how King Lucien was such a big piece of this 2nd book. I felt like he came out of nowhere…..and then was the central plot of this book.

I did like the twist at the end but I also saw one coming. I also felt like the battle scene at the end was real willy-nilly….

I don't know - I WANT to love it and be so obsessed and I LOVE Meryn and Anassa but this keeps falling a bit short for me. BUT - I still am entertained enough. I mean a 4/5 is still pretty dang good!

DIRE BOUND

It ends with a nice little cliffhanger (that was a good twist for me) so beware! Or don't and read it anyway because it's fun.

FURY BOUND

I did like the twist at the end but I also saw one coming. I also felt like the battle scene at the end was real willy-nilly….

I don't know - I WANT to love it and be so obsessed and I LOVE Meryn and Anassa but this keeps falling a bit short for me. BUT - I still am entertained enough. I mean a 4/5 is still pretty dang good!

Books in this series

Book 1
of
3
Dire Bound
Feb 26, 2025
Book 2
of
3
Fury Bound
May 5, 2026
Book 3
of
3
Ruin Bound
Jul 27, 2027

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