Posted on  20/08/2024 17:01:37

My rating: 5 timeless stars

The sequel of Worlds with Ruby, this second installment in the Ferris Wheel Stories continues Ruby's adventures in the afterlife.

Ruby had completed her task as a Traveler and found her place of rest. But her old life, her old death, had not finished with her. She had grown restless and started to crave more. After all, eternity wasn't about rest, it was about work. And she had work to do.

Pulled back into the land of the Wheel, Ruby discovers a dark secret surrounding Travelers and the worlds they save, a secret that threatens to break her. And at the center of it all, is none other than her very own Angel of darkness, Damen. Only that Angel of darkness no longer conveyed all that he was and had done.

This time, her journey as a Traveler is different; darker than ever and terrifying!
Of all the oddities of death, this might possibly be the strangest. Though in an afterlife of strange giving concrete rankings was nearly impossible.

And the stakes are a lot higher.
The Wheel itself is in danger of collapsing and Ruby is forced to ask herself: Could the afterlife die? What happened if she failed her assignment?

She is again pulled from one world into another; one more wondrous than the other; and each and every one of them in danger of being destroyed.

The flying island was my favorite and I somehow picture it like this:
Floating island by Anna Nadolynna-Harris - paintings and prints ArtPal

And the hourglass the most haunting, because of it's meaning!

"Sands of time, sands of life, sands spin fast until you're out of time."
Death by Choice - Freedomwriter13059 Wattpad

In a race against time, Ruby must cling to hope despite despair as
Sometimes reality is bleak and you have to feel that oppression to be able to appreciate the beautiful moments, which far outweigh the dark.

And she has to put up a good fight for the worlds she's come to care about and the people she loves. Because:
Sometimes good people make mistakes. And sometimes you may need to tell a dead man to just relax and breathe, to keep him from tipping over the brink into insanity.

Even more haunting than it's sequel, this imaginative little story will keep you at the edge of your seat from the very first page till the very end. Vivid and evocative, this is one of those tales, that will stay with you long after you turned the last page.
After all,...
life or death... we might as well make the most of it and see what we can do to help while we're at it.

Happy reading!

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