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Fate Hollow Academy: Term 1 by Lyra Winters

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ridreads's review

adventurous medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I really enjoyed the magic world building and the hierarchy of the supernatural beings is a really interesting addition to the usual fantasy, RH, academy books. There’s a fair amount of spice, but the plot doesn’t suffer as a result. With 7 MMCs there’s always the potential that they start to feel too similar or there’s not enough character development, but I think all of the MMCs are unique. There has been substantial character/relationship development of some of the MMCs and not the others, but all are intriguing in their own ways! There are multiple potential villains that emerge in Term 1 and I can’t wait to see how it all comes together!!

emma19's review against another edition

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Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

amy_sutt's review

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emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

This was a captivating opening to this series. As expected, our FMC is just getting to know her expected mates and there is a slight cliffhanger at the end. Thankfully, the next book is already published so I'll be hopping over to that right away. There is some lingering trauma from a rejected mate bond that our FMC has to struggle with and I thought that was handled well. I liked all of the potential mates and look forward to getting to see more of them in the next book, hopefully with more of their stories.

jewel_s9's review

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challenging emotional lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

lina5010's review

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I’ve been wanting a why-choose shifter book and have been disappointed for a while but this one finally has me excited for book 2

While reading I found early on that there were some issues with pacing and the world building but I set it aside (“brain off”) and enjoyed it for the characters. All the male leads are swoon worthy and the fmc is lovable.

This book set up the start of an interesting journey while leaving room for more.

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autumnwitch14's review

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adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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mandy44's review

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fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No

1.5

At its base, the concept was good…but unfortunately this book just wasn’t. 1.5 stars because I’ve read worse and at least you tried?

The writing is *very* basic and ultimately quite hollow. I don’t even really know what the plot is. The pacing was INSANELY fast and not in an engaging action-y way. No build up or tension, no depth, no way to really form any attachment to any of the characters. All bones, no meat.

The characters are all very flat and fit fairly rigid archetypes. Each one has a tragic backstory but I feel absolutely nothing about them because there just isn’t any depth to this book.

I wanted to like the FMC but she was just so boring and useless. The whole point of her personality in this book is to show that being the kind hearted, naive, sweet girl has a place in these types of stories but imo it does the opposite. I needed these aspects of her personality to actually have an impact on the story for this to work and it just didn’t. A complete fumble.

The obsession with the FMC by every single character and apparently every single person at the academy is too much. Is everyone at this academy evil? Why do all the non-mate dudes want to rape her? Also, does no one at the school care about the students that have been going missing/killed by D & T? There’s two other vaguely murder/missing students related subplots that gets lightly touched upon which seem to be of great concern to the administration but the 16+ dudes being offed to “protect” the FMC is of no concern????

Overall, this is a big no for me and I most definitely will not be reading the rest of this series. Truly shocked at this book’s high rating (especially on GRs)…very suspicious if you ask me.

bookrantswithj's review against another edition

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mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.0

creativekristi's review

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

juz's review

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adventurous emotional funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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