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The Ravens by Danielle Paige, Kass Morgan

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kassidyreads's review against another edition

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

3.5


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jasmineslibraryy's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

this book didn't turn out how i was expecting. i wish there was more of a buildup to the villain reveal. but i got through.

what truly carried this book for me was the sisterhood. i will always love strong friendships in media, especially strong female friendships. the girls' bond was the best part.

i loved scarlett and jackson, but i'm not a fan of vivi and mason. mason bothers me. he was always attracted to vivi even when he was still with scarlett, which was really icky. 

overall, i'd say this is book is for people trying to break into YA fantasy who aren't used to it yet. it's not so much for us readers who already read a lot of fantasy.

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zoepagereader's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

It’s weird reading a book that expects a high understanding of the function of sororities and that of tarot. As someone only meeting one of those requirements, it took a little while for me to get into the feel of things. Once I got in, I was with it up until the very last page. I did feel that the characters were a little under developed, but I’m not one to be too bothered by that. 

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sterreks's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious sad 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

5.0

i adored this so much, the topics dealt in this book are so important and i loved the aspect of sisterhood and sisters being the main topic and i loved this so much

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karly_ackley's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0


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norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.0


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karapillar's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.25

I loved the story, but it read like a teenager wrote it.

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rinku's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

 The Ravens is another urban fantasy novel where I had the feeling that the story and setting had so much potential but sadly, both was not utilised enough. I was first sure that I only would give two stars, but the last third was so much better than the first two that I can give three stars. 

There are two main characters: Vivi and Scarlett. Vivi goes to a new college where she discovers that she’s a witch and has to learn about her new powers. Scarlett, on the other hand, is from a famous witch family and is thus longer involved in the magical world. Her goal is it to become the president of her sorority. When strange things happen, both of them have to work together and overcome their differences to stop a greater evil. 

Like I’ve said, the beginning of the book was just not that great. One of the main reasons for this is that the relationship drama/the love square(?) is so much in the focus which was just annoying. Another reason is that seemingly dramatic things happen, but they barely have consequences, showing us not why they’re dramatic in the first place. The magic system wasn’t the most creative as well; it includes both elemental magic and tarot cards which is something I’ve both seen before. What I liked though was the focus on sisterhood and how the female characters mostly work together. 

Only after two-thirds, the book got interesting, leading to an amazing last third. Magic is now more in the focus and
it’s revealed that Tiffany is evil, killed Dahlia and then pretended to be her
. I loved this but I found it a bit cliché
that it was her goal to heal her mother from cancer
. Just in general, it got much creepier and more atmospheric. 

I furthermore liked the college setting but it didn’t feel too authentic since our characters barely go to lectures or something. Another problem I had was with the writing style; some phrases used sounded a bit weird and especially towards the beginning, many interesting plot points are only told and not shown. 

This is honestly rare for me, but I have quite a lot to say about the characters. Firstly, I appreciated generally how diverse the cast was but especially at the beginning, there was not really one character that I liked. I couldn’t understand Scarlett’s behaviour at all and that made her unlikable for me; she doesn’t even try to understand the feelings of her boyfriend Mason and is so unnecessary cruel towards Vivi. Mason was also a bit too much for me and it was annoying how offensively he flirted with Vivi. Vivi was okay; her insta love with Mason annoyed me and her character development came a bit too fast, was not very realistic, and told rather than shown. With the love interests, it was so clear from the beginning who would end up with whom. I wished we got a romance between Vivi and Scarlett since there was so much potential for it. What also bothered me were the many characters introduced at the beginning, making it hard to remember their roles. 

I’m quite curious what the sequel of The Ravens will be about since it didn’t end with a cliff-hanger, and I don’t have the feeling that there are so many unsolved mysteries. Still, I’m interested in discovering more of the world of this series. 

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tinysierra's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5

3.75*
Pretty sure I bought this because it was on sale, Coven is my favorite season of AHS, and I liked the cover lol so I wasn’t sure what to expect going into this.

I enjoyed The Ravens. I think the pacing was just what I needed in this moment. It was fast paced and the magic system was easy to grasp. The split POV between Scarlett and Vivi worked well. It’s one of few YA books that takes place in college. 

The romance:
I thought Vivi and Mason would have been adorable, especially after their meet cute… if Mason hadn’t been dating Scarlett when the book started. I just couldn’t get over that. I also did not like the girl vs girl fighting over one guy type thing. Their fighting was actually kind of mild compared to other books, but it seems so immature.  I feel as if it was at attempt to highlight how the witches are supposed to have each other’s backs, but I just wish there were other ways they could have went about that. I also didn’t like Scarlett immediately falling in love with Jackson, either. Maybe I don’t understand how allosexual attraction works as an ace reader lol but I’m like dang, couldn’t she be happy being single? Does she have to jump into another relationship immediately? 


There are Harry Potter mentions on pages 71 and 125 as well as other references to pop culture and celebrities. I guess we’re required to mention Harry Potter in every magic story now? -.-

I personally don’t think this book needs a sequel. Although I enjoyed this book, I don’t feel invested enough to read the next book.

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dreamweaver's review against another edition

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mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The narration was a little exposition-heavy, especially at the beginning, but fell into a better rhythm as the book moved on. 

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