The Secret World of Maggie Grey by Granger

4.34 AVERAGE

isisr's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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ktresna's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced
Maggie was brought into this world with a grandma who was raped by a vampire. The vampire in question is from the first family of vampires who took over the power in the mystical community. There was a civil war against werewolves who are still looking to take over. Drew Collins University is in underground Atlanta . Nasir is the coach for the athletes at the school and is meant to get Maggie to trust him in order to conquer the community. Maggie doesn't know what she is, and she doesn't know who to believe. Souxzie is a clairvoyant witch who is at the school to connect and assist in souls who pass. Her gay father raised her alone. Isis is a nymph, who can control water elements and is also into spirituality. Asha is a siren who was born and examined by scientists, creating a fear of water and swimming. The girls banded together to create their own group, the investigated a tree with ghosts and one communicated with Maggie. Souxzie fucks prof Akeem and finds out that he's half siren and half vampire. Talking cat (Quan)is coursed and trying to find a cure.  Hillary (Souxzie's roommate) is fed on and dies.  In order to get back to "earth" is through magical doors (where they gets stuck into different dimensions) or, through the railroads.

bookishqueenjane's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense fast-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

amiray67's review against another edition

2.75
adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

noodlesny's review against another edition

4.25
adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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sneakchillin's review against another edition

5.0
dark emotional mysterious tense
I can’t breathe. So many questions! Who tf is maggie? Is she namirs mate? Who bit Hillary! 
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hummingbird_'s review against another edition

5.0
adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
DREW COLLINS UNIVERSITY! Home of the Extraordinary Black Excellence! The Spiritual! The Intellects and Elementals of our PEOPLE! 

Listen, initially started reading this book a few months ago, but as an immersive reader I just couldn’t focus without having the audiobook to read along with. WELL…I FINALLY got around to getting the audiobook and baby…this was well worth starting over!!! Everything was just amazing. All I can say is, just read it! 

The drama? Chefs kiss. The twists? Impeccable. The writing? Detailed. My emotional stability while reading? Questionable. If you enjoy books that make you ignore your responsibilities, this is the one. I’m on to Book 2! 

j_house's review against another edition

3.75
funny mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

flawlessvictorytko's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous dark mysterious 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: No
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asread_bymerisha's review against another edition

3.0
adventurous funny mysterious sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
You should read this book for Quan and Quan alone. 

No, but seriously. I didn’t know what to expect from this and naturally become skeptical when I see books labeled as the “Black Harry Potter” or “HBCU Hogwarts” — anything comparing them to Harry Potter. My preference is for books to stand on their own and not get caught in a comparison trap. 

I like the idea is this book. Young women on a quest to understand their identity and magical background. I even like the addition of Quan, a man trapped in a cat’s body. I found myself definitely laughing out loud at his dialogue, but also appreciating the insight to his perceptiveness about things/people around him. I found Asha to be annoying at times, but her background, along with Souxie, is the most interesting of them all.

The relationships between teachers and students are a bit questionable, but having read part of Zodiac Academy, I didn’t balk too much at it. 

Overall, I’m interesting to see how this murder mystery ends and how these characters develop. I mostly want to see Quan turn human and see how that might change group dynamics!