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4.34 AVERAGE
4.34 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
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:
Complicated
funny
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A really great premise, but serious problems with pacing and editing.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Medical trauma
Minor: Sexual content, Murder
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The story is interesting and has potential but the grammatical errors, lack of punctuation and spelling mistakes makes it a hard read sometimes.
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
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:
No
Words can’t express how amazing this book is! You just have to read it for yourself.
adventurous
dark
funny
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I am an alumna of Drew Collins University. Let’s just start there. A magical HBCU?! Their school colors are my actual HBCU school colors! It was destined to be. Buddy read with my bestieboo
Maggie Grey: Imagine being told this outlandish story of an underground world of mythical Black who attend an HBCU and not only is there magic, but your family is “The First Family” to discover this mythical place just before Civil Rights and they are royalty. It wouldn’t sound outlandish to me because I spend my holidays in Crystal City 😉
Throughout book 1, my girl Maggie was just as confused as I was because what is this place?! Why are am I here? What are my powers? Instead of her regular life as a graduate student, she's sent to The Underground. Her white hair and dark skin made her stand out amongst the other vampires, werewolves, witches, and sirens. Her signature white hair, a trait of The First Family, puts so many targets on my girls back, even when crimes are committed and I just need everyone to leave her alone!
Luckily, Maggie meets Souxie and she decides that they will be best friends. Love that energy. To me, there's an overall theme of community, secrets, and the desire to belong in both novels. A lot of the men we meet carry secrets because their position in power. And isn't that a reflection of real life? Unfortunately these secrets are at the detriment of the women and their bodies.
Like every college campus, everyone wants to belong to something. Clubs, status, & sororities are important. But this crew has established their own found family. Asha & Isis complete the anti-club/crew & Quan the Cat & Hillary are here for the ride. Their adventures are chaotic, hilarious, magical, & deadly😧
It wouldn’t be a favorite of mine if there wasn’t a love story intertwined. I need Namir & Maggie to stop playing & move forward because their connection is earth shattering. Literally! 🌙🩸
I’m so glad I met Maggie, Souxie, Asha, & Isis. They’re the crew I would want to hang out with & I'm excited to see their powers, magic, & adventures at Drew Collins & Club Asylum👀🧛🏾♀️
✨Fantasy/Magical Realism
✨Slow Burn
✨TW - Violence/SA
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, Sexual harassment
Ehhh just not really my kind of thing
slow-paced
Wooooowwww
This is by far one of the best books I’ve read so far this year! I’m literally about to restart it and take notes so I can find clues
Highly recommend
This is by far one of the best books I’ve read so far this year! I’m literally about to restart it and take notes so I can find clues
Highly recommend
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
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:
Complicated