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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
There’s a few tropes that need to be banned from being used to market books I think. Enemies to lovers for one, and also DARK ACADEMIA. This is a book set on a campus, not dark academia. On page, she goes to exactly one class and studies exactly once. There’s maybe 5-6 other mention of school related things but that’s it.
I also found out main character insufferable, and kind of stupid. Her whole motivation throughout the book is supposed to be finding who hurt her sister, and ultimately lead to her suicide. How much sleuthing does she do throughout the book? Practically none. Not to mention, when she finds out the MMC is possibly (probably) involved in whatever happened she just… doesn’t care???? She practically moves in with him for gods sake! There’s just so many damn things pointing to him being part of whatever grand conspiracy went on and she just ignores it. Infuriating, considering the only reason she’s at Oxford is because she’s supposedly hell bent on finding out what happened (also she barley passed her classes and made it into Oxford? Sure.). At one point, she basically admits to herself that she’s a sellout at one point and doesn’t really care. “I’ve told myself the only reason I’m hanging out with Saint and his friends is to follow these clues toward this secret society and Wren’s attacker, I know it’s not the whole truth.” And yet continues on. Where’s the moral fibre? Not here that’s for sure.
I give it 1.5 stars, because at least it kept me entertained for an afternoon, even if it was absolutely infuriating entertainment. Sometimes you just need a good hate read.
I also found out main character insufferable, and kind of stupid. Her whole motivation throughout the book is supposed to be finding who hurt her sister, and ultimately lead to her suicide. How much sleuthing does she do throughout the book? Practically none. Not to mention, when she finds out the MMC is possibly (probably) involved in whatever happened she just… doesn’t care???? She practically moves in with him for gods sake! There’s just so many damn things pointing to him being part of whatever grand conspiracy went on and she just ignores it. Infuriating, considering the only reason she’s at Oxford is because she’s supposedly hell bent on finding out what happened (also she barley passed her classes and made it into Oxford? Sure.). At one point, she basically admits to herself that she’s a sellout at one point and doesn’t really care. “I’ve told myself the only reason I’m hanging out with Saint and his friends is to follow these clues toward this secret society and Wren’s attacker, I know it’s not the whole truth.” And yet continues on. Where’s the moral fibre? Not here that’s for sure.
I give it 1.5 stars, because at least it kept me entertained for an afternoon, even if it was absolutely infuriating entertainment. Sometimes you just need a good hate read.
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Nice spice and just ok plot but INCREDIBLY distracting typos and errors.
I’ve read student papers and fan fiction with better copy editing. It’s honestly embarrassing and makes me second guess or have to re-read passages because of misplaced modifiers, words clearly left in after an edit that shouldn’t be there anymore, flat out typos, etc.
There is some very well written spice and some exploration that I wish would be more prevalent across the series. It was the only redeeming quality because it wasn’t just this first book with the typos.
I’ve read student papers and fan fiction with better copy editing. It’s honestly embarrassing and makes me second guess or have to re-read passages because of misplaced modifiers, words clearly left in after an edit that shouldn’t be there anymore, flat out typos, etc.
There is some very well written spice and some exploration that I wish would be more prevalent across the series. It was the only redeeming quality because it wasn’t just this first book with the typos.
Fun dark academia romance. Story was a little slow moving in the plot department and I hated the roommates, but I’ll continue the series!
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Fell so in love with these characters and story !
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Sexual assault
