Reviews with content warning for Blood - The Awakening

One of those books where everyone’s aggressively sexual all the time and constantly smirking, and the predatory boys are maybe (?) facing something forcing them to act that way, but we still don’t know the larger power players at work by the end, and tbh you can’t really uwu soft boy your way out of the crap they put the Vega twins through. (The Vega twins are written as though they are the same person. Idk why there are two girls. They seem to just be the same girl twice.)

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micaelamariem's review

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Liked this and hated that I liked it because of all the er ethical considerations. And everyone makes me mad

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briochebun's review

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adventurous dark sad medium-paced

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

3.5

3.5 out of 5 ☆’s.

He lifted his head with a demonic smile. “Welcome to your Awakening.”

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Goshhh — this book was certainly something!!

I will admit that I was a bit apprehensive going into this novel — because of how I felt about it’s predecessor ”Origins of an Academy Bully”.

However, now that I’ve finished ”The Awakening”, I can confidently say that I enjoyed it much more than the novellas that came before it! :)

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I thoroughly enjoyed getting to meet our MCs — Tory and Darcy — and seeing the ways that their personalities, as well as the ways that they responded to confrontation, differed…

(And don’t even get me started on that ending — talk about going out with a bang!! 🤩)

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I’m excited to see their story continue once I finish ”The Awakening as Told by the Boys”!

P.S. Orion is the only man in this book that deserves rights. ♡

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midnacine's review

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adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Overall, I enjoyed this! The story was interesting and engaging, the world building was pretty intense and unique, and the little bit of spice was enticing.
But goddamn, getting past the poor writing was a struggle. About 100 pages in, the only way for me to continue was to start annotating just so I could edit as I read. I restructured sentences, corrected grammar and spelling, and added punctuation where necessary. It honestly felt like no one but the authors read through the book before sending it out to print. And don't even get me started on the fact that Tory and Darcy- two 18-year-old girls who were supposed to have grown up in the US- used terms like "sports kit" and "postie", which are very British terms.
But again, I enjoyed it. So am I gonna read the rest of the series, no matter how infuriating it is? Absolutely.

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