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The Awakening by Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham

119 reviews

misplacedamygdala's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

Is the writing good? No. 
Did I eat it up anyways? Absolutely.
This gave me Winx vibes, I loved Winx as a kid (still do). There were a few too many cringe moments but I still enjoyed it. I will continue the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Sexual harassment

biaaaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I wasn't expecting to like this book. I've read enough bully romances to know that it's not for me, but I think that because this is a fantasy it was easier for me to interpret it has a true enemies to lovers instead of a bully romance which in turn made it easier for me to overlook some stuff, at least until the last couple chapters.

This book gave me vibes of both Harry Potter and Winx, but make it a CW teen drama (even though, obviously, this book is not for teens) and I really enjoyed it. Was this cringe? I mean the word faebook showed up a lot, so obviously it was cringy at times. But it was also so much fun and I was entertained throughout the whole book. 

I really loved the twins, and I was expecting to love one twin and find the other annoying and that it would be a drag reading their chapters, but honestly I really loved both of them (even if I like Darcy a little bit more) and loved the dual POV,

but I was a little bitter that we didn't get Darcy's POV the first time that Orion bites her

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I also loved Orion. He was an awful teacher but I don't care I love him

and I was really happy that, in the end, he somewhat sided with the twins. And, even though I usually don't like student x teacher romances, I'm really excited to see where his story with Darcy goes next.

With the Heirs I hated them at first, but then, like the twins, I started to let my guard down and thought that they weren't so bad. Especially Seth

I really thought that he was starting to feel something towards Darcy and I was feeling bad for him because I knew eventually Darcy would have to break his heart. But then they went and did what they did to them in the end! And the fact that Kyle and the other girl were in on it just adds more to the betrayal!!!

I really hope that the twins get their revenges on everyone who wronged them, including the Heirs, in the next book! 

Overall I'm really invested and can't wait to continue with this series, especially because I heard that the writing and books gets better as it goes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Bullying

Moderate: Sexual harassment

ashleynp24's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

It was a nice and quick read that I did enjoy. I do think it started a little fast and there wasn’t a ton of buildup to the school. 

The main characters are lovable, but they need to stop being as gullible. That made parts of it hard to get through. Overall, a fun read and the ending murder did surprise me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Stalking, Death of parent, Car accident, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Murder, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Death, Classism, Blood, and Abandonment

fuent020's review against another edition

The characters aren't likeable at all. And it felt weird that everyone was so accepting of crappy behavior from the get go. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault

spicycronereads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

Dual POV of fiery lost-heir twin Latinx FMCs. Seamless world building. Fun magic system and secondary and tertiary characters. Great banter. A bit of spice. Dark academia vibes. Check the full trigger warnings - lots of bullying, abandonment, etc. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/🌶️🌶️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Abandonment, and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

Professor / student attraction, drowning

ashsbooknook's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Bullying, and Violence

Moderate: Classism, Death of parent, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Death

Minor: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, and Drug use

katharina90's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

Cringe Fest. 

The writing is terrible and there's too much going on with the worldbuilding which leaves little room for a plot. 

The characters are flat and painfully immature. I also just couldn't keep the twins apart. 

There's so much cringey and problematic stuff in this book, including but not limited to the non-stop boundary and consent violations.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Bullying

Moderate: Sexual content, Infidelity, and Violence

Minor: Fatphobia and Racism

roxyc's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Bullying, Sexual harassment, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual content, Hate crime, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Car accident

autumnwitch14's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.5

I enjoyed the world building very much. I wish it focused more on the fantasy elements outside of just supernatural races. I wouldn't say this book is much of a romance even though it describes itself as a bullymance. Maybe later in the series, but this first one in particular barely has any outside of a little flirting (in between all of the sexual assaults)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Classism

Minor: Genocide, Incest, Abandonment, Car accident, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Slavery, and Infidelity

Mind control is prevalent in this book, meaning sometimes characters are forced to do things they don't want to do.

earlieststar's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

im cringe but im free

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Car accident, Classism, Misogyny, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Sexism, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

listen: it is described as bully romance but these girls get absolutely very much abused from beginning to end. it's not schoolyard bullying, those are crimes being committed every other page.