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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Like 2.5-3. First off, don’t do the audiobook. It was terrible imo.
Second, the premise of this book sounded so cool. A dark academia witch school?! Hell yeah, but omg fell so short.
I have next to no sympathy for the FMC for some reason. I’m more intrigued to see what the “villain” ends up doing. I’ll probably read the second book, but I could also live without it.
Second, the premise of this book sounded so cool. A dark academia witch school?! Hell yeah, but omg fell so short.
I have next to no sympathy for the FMC for some reason. I’m more intrigued to see what the “villain” ends up doing. I’ll probably read the second book, but I could also live without it.
This had promise starting out, and I was interested in the story, but it turned into a miss for me. The magic, the witch politics, the deal with the vessels - these all had really cool potential and should have been expanded on. Instead, the plot revolved around the inexplicable need to get rid of the vessels. I’m not sure if it was supposed to be obvious - like just because they are demons - but I wanted something more than that. I liked Willow initially, but she’s turned into a plot device in Gray’s story, and her naïveté was painful. She’s supposed to be 20 and trained her whole life for this one purpose, but then she does nothing but flounder. There were some random contradictions throughout, and with the relationship between Willow and Gray. I just am not invested in anything enough to continue.
DNF @ 48%
I picked this up because of the great reviews and almost didn’t start reading it because the series wasn’t finished. I finally decided to go for it anyway and kept putting it down. The only reason I got as far as I did was because the good reviews had me convinced it would get better. Unfortunately, I found this kind of boring and I had absolutely no idea what was going on. The world building was somewhat confusing and I’m not sure if that was me or the author’s way of explaining things.
I picked this up because of the great reviews and almost didn’t start reading it because the series wasn’t finished. I finally decided to go for it anyway and kept putting it down. The only reason I got as far as I did was because the good reviews had me convinced it would get better. Unfortunately, I found this kind of boring and I had absolutely no idea what was going on. The world building was somewhat confusing and I’m not sure if that was me or the author’s way of explaining things.
Many of my favorite tropes in one. Academy based, enemies to lovers, forbidden magic, touch her and you die. Excited to see what the rest of the series is like. I think the first book set good ground work!
At no in this book was I prepared for what happened. If you want a paranormal romance with a morally black MMC that is also dark and very spicy, this is the book for you. Go ahead and buy the second one because you’ll want to dig in the second you finish this one.
Bloody hell that finale was brutal! my jaw was dropping further to the floor with each new reveal. What a finish this morphed into and it only made me fall even harder for our villainous anti-hero. I was legit cackling like some B-rate movie evil mastermind what a trip.
So basic gist here is we have witches and demons and there is certainly no love lost between these two species. They manage to coexist together despite the animosity and share a somewhat symbiotic bond. The demons have been trapped inside mortal vessels and need the blood of the witches to survive, so think vampiric in nature. Their real bodies and souls are back home hence the term Vessels. It's all down to a deal struck by the first witch to escape and punish her persecutors. We also have the covenant which is controlled by our heroine's ancestor she's the gal in charge and I can only describe her as undead animated bones how creepy.
So Willow Medizza is a witch in hiding many years prior her mother faked her death and warded her existence from the Coven. Now she's dead and the Coven is fully aware of Willows existence. She's the last of her line but also she's hiding a secret as she's also the last Hectate witch and the keeper of the bones, necromancy is in her blood she just needs her ancestor's bones to awaken her full potential.
Called to attend Hollow Grove University as a legacy and one of the original thirteen founding families refusal isn't an option for Willow. Attending with a hidden agenda our girl isn't prepared in the slightest for the enigmatic and sinister headmaster Alaric Grayson Thorne and when he takes a special interest in her even though it was part of the original plan she wasn't expecting the effect this would equally have on her in return.
Willow and Gray had so much combustible chemistry simmering away between them. I adored the push-pull, love-hate ambience of their connection and especially appreciated how shady and morally black Gray was. He's the real deal a proper villain and i was so there for that.
This was mysterious and sinister and everything I love about this genre. We had gothic vibes and secret agendas in abundance here and nobody can be fully trusted least of all our mysterious headmaster. Some things I did guess but others not so much and I was riveted till the very last page. What a cliffhanger and such an enticing draw to pick up book two straight away.
I found this well-written incredibly engaging and such an easy page-turner. I think it's a duology, well here's hoping because if every cliff ending is going to be like the last I don't think my heart could take the stress. I totally recommend this especially if you like a villainous hero, with enemy's to lovers vibes all set in a fascinating paranormal world.
So basic gist here is we have witches and demons and there is certainly no love lost between these two species. They manage to coexist together despite the animosity and share a somewhat symbiotic bond. The demons have been trapped inside mortal vessels and need the blood of the witches to survive, so think vampiric in nature. Their real bodies and souls are back home hence the term Vessels. It's all down to a deal struck by the first witch to escape and punish her persecutors. We also have the covenant which is controlled by our heroine's ancestor she's the gal in charge and I can only describe her as undead animated bones how creepy.
So Willow Medizza is a witch in hiding many years prior her mother faked her death and warded her existence from the Coven. Now she's dead and the Coven is fully aware of Willows existence. She's the last of her line but also she's hiding a secret as she's also the last Hectate witch and the keeper of the bones, necromancy is in her blood she just needs her ancestor's bones to awaken her full potential.
Called to attend Hollow Grove University as a legacy and one of the original thirteen founding families refusal isn't an option for Willow. Attending with a hidden agenda our girl isn't prepared in the slightest for the enigmatic and sinister headmaster Alaric Grayson Thorne and when he takes a special interest in her even though it was part of the original plan she wasn't expecting the effect this would equally have on her in return.
Willow and Gray had so much combustible chemistry simmering away between them. I adored the push-pull, love-hate ambience of their connection and especially appreciated how shady and morally black Gray was. He's the real deal a proper villain and i was so there for that.
This was mysterious and sinister and everything I love about this genre. We had gothic vibes and secret agendas in abundance here and nobody can be fully trusted least of all our mysterious headmaster. Some things I did guess but others not so much and I was riveted till the very last page. What a cliffhanger and such an enticing draw to pick up book two straight away.
I found this well-written incredibly engaging and such an easy page-turner. I think it's a duology, well here's hoping because if every cliff ending is going to be like the last I don't think my heart could take the stress. I totally recommend this especially if you like a villainous hero, with enemy's to lovers vibes all set in a fascinating paranormal world.
I am not even kidding when I say I almost DNF’d at like 85% on this book. I made it through but will not be reading the second one. The plot jumped around to much for me, the writing style made it incredibly hard to follow and there was absolutely no romantic tension at all, just immediately lust between a 16 year old (who’s really 18? And glamour’d?? Idk that was very unclear and weird asf) with a headmaster who is just openly hitting on her? Idk i only rated it two stars bc the beginning had me hooked and then just fell really flat for me the rest of the story.
This one was sloppy and not in a good way. I liked the idea of characters, I liked the idea for the plot, I even liked particular plot points but I really didn’t like it all stirred together.
The characters felt underdeveloped, like first novel versions of themselves. They had objectives—sure, sure—but seemed to grow more in fits and spurts v. organically. One moment they were X and then the next Y with no logical reason why they were suddenly that way. Ditto to the magic of this world—it’s glossed over in an incredibly disappointing way.
The plot, conceptually, is really good. A Chosen One witch who must fight against authority in all its forms (both witch and demon/vampire). But the story was so loosely strung together and lacking cohesion that it was hard to root for this witch. There’s also plot points (creatures in the woods) that come out of left field and cool potential plot points (and character development) that are just left laying on the proverbial playing field.
I think the author attempted to use BDSM as the “sexy times” in this book with out actually understanding BDSM. The lack of consent between the FMC and MMC is… uncomfortable as a result.
This book also uses “male” as a noun which drives me bananas.
The characters felt underdeveloped, like first novel versions of themselves. They had objectives—sure, sure—but seemed to grow more in fits and spurts v. organically. One moment they were X and then the next Y with no logical reason why they were suddenly that way. Ditto to the magic of this world—it’s glossed over in an incredibly disappointing way.
The plot, conceptually, is really good. A Chosen One witch who must fight against authority in all its forms (both witch and demon/vampire). But the story was so loosely strung together and lacking cohesion that it was hard to root for this witch. There’s also plot points (creatures in the woods) that come out of left field and cool potential plot points (and character development) that are just left laying on the proverbial playing field.
I think the author attempted to use BDSM as the “sexy times” in this book with out actually understanding BDSM. The lack of consent between the FMC and MMC is… uncomfortable as a result.
This book also uses “male” as a noun which drives me bananas.