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Zodiac Academy: The Awakening as Told by the Boys by Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham

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biaaaa's review against another edition

adventurous tense 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

Books about the same story but in different povs are usually a hit or miss for me. This one was definitely a hit.

I know most people read this one in publication order, but i decided to read it after the first book because I read The Awakening a month ago and wanted to refresh my memory before continuing with the series. And I actually really enjoyed reading it now, I don't think that it had any major spoilers and allows me to go into the next book with a new prespective on the boys.

In the first book the only Heir that I genuinely liked was Seth, and now Seth is probably the one I'm most mad at, I really thought that he cared about Darcy in the first book! But I did fell in love with Darius and really like Caleb, I felt so bad in the end for him, like he was the only one that was against that whole plan from the begining, and I loved that he still tried to protect Tory even if it went against his friends, that was the energy I was expecting from Seth, tbh!! Max, I still don't really care about him.

That beeing said, I'm still really angry at all of the Heirs and hoping that the twins make them suffer in the next book. I would also enjoyed if Orion gave Darius a bit of a hard time after everything he did, but considering their bond I don't really think that will happen. But, for me, it'll be easier to forgive them now, once they grovel a little.

I also loved reading about the guys prespective and realizing how different it was from the twins. Like in the first book we see how the twins struggle with their powers and being so behind everyone in the academy, but in this one we saw how strong they actually already are considering they don't know much about their powers and the heirs were always impressed with them even if they didn't show!

Also the difference between Darcy and Tory's povs and Orion and Daius's was everything!!!!! I didn't really care about Tory and Darius in the first book, but now!!!!! He was literally calling her his girl the first time that they met!!!!! And Orion thinking that Darcy was a Siren because there could be no other explanation for how obssessed he was with her!!!!!! Ugh I loved it and I love both of these ships! I'm so exited to see were their story is going!!!

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ashleynp24's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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

3.0

Liked the guys perspective for more of the insight into their backstories and thoughts. I kinda skimmed through some of the dialogue though because it’s word for word the same as the 1st book.

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weckmarl's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.0

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yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

I really enjoyed reading this in tandem with the first book. It helped shed light on their horrible actions. It was sad and conflicting and I just wanted to hug everyone

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moodreaderschaoticlibrary_92's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

*screams into pillow and cries into blanket* I am a complete mess from this book and will immediately be starting book two!

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nineinchnails's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

i don't think i've ever read this kind of retelling before (where i've already read 90% of the story) but i was just desperate to hold off on whatever agony and anguish is coming for my favs in book 7. there isn't much to say about the book since it's pretty much a 1:1 retelling of the first book in the series but there were a few scenes that gave a lot more insight into the guys' motivations and how conflicted they were. seth just came off as cruel and petty here so even though i know he improves eventually it was still a little disappointing to see how much he was revelling in the opportunity to humble darcy as payment for something she had nothing to do with (directly). she didn't even know he was mad at her never mind why he was mad. the foreshadowing was strong here so i'm glad i read this when i did or it probably would've spoiled some of it for me. it took me a lot longer to read because i obviously knew almost everything that was going to happen so it wasn't the most interesting read - i can definitely see myself enjoying it a lot more as a tandem read with the awakening on a reread though!

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