Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

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

7 reviews

ashleynp24's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Bullying, Gaslighting, Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Sexual content, Stalking, Grief, Alcoholism, Car accident, Murder, Torture, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

weckmarl's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Alcohol, Body shaming, Torture, Addiction, Cursing, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, Classism, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexism

nineinchnails's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Torture, Bullying, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Blood, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Death, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Car accident

Attempted murder, Student/teacher relationship, Dubcon (biting), Noncon (biting)

selestre's review against another edition

dark emotional funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Grief, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Vomit

hannahwriightt's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, Alcoholism, and Incest

Minor: Death of parent and Car accident

katvou's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Death, and Death of parent

folkofthebook's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.25

I had such a fun time getting the Heirs’ perspective of ZA1. Firstly reading Lance & Darius trying to blame anything else besides their own damn feelings on being instantly drawn to Tory & Darcy and going crazy for them just thinking about them. Low key simps. I thought the authors did a great job and giving us insight as to why the boys would do what they did and making them a little more forgiveable… they’re still little assholes tho LOL. Ugh I need book seven now PLS… but I guess I’ll finish my series reread first. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Blood, Death, Child death, Death of parent, and Murder