Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

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

11 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

yarisbooksandbevs's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Violence, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Grief, and Cursing

Moderate: Sexual content and Child abuse

Minor: Murder and Car accident

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

lotte5322's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Blood, Bullying, Murder, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Torture, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Car accident

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

briochebun's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

4.25 out of 5 ☆’s.

”The darkness is your closest friend, but it’s time to let it go.”

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This retelling of the first novel FAR exceeded my expectations!

(I still cannot believe that I had such a wondrous — and at times painful — time reading about these events that I already knew the outcome of…)

Going into this novel, I was a bit worried that my decision to read “The Awakening: as Told by the Boys” before ”Ruthless Fae” would prove to be an unwise one because I would be interrupting the flow the story (therefore potentially sending me into a slump if I didn’t end up enjoying ”The Awakening: as Told by the Boys”). 

Now that I’ve finished the novel it’s clear to me that I did in fact make the correct decision by reading this first! (yayyy 🥳)

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Getting to see everything that the male characters were up to during the events of TA was an eye-opening experience, and I’m sooo glad that I got more insight into their personal lives as well as their thought processes (especially Caleb’s) during all of the chaos…

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I’m just itching to begin “Ruthless Fae“ and continue this story! ♡

P.S. Orion still owns my heart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Sexual harassment and Death

kat1105's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Trafficking and Slavery

psydneigh's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.5

This is the spice i was looking for in the awakening. I really liked seeing the guys perspectives though I feel like this book dragged a bit. Their thoughts felt a bit repetitive and i found myself losing interest at points, but im glad i read this before continuing on with the series so i know where they are at too

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicidal thoughts