Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Awakening by Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham

48 reviews

maregred's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Bullying

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Car accident

rebekkamafia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, and Bullying

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Physical abuse

Minor: Abandonment, Death of parent, and Murder

milla_b's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

This is my first proper adventure into bully romance (The cruel prince was a toe in the water) and parts were a bit tough to swallow. I am curious to see how the relationships play out and how they move on especially after the the events book 1 left off from. 

Things I liked: 
• the storyline- really want to know more. And there’s a huge world that you’re being introduced to and I can’t help but want to know more about it beyond the Acadamy. 
• I like the characters and especially the twins 
• I’m on the fence about the Heirs, but not in the way that I don’t want to read about them, because I clearly have a thing for morally questionable characters….. 

Things that bugged me (but not enough to put me off):
• some of the writing, past and present tense. Some minor grammar errors and I think American idioms…..  idioms are not deal breakers but some are just personally a tad annoying for me. 

Overall I enjoyed it and will continue the series. Read it yourself and make up your own mind. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Cursing and Gaslighting

Minor: Death of parent, Grief, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Body shaming, and Abandonment

jesshart8's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Abandonment, Cursing, Sexual assault, and Bullying

Moderate: Car accident, Alcohol, Misogyny, and Adult/minor relationship

monica0309's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Bullying

Moderate: Death of parent and Violence

Minor: Abandonment and Stalking

erynelle's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Sexual content, Alcohol, Death of parent, Bullying, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Car accident

nordicat's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Bullying, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Alcohol and Violence

Minor: Incest, Body shaming, Death of parent, and Abandonment

ifoundcallie's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Car accident, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Torture, Stalking, Incest, and Vomit

alexahunterliterary's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, Cursing, Blood, Bullying, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Abandonment

booknerderika's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I was recommended this book, and I'm glad I was. I like the overall story,

the dark academia, and the building of enemies to lovers trope. These are pretty toxic guys and I know shouldn't ship the girls with Darius and Orion but I absolutely do. I also believe Diego is evil and working with the nymphs or is a nymph.

This is a series I know I'm going to enjoy getting lost in. I just hope the rest of the series keeps the twins as the main characters and doesn't try to follow new people from different signs. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Violence

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Abandonment