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The Awakening by Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham

bookworm_chronicles31's review against another edition

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3.0

There's a reason why I don't read bully romances but I still decided to give this one a try - I did hate the heirs and the bullying BUT I loved the twins and I'm excited to see more from them. I just wish there was no romance between them and the heirs...

amandalustig's review against another edition

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challenging 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? Yes

3.5

miahaworth's review against another edition

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adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.25

rmspicer's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense slow-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

4.0

cwkhalil's review against another edition

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0.25

In what universe was this a good book? There’s nothing redeeming about anything in it - story, characters, world, writing. I wanted to DNF, but people seemed to like it so much that I was wondering when it would be turning around. 

moonstruckowl's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

3.0

hanrutmoe's review against another edition

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dark mysterious 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

3.0


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hhatfieldd's review against another edition

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adventurous dark 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? Yes

4.0

definitely obsessed already with this one the enemy arc is definitely happening and i need to dive into the rest of this series 

maimona's review against another edition

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4.0

Honestly, I loved this book! However, I am giving it 4 stars for a few things.

Some parts were too cringy.
Some parts didn't make sense that they happened in this book, maybe if they were to happen in book 2 it would have made more sense and justified.

the book reminded me of boys over flowers, a manga that was adapted to screen by Korea Japan, and other countries. it has awful bullying too and still, everyone was addicted to the series. the concept is very similar but here it's a magic school

I liked the book and will recommend it only to ppl who don't mind bullying in an alternative world. And know how much bullying they could tolerate, cause in this book the bullying extends to severe length in this book. The story is good for a 1st book but definitely it could have been better. With more action. the tone of the characters of the twin should have been more different than how they were delivered with only slight differences.

the good part is there is still so much in the dark.
the characters are written very well.

recommended.

dumplingbby's review against another edition

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3.25

obviously Diego is the nymph.
 

This wasn’t good. Both twins, special snowflakes with all four powers. The heirs weren’t a compelling bully romance. Weird priorities of characters. Blech. I’ll read the second to see if I catch the bug.