Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

The Awakening by Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham

108 reviews

bergha1998's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.0

I didn’t love it. I get why others would, but it wasn’t for me personally. I’m just not a bully romance reader. The lore seems really interesting and the multiple romance partners the could choose is an interesting twist (if it isn’t Tory/Darius and Darcy/Orion in the end though I would be shocked). 

Bully Romance, Magical School, 2 🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Child abuse, Bullying, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Abandonment, Alcohol, Car accident, and Cursing

mj_86's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment and Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent and Death

karly_ackley's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Blood, and Death of parent

hchaus21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Emotional abuse and Bullying

Moderate: Body shaming, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Confinement

maregred's review

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

aubrieanne's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• 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

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Bullying, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death of parent, and Death

jen_sten's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent and Violence

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