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Reviews tagging 'Confinement'
Zodiac Academy: Origins of an Academy Bully by Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham
4 reviews
nineinchnails's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
a decent novella and gives a lot more context to darius and orion’s relationship as well as their upbringing. i’m very glad i read it after book 2 cause i think if i read this before book 1 or before book 2 it would have taken a lot of the intrigue out of it for me
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Confinement, Blood, Grief, and Death
Minor: Death of parent and Incest
inkdrinkers's review against another edition
dark
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
"I wanted to choose the kind of man I was going to become and not just blindly follow the path laid out by my father."
Technically a prequel to Zodiac Academy (and set during Ruthless Boys), this short follows Darius at fourteen having his early Awakening, and the fateful night Lance Orion lost his future.
This was TOUGH to read after just finishing seven. I won't lie, it was a little like willingly stabbing myself with multiple swords, but I'm really glad I picked this up. I was already curious about this (because we get details, but not much in the grand scheme of things) from the main series, but I really enjoyed how succinctly it spanned the "true beginning" of the series.
I would highly recommend only reading this after getting through book four/book five! I think it made the reading experience better knowing certain plot points.
Content warnings: Child abuse/physical abuse (on page), Death, Incest (mentioned in arranged marriage), Confinement, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia/abuse of power (brief mention)
Technically a prequel to Zodiac Academy (and set during Ruthless Boys), this short follows Darius at fourteen having his early Awakening, and the fateful night Lance Orion lost his future.
This was TOUGH to read after just finishing seven. I won't lie, it was a little like willingly stabbing myself with multiple swords, but I'm really glad I picked this up. I was already curious about this (because we get details, but not much in the grand scheme of things) from the main series, but I really enjoyed how succinctly it spanned the "true beginning" of the series.
I would highly recommend only reading this after getting through book four/book five! I think it made the reading experience better knowing certain plot points.
Content warnings: Child abuse/physical abuse (on page), Death, Incest (mentioned in arranged marriage), Confinement, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia/abuse of power (brief mention)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, and Death
Moderate: Misogyny, Confinement, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Incest and Pedophilia
hannahwriightt's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Child death, Child abuse, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Confinement, Incest, and Injury/Injury detail
crinkledmochi's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
to start with the negatives;
i wasn’t really a fan of it the scene where orion bites darius and there’s like a sensual moment between them cause darius is literally 14 at the time,,, like we get that vampire bites can get a little risqué but that easily could’ve been left out in my opinion
another thing that frustrated me about this prequel was that we learned so much yet so very little. most of what i read towards the end was a big question mark.
on to the positives:
this was way more refreshing i guess since there wasn’t a huge romance focus and a bit more lore/backstory so i really appreciate that
the stakes in this felt high even thou you know the characters are gonna be fine, i wish book one read more like this as it felt more of a large info dump
another thing that frustrated me about this prequel was that we learned so much yet so very little. most of what i read towards the end was a big question mark.
on to the positives:
this was way more refreshing i guess since there wasn’t a huge romance focus and a bit more lore/backstory so i really appreciate that
the stakes in this felt high even thou you know the characters are gonna be fine, i wish book one read more like this as it felt more of a large info dump
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Self harm, and Torture
Moderate: Classism, Confinement, Incest, and Misogyny
Minor: Pedophilia
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