Reviews with content warning for Physical abuse - The Awakening

It was clear the book wasn't meant to be serious at all times. The Author's aren't afraid to make obvious jokes but nonetheless the book should come with some serious trigger warnings.
I wasn't aware going into the book that it contained outlandish levels of bullying. Like to the point where it's hard for me to find any redeemable qualities in the perpetrators. Consent is near non existent in the books to a level that it is borderline worthy of a dark romance tag. And the characters themselves are very trope heavy.

That being said. It was still a fun read. The concept of the astrology based school was interesting, and I am definitely going to read book 2. I am just crossing my fingers that there is a love interest who isn't a total jerk, or we at least get a deeper glance behind the veil to learn why they are being that obnoxiously cruel.

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kalefactory's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.75

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danteeeh's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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katharina90's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

Cringe Fest.

The writing is terrible and there's too much going on with the worldbuilding which leaves little room for a plot.

The characters are flat and painfully immature. I also just couldn't keep the twins apart.

There's so much cringey and problematic stuff in this book, including but not limited to the non-stop boundary and consent violations.

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roxyc's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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vclarisse's review against another edition

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Poorly written, just free and unjustified bullying of the protagonists with no other plot point.

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rolliepollie's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

they really threw a dart at a board of all the dark fantasy romance tropes and the. said “fuck it, we ball” and added them all anyways.
it was stupid but pretty fun, logic and reason take a second seat to sexy tension and bullying tropes. however, i am tuned in for the meanwhile! tory and darcy are equally stubborn and kinda annoying but the heirs + orion are trouble and frustrating in their own rights.

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cait's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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