A review by biaaaa
The Awakening by Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham

adventurous 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

4.0

I wasn't expecting to like this book. I've read enough bully romances to know that it's not for me, but I think that because this is a fantasy it was easier for me to interpret it has a true enemies to lovers instead of a bully romance which in turn made it easier for me to overlook some stuff, at least until the last couple chapters.

This book gave me vibes of both Harry Potter and Winx, but make it a CW teen drama (even though, obviously, this book is not for teens) and I really enjoyed it. Was this cringe? I mean the word faebook showed up a lot, so obviously it was cringy at times. But it was also so much fun and I was entertained throughout the whole book. 

I really loved the twins, and I was expecting to love one twin and find the other annoying and that it would be a drag reading their chapters, but honestly I really loved both of them (even if I like Darcy a little bit more) and loved the dual POV,
but I was a little bitter that we didn't get Darcy's POV the first time that Orion bites her
. 

I also loved Orion. He was an awful teacher but I don't care I love him
and I was really happy that, in the end, he somewhat sided with the twins. And, even though I usually don't like student x teacher romances, I'm really excited to see where his story with Darcy goes next.


With the Heirs I hated them at first, but then, like the twins, I started to let my guard down and thought that they weren't so bad. Especially Seth
I really thought that he was starting to feel something towards Darcy and I was feeling bad for him because I knew eventually Darcy would have to break his heart. But then they went and did what they did to them in the end! And the fact that Kyle and the other girl were in on it just adds more to the betrayal!!!
I really hope that the twins get their revenges on everyone who wronged them, including the Heirs, in the next book! 

Overall I'm really invested and can't wait to continue with this series, especially because I heard that the writing and books gets better as it goes. 
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