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A review by alwaysshana
A Hellish Year One by Eva Brandt
3.0
I'm not absolutely sure how I ended up finding this book. I know I was looking for a new book series to read and browsing online articles which led me to a different author. However, when I started browsing books at my local libraries through my Libby app, somehow this book ended up in my timeline. Since Book One of the series was available in audiobook, I decided to check it out.
I don't mind the premise of the story. A young woman tittering on adolescence and adulthood finds out she has some latent powers, thereby, requiring her to attend a specific school with others who possess specific gifts. The story possesses the standard tropes present in these sorts of books- new person at school, crushes, mean girls/guys, lust/petting, loss, rally, power, save the day-ish.
It's interesting but not enough to keep me coming back. I should have viewed it on Goodreads first so that I could gain a better idea of the story that would be told. One of the entries has it listed as a Reverse Harem Paranormal Bully Romance which would have kept me from reading it. I don't dislike the story but I like my paranormal with less romance and less graphic and, mostly unnecessary, sex scenes and pawning. It's probably a great read for someone who is 17-20 years of age.
I don't mind the premise of the story. A young woman tittering on adolescence and adulthood finds out she has some latent powers, thereby, requiring her to attend a specific school with others who possess specific gifts. The story possesses the standard tropes present in these sorts of books- new person at school, crushes, mean girls/guys, lust/petting, loss, rally, power, save the day-ish.
It's interesting but not enough to keep me coming back. I should have viewed it on Goodreads first so that I could gain a better idea of the story that would be told. One of the entries has it listed as a Reverse Harem Paranormal Bully Romance which would have kept me from reading it. I don't dislike the story but I like my paranormal with less romance and less graphic and, mostly unnecessary, sex scenes and pawning. It's probably a great read for someone who is 17-20 years of age.