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A review by bookwormbunny
Beastly: Semester 1 by Kiera Legend
5.0
Beastly: The Citadel is the first book in Kiera Legend’s new paranormal series. The author introduces readers to Kit Reeves. She’s just arrived at the Citadel and boy is she getting an eye-full. She’s seeing all sorts of creatures and beings and honest…she’s feeling out of place. She’s not even there for five minutes and she’s already encountered a vampire, a werewolf, and an angel. She doesn’t feel like she belongs, so she makes it her mission to get out as quickly as possible so that she can go back home to where she feels like she belongs. Too bad the principal isn’t fazed by her attempts and simply tells her to just give things a chance. But it won’t be long before Kit notices strange things going on with the students and that there is danger afoot.
Beastly: The Citadel – Semester One is an engaging paranormal novel that mixes romance and mystery together into this novel that had me page-turning to the end. Kit is an interesting character and overall I really like her. She doesn’t necessarily want to be at the Citadel but I’m glad that for the most part, she’s not running around making a scene and being clownish about not wanting to be there. She makes a few friends, but then she also sets herself up for a couple of bad interactions as well. I mostly appreciate that there isn’t any catty female drama in this book of where she has to deal with jealousy from other girls. The story focuses strongly on Kit and then encompasses the trio of guys who have caught her attention. I think one of my favorite characters in this story was the head librarian. I love how the author goes against the usual stereotype and has her young, interesting, and not the “shush, you’re in a library” type. Instead, she likes those who are rebellious and encourages it. I found this both amusing and refreshing.
I like the mystery the author weaves into this story. It keeps the story going and interesting along with Kit’s interactions with the three different guys who have caught her attention. The author does an excellent job putting in place the building blocks of a reverse-harem/why choose romance. The guys have such dynamically different personalities and I loved every second of it.
There isn’t much that I don’t like about this book, but there is one complaint that I have to make. While Kit has been going around making friends it seems that the author has neglected her making female friends. Now! I say that, but I also do acknowledge that she has a sort of friendship with Hailey. I say sort of friendship because that’s how I view it…” sort of.” They don’t hang out. Hailey is not someone Kit seeks out or asks for help when a certain situation arises. Instead, she goes and seeks out only the guys. I understand her attraction to the guys, but I’d like to see her interact with some more female characters in the next book. I want more actual interactions and less in passing/brief mention to show that there are others that she interacts with from time to time.
I truly enjoyed this book and it flows well from beginning to end. For that reason, I am rating this book 4.5 out of 5 stars. I’m taking off half a star because I want more female characters and interaction with Kit. I feel that this will help balance out the story. Also, it will help Kit look less like a bit of a hypocrite when she wanted to talk about “sexist bs” from men when all she spends her time with is guys. For those who enjoy paranormal romance novels with a healthy dose of mystery, this is a good book to pick up. There are some heated moments, but I can easily say that this book is a slow-burn with a cliffhanger. So for those who don’t like cliffhanger novels…this book comes with one, but it only makes me anticipate the next book in this series.
Beastly: The Citadel – Semester One is an engaging paranormal novel that mixes romance and mystery together into this novel that had me page-turning to the end. Kit is an interesting character and overall I really like her. She doesn’t necessarily want to be at the Citadel but I’m glad that for the most part, she’s not running around making a scene and being clownish about not wanting to be there. She makes a few friends, but then she also sets herself up for a couple of bad interactions as well. I mostly appreciate that there isn’t any catty female drama in this book of where she has to deal with jealousy from other girls. The story focuses strongly on Kit and then encompasses the trio of guys who have caught her attention. I think one of my favorite characters in this story was the head librarian. I love how the author goes against the usual stereotype and has her young, interesting, and not the “shush, you’re in a library” type. Instead, she likes those who are rebellious and encourages it. I found this both amusing and refreshing.
I like the mystery the author weaves into this story. It keeps the story going and interesting along with Kit’s interactions with the three different guys who have caught her attention. The author does an excellent job putting in place the building blocks of a reverse-harem/why choose romance. The guys have such dynamically different personalities and I loved every second of it.
There isn’t much that I don’t like about this book, but there is one complaint that I have to make. While Kit has been going around making friends it seems that the author has neglected her making female friends. Now! I say that, but I also do acknowledge that she has a sort of friendship with Hailey. I say sort of friendship because that’s how I view it…” sort of.” They don’t hang out. Hailey is not someone Kit seeks out or asks for help when a certain situation arises. Instead, she goes and seeks out only the guys. I understand her attraction to the guys, but I’d like to see her interact with some more female characters in the next book. I want more actual interactions and less in passing/brief mention to show that there are others that she interacts with from time to time.
I truly enjoyed this book and it flows well from beginning to end. For that reason, I am rating this book 4.5 out of 5 stars. I’m taking off half a star because I want more female characters and interaction with Kit. I feel that this will help balance out the story. Also, it will help Kit look less like a bit of a hypocrite when she wanted to talk about “sexist bs” from men when all she spends her time with is guys. For those who enjoy paranormal romance novels with a healthy dose of mystery, this is a good book to pick up. There are some heated moments, but I can easily say that this book is a slow-burn with a cliffhanger. So for those who don’t like cliffhanger novels…this book comes with one, but it only makes me anticipate the next book in this series.