Name: Secrets in Phoenix
ISBN: 9781517426972

Gabriella Lepore

When Sophie Ballester and her twin brothers Sam and Todd are uprooted from their home and sent to a remote boarding school run by their Great Aunt Ness, they stumble upon a hidden room that holds a secret, a secret that will change everything. The people of Phoenix Holt are not what they seem. In fact, nothing is.

Secrets in Phoenix

Giulia Pianta

** spoiler alert **
           This is the third book by Gabriella Lepore I read, and I am now sure that this author just isn't for me.

The good part about this book is that it is short, but it still contains a whole story. Ok, the descriptions are basically absent, but there is a plot.

I didn’t absolutely hate the protagonist, she took some stupid decisions but mostly she was ok.
I loathed her brother Sam, he was SO annoying and mean and horrible ugh and soooo stupid my god he is the one that creates all the trouble.

I found there were a lot of inconsistencies. Like, they are witches, so why do they go to school with the boys that are meant to defend them? I would expect them to have a different type of training.
And why didn’t Ness tell them about their true nature immediately??? She should have kept them home from school and after a couple days sit them down and explain what they are and that they should be trained as witches.
Instead she sends them to school. WHY??
And ok, these boys at the school have been awakened from the dead to protect witches. Then why are they all so fucking mean to Sophie, Sam and Todd?? It is their JOB to protect them, they should have some sort of reverence for the witches as they wouldn’t be alive because of them. But no, they hit and bully Sam, and tell him he shouldn’t be there???? HELLOOO??

Also when Reuben points an arrow to Sam??? Was I one of the teachers, I would have kicked him out immediately. If your mandate in life is protecting witches, and you threaten one, you are not fit for your job.
And I also find it ridiculous that they all pointed arrows at Sophie when she does the same to Reuben. This makes no sense, they can’t be allowed to threaten the people they were made to protect!!!

A similar thing happened when Todd was in danger, and the elders did nothing. I mean, they only have a full school of super soldiers, what about using them to do what they are supposed to? They were RAISED from the DEAD to protect witches, and when there is a witch to protect, they just….do nothing. Bah.

I was ok with the ending, the climax of the action scene was decent.

Overall, apart from a couple things that annoyed me, I didn’t really care about this book. It wasn’t good, but it wasn’t extremely bad either.

However, this is definitely my last try with this author. We just don’t fit and reading another book would just be unnecessary, I know I probably would not enjoy it.

Secrets in Phoenix

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