The Awakening Zodiac Academy #1

Why’s everyone so horrible?!

Such an addicting and easy read tho

im hooked!

i have no idea who i should hate!?! i think i hate everyone but the twins… but its good

Omg I’m so excited to dive deeper into this world

4/5⭐️ • 2/5🌶️

So I can understand now why when you jump in you won’t want to stop. Now while this isn’t the greatest writing in the world the storyline is really interesting. This first book is a lot of building and some confusion since the main characters are thrown into a world that everyone else around them are used to. At this point I don’t know who to like who to hate but I’m really intrigued to see where we go from here.

absolute hogwash

i’m cracking the spine on the second as i type this

What in holy hell is this book???? I’m not a fan of bully romance and after this book I know for sure it’s not for me. The “Twisted Sisters” as the authors call themselves literally threw Every. Single. Fantastical element into this story and made the world and the magic system so unwieldy and confusing that one barely knows what’s going on. Solaria is a completely different world but the authors say it’s copy paste of earth just with fae??? It’s giving lazy especially with all the pop culture references and things like hatchbacks and sports cars - completely takes you out of this world. Time moves at a glacial pace - this book literally only spans A WEEK. The twins are naive and foolish and the main reason they get caught up in trouble all the time. The action finally picks up in the last hour and a half which is why I gave it a full star.

girl...

3,5 ⭐

Not one of my favourite books, but it's ok. The way it's written give me the impression of a wattpad fanfic from 2016, but the plot it's ok.

The book was pretty boring in the beginning making me question myself if I want to continue reading it or not, couldn't go past the way was written pretty easy, but I think almost through the ending it start to get interesting.

Has a lot of cringe parts ( my opinion) and the dialogue isn't so interesting sometimes.

How I said, through the end it gets interesting and it make me wanted to continue with the next book.

I finished it in a day. That says it all. But… the bullying part was just pissing me off and annoying, but yet i get it somehow.

For this part, i totally despise the heirs especially seth. But i’m curious to know the next part. Please just don’t get worse. Cause right now i’m fuming with the whole bullying part and you go orion!

(I can’t trust anyone)

This took me quite a while to get into but I definitely became more interested in the plot as the book carried on. I can see why some people don’t like the bullying aspect of this book and at times it was highly unrealistic that they would feel anything but hatred for the heirs who are full on trying to kill them

This book gave me throne of glass vibes in the sense of the first book is more just about setting up the characters and I’m excited to read on in this series. This book was really just showing how dangerous the heirs are and setting up the characters of the twins, I’m hoping the next book gets further into the plot

At the moment there isn’t a clear MMC, and the love interest could be any of the 5 main male characters although I am liking Orion at the moment

Fun idea - not my fave writing - it felt a bit repetitive but it was fun nonetheless & now I just want to know whose the villain so I’ll be continuing.

straight up crack and i’m not complaining

Was the writing very good? No. Did I like that they had Werewolves, Vampires and Sirens and god knows what else? Also no. But was it fun? Yes.

THANK GOD they kept their names because Roxanya and Gwendalina or whatever it was is CRIMINAL💀 that should be considered child abuse lol (not that they care since they got rid of them anyways)

I'm not sure how I feel about Orion so far. Like the fact that he kept looking at Darcy a certain way was a bit icky to me. And his manhandeling in the beginning was so annoying and just wrong. Idc if it's within his Fae powers or some weird professor complex or if he's just an asshole but that wasn't okay. The weird comment about humans being less was racist af, too. It reminded me of when I was young and kids in my class kept making fun of someone with autism. Which is of course not the case here, but the blatent "no powers, no worth" was astonishing. The commands in class were humiliating and I will not forgive him any time soon. He can fuck off.

Although he did redeem himself a little near the end. (I am well aware I will probably ship him with Darcy soon if the author doesn't pull a plottwist) Whereas Darius and the rest only got worse with time.

The bullying in general was DISGUSTING. I refuse to ship them with ANYONE. Darius and all the others as well were horrible which I won't forget. There's simply no excuse. They don't deserve a single ounce of trust from the twins and I desperately hope they won't become friends because it was DEHUMANIZING AND PURE EVIL. There needs to happen A LOT of trust falls before they should ever even think about forgiving and/or trusting them.

Especially the pool in the end. Like what the fuck. I had hopes Darius would pull a Rowan and be only bad at the start but so far he would have to safe her life 10 times for me to even consider forgiving him. As of Max and Seth, they deserve to burn in hell. Caleb's fate is out for discussion because he seems to care a bit but it definitely has no butterflies in his one either. Not helping is giving nothing and it's a just lame to feel bad afterwards if you watched it happen. Cry me a river.

Also I just know Darius will pull an Aaron Warner and be by some miracle a "good" person deep down but that honestly sucks. Like I was open to the idea of shipping him and Tory but he has to save her life like 20 times before I will even consider it💀 If he gets worse than that's off the table forever.

sounds ironic how I hated a bully romance bc of the bullying but this time my curiosity won 💀 yes the writing is awful, yes it is a winx fanfic adult’s version BUT it was kinda entertaining and I couldn’t put it down so the two stars go for that tbh I had even forgiven everything that had happened UNTIL that end. I felt personally betrayed and idk how (if I keep reading) I'll be able to ship Tory and Darius final observations: I love Orion and I hate the word FaeBook

so… it got better? but also it did not… i don’t know how to feel.. felt like A LOT of really traumatic bullying and harassment and torture for no reason? i have questions. i hope they get answered in the next book. i promised i would read the first 3 books.

Just Enough but not Quite Poor writing, poor character development, poor world building (inconsistent at that), but just enough of a hook to keep the page turning. Ended on a cliff hanger and now I’m wanting to read the next one just to find out what happens. I do enjoy parts and then others I’m constantly eye rolling.

reread : 21-03-24 “One day, Professor, I'm going to be strong enough to fight you off.” “I know,” he said, his eyes glittering, “but until that day, you're mine, Blue.” oh god BlueLance are so insane? rereading this made me realise how much i missed them. Darcy and Orion, you'll always always be loved by me, no matter how cringe the writing style is and how the authors are dragging the series. you will always be loved.

Not what I expected For the last few years I have heard countless people telling me to read this series. That it’s deep and really pulls at your emotions- kinda like Max Riegel. I found myself doubting everything and for good reason! This book really teaches you to watch out for yourself and those you love. Never give someone the benefit of doubt. I cannot wait to read book 2 ahhh

I started this and then put it off for a long time. Finally decided to finish it, glad I did.

3 stars

3,5 stars the writing is not amazing and it reads a bit like fanfic but the plot is amazing and enough to keep me hooked and wanting to read more, it gives me all I need.

that was sooooo bad. i def need to read the other books now!

Bom começo mas estou à espera de uma continuação ainda melhor