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bethany_l15's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
tense
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder
lemonysnicket's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I'm trying to give this a fair review but I hated it.
- It's certainly dark but too dark for my taste.
- Most of the actions are bordering on r*pe if not full on r*pe
- Felt defeating as hell to read. Since this is a first person pov, by the time I was halfway through the book my self confidence was nonexistent. The first book seems to be all about the girls getting their ass handed to them.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Toxic friendship
Not for the fainthearted.shorthannah's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
It is an intensely frustrating book which is addictive but for me personally it was too stressful to be fun to read due to the intensity of the bullying. The premise is really promising but it is let down by some serious cringe, such as the unimaginative teacher names (a fire element teacher called professor pyro, groundbreaking) and bad grammar. However, it is addictive and I am invested in hopefully seeing the Vegas get payback.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment
julesxbee's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Enjoyed this so much. Lots of small triumphs through some tough challenges.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence
hannalizzy's review against another edition
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
The book was absolute dog water.
First, the amount of grammatical errors and typos is astronomical. I don’t think the authors hired an editor at all, honestly. I was constantly cringing at how awkwardly phased everything was and how unnatural the story progression felt.
Second, the main girls are young, and they are being constantly sexually harassed, in public AND BY TEACHERS, and NO ONE AROUND THEM CARES? They’re just told that “that’s how things are in Solaria” and they better get used to it. Consent? Never heard of her.
The worst part about reading this book (besides actually finishing it) was the overwhelming feeling of profound disappointment I felt at such a cool story idea being mishandled beyond belief. I’m interested in the concept of Solaria, but that is it. The characters were shallow and completely stupid. The whole thing felt like a wattpad fantasy.
To the person who told me this book would be like adult Harry Potter, I’m never forgiving you.
First, the amount of grammatical errors and typos is astronomical. I don’t think the authors hired an editor at all, honestly. I was constantly cringing at how awkwardly phased everything was and how unnatural the story progression felt.
Second, the main girls are young, and they are being constantly sexually harassed, in public AND BY TEACHERS, and NO ONE AROUND THEM CARES? They’re just told that “that’s how things are in Solaria” and they better get used to it. Consent? Never heard of her.
The worst part about reading this book (besides actually finishing it) was the overwhelming feeling of profound disappointment I felt at such a cool story idea being mishandled beyond belief. I’m interested in the concept of Solaria, but that is it. The characters were shallow and completely stupid. The whole thing felt like a wattpad fantasy.
To the person who told me this book would be like adult Harry Potter, I’m never forgiving you.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Sexual harassment
lacieface892's review against another edition
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
0.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment
ablazegolf's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Car accident, Murder, and Sexual harassment
sophiareadswaytoomuch's review against another edition
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
0.25
So. This is the worst book I’ve ever read, and I don’t say that lightly. I would rate it lower if I could.
TL;DR awful writing, extremely disturbing non consensual acts, overall awful book.
I’ll start with the most basic grievance I have; the writing is shit. I’ve read better grammar on Wattpad. The authors do not know how to correctly use commas. Sometimes they do not use a single comma in a sentence that is five lines long, sometimes they use three in one line. On the most basic level the grammar and writing is bad. I found at least five typos on top of their inability to use commas.
Everything else about the writing is also bad. Between the two POV characters (twin sisters), there is nothing even approaching a narrative voice to differentiate them. I had to check which character it was almost every chapter. The main characters are extremely bland and have almost no personality.
The worldbuilding was vague, handwavy, and bordering on absolute nonsense at times. I understand authors are entitled to write whatever they want, but absolutely none of the existing fae lore was included in this book. It felt like as many powers as possible were forced in- elemental magic, vampires, werewolves, sirens, Coercion.
Speaking of Coercion; yikes. The ‘bully romance’ of this book is the two main characters being physically and borderline sexually assaulted, degraded, and humiliated for the entire story. There were hints of future books and the girls being able to get revenge as they grow more powerful, but no actual payout.
Both girls are preyed on by separate ‘vampire fae’ who literally just grab them and drink their blood whenever they feel like it. There is an attempt to explain this as the more powerful fae preying on the weaker ones, but it just feels gross and awful. The way it is described is almost straight up rape, and by 3/4 of the way in the girls are just resigned to being treated like this. Also one of the characters doing this to them is one of their teachers.
Which brings me to my next point; not one single character is on the girls side. In the entire school (read: world) there iis literally nowhere and nothing that is safe for these girls and it really just adds an extra dimension of awful to slog through.
Of their two friends, one of them is a weird caricature of a Latino person who sprinkles random Spanish words into sentences in the most forced way possible and is literally named Diego. The other friend definitely gets her drink spiked at one point in the story which everyone just ignores.
None of the characters are interesting or fun and most of the people at the school are actively awful. Despite the despicable way these girls are treated by every single person, they somehow still manage to find these guys hot. I don’t want to shame people for what they’re into, but this level of abuse followed by ‘aww but he’s hot teehee’ was legitimately sickening to read. I’ve read good enemies to lovers; this is not that.
Also given the way these girls are treated you might think they make some attempt to learn to control their powers or understand the world they’ve been dropped into. Absolutely not. There is almost none of that.
I have more to say but I am honestly just so mad about every aspect of this book I’m not sure where to start. I literally threw it at a wall while reading, it was that frustrating. If you’ve got this far into my review, thank you and I hope you never read this book.
TL;DR awful writing, extremely disturbing non consensual acts, overall awful book.
I’ll start with the most basic grievance I have; the writing is shit. I’ve read better grammar on Wattpad. The authors do not know how to correctly use commas. Sometimes they do not use a single comma in a sentence that is five lines long, sometimes they use three in one line. On the most basic level the grammar and writing is bad. I found at least five typos on top of their inability to use commas.
Everything else about the writing is also bad. Between the two POV characters (twin sisters), there is nothing even approaching a narrative voice to differentiate them. I had to check which character it was almost every chapter. The main characters are extremely bland and have almost no personality.
The worldbuilding was vague, handwavy, and bordering on absolute nonsense at times. I understand authors are entitled to write whatever they want, but absolutely none of the existing fae lore was included in this book. It felt like as many powers as possible were forced in- elemental magic, vampires, werewolves, sirens, Coercion.
Speaking of Coercion; yikes. The ‘bully romance’ of this book is the two main characters being physically and borderline sexually assaulted, degraded, and humiliated for the entire story. There were hints of future books and the girls being able to get revenge as they grow more powerful, but no actual payout.
Both girls are preyed on by separate ‘vampire fae’ who literally just grab them and drink their blood whenever they feel like it. There is an attempt to explain this as the more powerful fae preying on the weaker ones, but it just feels gross and awful. The way it is described is almost straight up rape, and by 3/4 of the way in the girls are just resigned to being treated like this. Also one of the characters doing this to them is one of their teachers.
Which brings me to my next point; not one single character is on the girls side. In the entire school (read: world) there iis literally nowhere and nothing that is safe for these girls and it really just adds an extra dimension of awful to slog through.
Of their two friends, one of them is a weird caricature of a Latino person who sprinkles random Spanish words into sentences in the most forced way possible and is literally named Diego. The other friend definitely gets her drink spiked at one point in the story which everyone just ignores.
None of the characters are interesting or fun and most of the people at the school are actively awful. Despite the despicable way these girls are treated by every single person, they somehow still manage to find these guys hot. I don’t want to shame people for what they’re into, but this level of abuse followed by ‘aww but he’s hot teehee’ was legitimately sickening to read. I’ve read good enemies to lovers; this is not that.
Also given the way these girls are treated you might think they make some attempt to learn to control their powers or understand the world they’ve been dropped into. Absolutely not. There is almost none of that.
I have more to say but I am honestly just so mad about every aspect of this book I’m not sure where to start. I literally threw it at a wall while reading, it was that frustrating. If you’ve got this far into my review, thank you and I hope you never read this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Car accident, and Sexual harassment
Likely to be very triggering. Awful book.
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