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The Awakening by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

143 reviews

come_libros_'s review against another edition

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dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I think this series is better on GraphicAudio than anywhere else. It made the story more engaging and enjoyable than reading it. 

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the_jennarchy's review against another edition

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dark tense fast-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

A fae 'mirror world' that has the Spanish language and Facebook but no knowledge of what consent is or like... how to be decent to each other. 
-5 stars - I don't understand how a bully romance is compelling
+1.5 stars - I want to be a pegasus shifter
-1 star - peagsus and unicorns are not the same thing
+2 stars - the siren magic is cool
+.5 star - the prank where Darcy jumped off the stair was actually funny


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melissasherlock87's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.5


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afalsealarm's review against another edition

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The bullying was too much. It felt really out of place and forced. 

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haileybre's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0


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girrllie's review against another edition

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dark sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

Not sure why I kept reading except that I kept thinking it would improve. Go ahead and read it if you want to subject yourself to unending and life threatening bullying. 

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georgiaisreading's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5


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rhianna1108's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0


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kristinvaldez's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Major trigger warnings.  This isn’t for everyone!!! 

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fortunetree's review against another edition

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adventurous funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.75

I am surprised that my rating of this book is not lower, probably because I have read too many Wattpad stories that were significantly worse. But I will say that by the end of the book I have a couple of nice things to say even though I almost quit reading it after the first half.
First, if you would ask me if this is a great piece of literature my answer would definitely be no. However, it was fun to read at times and the magic system was pretty cool. The idea that everyone has powers in the form of the elements, can shift into a magical creature and everything is related to the zodiac signs is very interesting and probably the most creative thing about this book. The main reason I almost quit the book was the sheer stupidity of the characters and the urge to eye-roll about everything happening. All I am saying about that is FaeBook, A.S.S., 'I am an Alpha' and Lord Voldemort's hotter younger cousin. I mean what was going on in the author's mind that they thought this would be taken seriously by anyone? Yes, I am still not over FaeBook and the four heirs who are all stunningly handsome and then of course we have Orion, the vampire teacher. It's almost so ridiculous that it is funny again. Also, why is everyone in this book like the worst and the horniest version of a stupid teenager they could possibly be. 
Thus, my recommendation would be to only read this book if you are prepared to not take it seriously and read it more as a comedy. Otherwise, you will have a hard time even getting through it but if you are just here for some fun in the form of a fantasy series with some spice and a horribly obvious enemies-to-lovers troupe then maybe this book could be fun for you.

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