Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Zodiac Academy: The Reckoning by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

19 reviews

ccurtis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

nineinchnails's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

the writing hasn’t changed from the previous books imo but orion is really starting to grow on me. i still don’t think he’s good enough for darcy but i don’t know if i ever but i liked seeing darcy happy😭 also if geraldine has 0 fans i am dead!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Minor: Alcoholism, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment

student/teacher relationship

hchaus21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

_alyssar_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

my_bookish_diary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Absolutely the best book of the series so far. Dark, suspenseful, slow-burn, twisted romance - and that’s not including the plot. I was on the edge of my seat the entire book, racing through the pages, waiting for the next twist, the next episode of drama, the angst and torment behind the masks and politicking. I do wish we got more of the lore and world-building of Solaria, but I have a feeling that will be revealed the more Tory and Darcy learn about this world they are now officially a part of. A dark, dangerous, highly addictive series. TW: manipulation, abuse, bully romance, sexual content, coarse language. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

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

2.5

I have such a love/hate relationship with these books because I truly love the worldbuilding and magic system so far, and I'm crazily invested in finding out what happens but the characters and the toxic bully romance consistently make me want to throw the book down and never look back. I am convinced that bully romance is really not my cup of tea. The romantic relationships are completely toxic and no matter what horrific treatment the heirs put them through the protagonists never seem to even try to fight back and instead fall into the "betraying body" trope that they simply can't resist the heirs' hotness, and they never seem to learn from it, which undermines what little character development they have gained. Also, unfortunately there are still some astonishingly bad grammar mistakes in the writing which break my immersion, I don't understand how someone doesn't pick up on them before the books are published. And finally, I worry for the health of my eyes because the number of awful fae versions of names made me cringe and roll my eyes so hard and so often that I think I may have strained muscles. First Faebook and now Fae versions of cars, bikes, fairground foods... between those and the teachers' names its so unimaginative and cringey. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual violence, Torture, and Toxic relationship

crinkledmochi's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

2.75

what am i reading?? lmao more than half of this book takes place within a week… 

this is the 3rd book and they’ve been at zodiac academy for like a couple months, (as ive said in other reviews all the action happens at the end) why are we getting detailed chapters of each day of them at school. 

it’s too much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Blood, Gaslighting, and Classism

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Addiction and Infidelity

mhhmm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

It's the first time when reading a series I'm not forcing myself through the beginning... 

I'm obsessed. I want to cry I want to laugh and I want to scream. Everything in one, that's the effect after this book.

Book is a drug and I'm addicted... 

I will not talk about character and plot, because I said that in the book 2 reviews. 
But damn...
A little bit ;) 

The power girls hold in this book is insane, I love how strong and independent they are! 💓
 They fight and they win. They are not scared to provoke, but most importantly they don't run after they are in trouble! 

I didn't like Diego. Like VERY much. But I will not talk about that rat, who always gets a free pass, and never stood for himself, just runs. Ups I just told 🙄. 

The romance and smut are getting bigger and there is drama and Jealously (a lot of that lol). 
 I'm innnnn loooooooveeeeee with that!!!! 

I love Darcy and Lance like I never loved anything else! 
 And the tension between Darius and Tory is AGHH. 
 Also, I veryyy ship Geraldine with Max, because in my opinion theyreee perrrrfeecccct. 

Also, I love the exams of Reckoning, they were very interesting and intense! 

I'm in love with Vegas order it INSANEEEEE. 
 I LOVE IT!!!!! 

Also, I want to say a big thank you to Darius' father. You f**king I f7xc8fcf8fcifcigcificiffgg
 What an old creepy shiny lizard is he!!!!! 
 Nah I'm not angry 🙂🙂🙂🙂 

And to end a book like this is cruel okay??? I need more! (It's not me it's my addiction speaking, and she is VERY angry!)

That's it... 
 I'm writing a sentence for the fourth time because I don't have words...

 This book is everything to me and I heard that book 7 is VERY sad and I'm not okay already, are you kidding me??? It was just book three! I will be obsessed even more??? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Blood

Moderate: Cursing, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

zanazy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

2.0

Well, having finished these three books, I don’t think I can continue the series right now. All of it is so predictable I don’t think I’m in for much. The Reckoning was a joke, the confused feelings of the main six, also a joke, Darius’ father who seemed interesting was a bit of a let down and I’m already bored. The whole story will be what 8 books, but in reality could easily be 3-4. Way too much nonsense and repeats. Just no. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Confinement, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse

fireheart_2010's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

I loved this book and if it weren’t literally skipping over a couple chapters due to too much dialogue that didn’t do anything for the story, I would give this book a 5 star and it almost got one. Note the firs discover their orders in this one and that scene alone deserves a 5 star. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcoholism, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail