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paigelemin's review
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
blogan27's review
adventurous
mysterious
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
3.5
book_leigh's review
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I'm not sure if it's the book or the narrator...or both...but the FMC came off as very whiny. It was a huge turn off for me. I muscled through the book, but I can't say I want to read/listen to the second book. Now, if the second book came to me for free? I would listen.
tregina's review
2.0
Accurate teenagers in fiction are a double edged sword. It's true that teenagers are impulsive, often with poor decision making skills, so I can't fault the accuracy of that. But that said, it makes them frustrating and annoying as hell to read about. These characters, too, were sketched out each with some kind of incident in their backstory, but none felt particularly deep or thought out, more archetypes than individuals.
ingo_lembcke's review
3.0
Lent this with a free Kindle Unlimited trial.
Clean YA, no sex, no swearing.
Could have been a little more suspenseful.
Worldbuilding integrated in what the MC (Meave, the heroine) learns. Mostly.
Most chapters are from her POV, but some are from the POV of others (Jamie, Ash etc.), so if you do not like that, you have been warned.
OK read, but think, YA books could generally do with sex, regarding how old the people in this book are (17-20?), this does not strike me as realistic.
While the inner conflicts of the main people are well thought out, they are also not very interesting, and Meave as the heroine looks like she is interested and conflicted about 3 different guys, so more like a pesky love-square than a pesky love-triangle.
Not really sure, wether this will hold my interest enough for reading a second book, also depends on wether I can read that cheap (included in Kindle Unlimited?) - paying full price for it, even 3 Eur is too much. As it is not yet published and my free KU-trial end in July, I have to see wether I can squeeze it in ca. End of June, it is supposed to be published June 26th, 2019.
Recommended for a rainy weekend, if the things I said about the book do not bother you.
Then again, there should be better books in this genre.
Clean YA, no sex, no swearing.
Could have been a little more suspenseful.
Worldbuilding integrated in what the MC (Meave, the heroine) learns. Mostly.
Most chapters are from her POV, but some are from the POV of others (Jamie, Ash etc.), so if you do not like that, you have been warned.
OK read, but think, YA books could generally do with sex, regarding how old the people in this book are (17-20?), this does not strike me as realistic.
While the inner conflicts of the main people are well thought out, they are also not very interesting, and Meave as the heroine looks like she is interested and conflicted about 3 different guys, so more like a pesky love-square than a pesky love-triangle.
Not really sure, wether this will hold my interest enough for reading a second book, also depends on wether I can read that cheap (included in Kindle Unlimited?) - paying full price for it, even 3 Eur is too much. As it is not yet published and my free KU-trial end in July, I have to see wether I can squeeze it in ca. End of June, it is supposed to be published June 26th, 2019.
Recommended for a rainy weekend, if the things I said about the book do not bother you.
Then again, there should be better books in this genre.
kels_attwood29's review
adventurous
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
0.5
The writing in this book was not up to scratch. Instead of insinuating feelings or events, it just changed POV so the person could straight up say ‘I feel this’.
I see what the author was trying to do with Maeve’s sarcasm but it was overshadowed by her whiny ‘who do I like’ attitude. I like the idea of witch guy, shifted guy or vampire but the teacher vampire was a bit much.
Originally got this book for free with Stuff Your Kindle day but I will not be reading the rest of the series.
I see what the author was trying to do with Maeve’s sarcasm but it was overshadowed by her whiny ‘who do I like’ attitude. I like the idea of witch guy, shifted guy or vampire but the teacher vampire was a bit much.
Originally got this book for free with Stuff Your Kindle day but I will not be reading the rest of the series.
spotter16's review
2.0
A quick free read that I got on a "stuff your kindle day". It was okay...just nothing particularly special or engaging. I tend to read these RH academy series as quick palate cleansers for some of the longer fantasy/paranormal reads. I might come back to the series at some point but there wasn't anything that driving me to continue right at this moment.
peastomatoescukes's review
Couldn't get into the characters, wasn't believable that they'd like each other.
lakea's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
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
4.5