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Zodiac Academy 5: Cursed Fates by Caroline Peckham, Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti
3 reviews
nineinchnails's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
i think this is the first time i've felt them make progress with each other without them completely backtracking afterwards even if it is tentative and fragile progress. i am pretty much a tory girl now i think; she's so stubborn and prideful and argumentative and moody and insecure and vulnerable and loyal i would die for her!!! she feels very real and i feel more connected to her than i expected to at the start of the series. i think it might have been another case of me finding a character (ever so slightly) irritating because they remind me so much of myself that it's painful. some of her decisions and actions are questionable to say the least but it's more and more understandable the more we see of her chapters.
that goes for all the main characters if i'm honest since they get even more development + growth and even the ones i was iffy about i've kind of softened to. i'm still not obsessed with darcy and orion together (torydarius clear them any day) but i think i've come out the end of this book not hating them together so much... whatever makes darcy happy i guess! i do think the gap between them in terms of power imbalance/their dynamics is starting to close so it feels like they're closer to an even playing ground, if that makes sense, which is making me less icked out over them now. torydarius had so much development in this book and i was almost glad for the reason that they were suffering in this book because i don't think we could have got so much good without all that bad (in this context at least) but i'm hoping they get some sort of reprieve from the turmoil in the next book cause i don't know how much more i can take of it. ALSO torydarius felt very buffy x spike coded here like specifically season 6 the episode where the house falls down i'm obsessed with them.
the last half of the book made me feel sick because i was cycling through ITS JOEVER💔 and WE ARE SO BACK🥳 every 5 pages. honestly i don't even know what to say about the ending because it feels like there's so much going on but things just seem insanely grim. the only thing comforting me is the fact that i've finished 2 series by this duo now and if history (and the steadily increasing page count of ZA books) is reliable then i'm sure we will have a novella-sized epilogue by the time the final book comes out. i usually hate epilogues that long because they feel pointless and needlessly excessive but i think after all this suffering i will probably need it.
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Infidelity, Police brutality, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, War, and Classism
student/teacher relationship, incarcerationkat1105's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
ceruleanshelves's review against another edition
4.0
thoughts i had while reading:
- Tory had to say no because Darius truly didn’t understand what was at stake, who he was gaining. Now is their chance to really pass the TRUE test to their pairing and build a relationship built on more than hate and sex.
- This book is so fucking good
- Tory and Darius literally have me screaming
- The bday party scene AHHH
- Yes I wish there was more pitball now I understand the game better. honestly better than quidditch.
- FUCK KYLIE FUCK THAT BITCH FUCKKKKK
- Why are these authors destroying me WHY R U DOING THIS TO ME
- I am team Mission: Defy the Stars
- I want Seth with his new love interest so badly it’s not even funny
- (Insert clip of Leo screaming “I defy you, stars!”)
- I need a Gabriel spice scene in this series at some point dear god
- AKDKANDKAFKNFKFEKLEK CLIFFHANGER TWIST WHY WHY WHYYYYYYYYYYY
anyways, can you tell I like this series?
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder