shaykay's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
5.0
I really loved this one. This one circles around the Reckoning, and these trials are something that we learned about all the way back in book 1. The twins have been training to take these tests to figure out if they can continue with the training or get kicked out of school. It was a lot of fun, and there were a lot of WTH moments. Plus, in this one, we start to see how strong the twins are. I was obsessed!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Gaslighting, Sexual content, and Bullying
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail
faith99's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Bullying
Minor: Sexual content
allie_treacherousreads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
4.0
I just want Darius and Tory to be together. Is that too much to ask 😭 Also love the romance going on between Darcy and Orion.
On another note, these girls can’t catch a break, but at least the Heirs have backed-off on the bullying quite a bit for now in this book and act somewhat like human beings.
What To Expect
🤍hell week
🤍fighting back
🤍elemental trials
Tropes
💜alternating POVs
💜rivals
💜outside threat
💜bully
💜dark magic
💜slow burn
💬: -wound fucking break me. So don’t you dare give in to them. I’ll follow you into the shadows if I have to and drag you away from them kicking and screaming. Because they can’t have you. They fucking can’t.
Spicy Rating: 🌶️/5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Bullying
zia_c's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
relaxing
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I want the twins to make each and every character in this book miserable af or I'd really fkng lose my mind. Except for the A.S.S, of course.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Classism, Death, Excrement, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Misogyny, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Cursing
nirellis's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Tory, you’re iconic, but make better decisions.
Darcy, no notes, I get it.
This was an addicting read, definitely 3 stars for the writing but 4 stars for the plot and 5 stars for the entire series so far (probably)
Darcy, no notes, I get it.
This was an addicting read, definitely 3 stars for the writing but 4 stars for the plot and 5 stars for the entire series so far (probably)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Bullying, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Sexual content
unicornofthesea's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
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? No
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Death, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Bullying, Death, Alcohol, Blood, and Murder
_alyssar_'s review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Physical abuse, Bullying, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol
Minor: Blood, Excrement, Infidelity, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, and Kidnapping
valentina_ghetti's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Posso scrivere veramente poco a proposito di questo libro senza fare spoiler, quindi mi limiterò a una domanda: quando avete intenzioni di dirci "quella cosa lì"? (chi l'ha letto capirà).
La tensione in questo libro è alle stelle sia a causa della "Reckoning", la sfida che sancirà l'effettiva ammissione delle matricole alla Zodiac Academy, sia a causa dell'imminente eclissi lunare (hehehehehe). Il risultato è una narrazione ritmata e sostenuta, che crea decisamente dipendenza.
Non vedo l'ora di riuscire a recuperare il prossimo libro, spero non passi un anno questa volta.
La tensione in questo libro è alle stelle sia a causa della "Reckoning", la sfida che sancirà l'effettiva ammissione delle matricole alla Zodiac Academy, sia a causa dell'imminente eclissi lunare (hehehehehe). Il risultato è una narrazione ritmata e sostenuta, che crea decisamente dipendenza.
Non vedo l'ora di riuscire a recuperare il prossimo libro, spero non passi un anno questa volta.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Bullying
inkdrinkers's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
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? It's complicated
5.0
This was the best one yet.
After the events of The Awakening and Ruthless Fae, Tory and Darcy Vega are ready to embrace their next challenge - the Reckoning, the magical trials that all fae must go through in order to continue their studies at Zodiac Academy and take their place in the world. And it won't be easy.
Oh my god, I don't even know how to process this book. I took my time with the first two, reading them over various days and nights to sink myself into them - but I literally could not put this one down. I finished this 600+ page monstrosity in under twenty-four hours. I tapped page after page, completely sunk into the story. This is the strongest I think either of the author's have been in regards to their writing and the plot was perfectly balanced between interpersonal relationships and the very real threat blooming for the girls and the rest of the fae.
I really didn't think an ending could throw me more than book two, and while I don't think anything can top my pure shock at the final chapters of Ruthless Fae, the end of this book felt dark. It was cloying and curled into my stomach because I knew things weren't going to be as easy as they seemed and my god, was I right. I'm so glad to see the absolute wild turn that Peckham and Valenti went in, even though it's been building over the course of three books, I couldn't keep my jaw from dropping open. There are SO MANY questions I want answers to, and I can't wait to pick up the rest of the books.
I also just want to mention the sheer love I have for every single character in this series. There are so many reasons to hate a lot of them, but there's also just as many reasons to love them. One of my favorite aspects is the way they all care for each other in incredibly messy, but real ways. I feel like I have a genuine understanding of the way the fae culture works and how they all work together to navigate it and their own feelings. I also have such an incredibly soft spot for Darius and Lance, like stab me in the heart soft because I'll fall over and bleed out over the two of them. And my god, that ending. I knew it was coming, I knew what was happening, and it still made my heart absolutely SOAR.
So good. So devourable. I don't think I've felt this way about a series in a really, really long time.
Content warnings: violence (throughout), sexual content (multiple scenes), physical abuse (in a variety of ways, parent/child, some roughness between characters), & blood (there are main characters who are vampires, we've been over this lmao)
PS: I cried in this book. You would never guess what scene, but I cried and had to put my iPad down to process the sheer emotional impact.
After the events of The Awakening and Ruthless Fae, Tory and Darcy Vega are ready to embrace their next challenge - the Reckoning, the magical trials that all fae must go through in order to continue their studies at Zodiac Academy and take their place in the world. And it won't be easy.
Oh my god, I don't even know how to process this book. I took my time with the first two, reading them over various days and nights to sink myself into them - but I literally could not put this one down. I finished this 600+ page monstrosity in under twenty-four hours. I tapped page after page, completely sunk into the story. This is the strongest I think either of the author's have been in regards to their writing and the plot was perfectly balanced between interpersonal relationships and the very real threat blooming for the girls and the rest of the fae.
I really didn't think an ending could throw me more than book two, and while I don't think anything can top my pure shock at the final chapters of Ruthless Fae, the end of this book felt dark. It was cloying and curled into my stomach because I knew things weren't going to be as easy as they seemed and my god, was I right. I'm so glad to see the absolute wild turn that Peckham and Valenti went in, even though it's been building over the course of three books, I couldn't keep my jaw from dropping open. There are SO MANY questions I want answers to, and I can't wait to pick up the rest of the books.
I also just want to mention the sheer love I have for every single character in this series. There are so many reasons to hate a lot of them, but there's also just as many reasons to love them. One of my favorite aspects is the way they all care for each other in incredibly messy, but real ways. I feel like I have a genuine understanding of the way the fae culture works and how they all work together to navigate it and their own feelings. I also have such an incredibly soft spot for Darius and Lance, like stab me in the heart soft because I'll fall over and bleed out over the two of them. And my god, that ending. I knew it was coming, I knew what was happening, and it still made my heart absolutely SOAR.
So good. So devourable. I don't think I've felt this way about a series in a really, really long time.
Content warnings: violence (throughout), sexual content (multiple scenes), physical abuse (in a variety of ways, parent/child, some roughness between characters), & blood (there are main characters who are vampires, we've been over this lmao)
PS: I cried in this book. You would never guess what scene, but I cried and had to put my iPad down to process the sheer emotional impact.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content, Physical abuse, Violence, and Blood
dkgreads's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
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? It's complicated
4.5
So much drama! So much tension! And that ending—GAH! Also, I totally called what Order the twins emerged as and I can’t wait to find out how that’s going to go for them…
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Violence, Torture, Blood, and Bullying