Here’s some nitpicky stuff (spoilers ahead): They literally have almost no fun or ever feel any happiness. 2) These character’s lives are a living nightmare so the escapism factor is a big fat zero. 1) The world building in this book is.shallow at best, laughable at worst. One of the things that made and makes HP so inviting to readers is the world building and sense of escapism that the books foster. Harry Potter is obviously a huge inspiration here. Seth cutting her hair, and then them just almost fully drowning the other one? This isn’t sexy and fun? I’m down for some bad boy stuff or like banter but like ? Attempted murder? If I were going to continue this series, I would literally never forgive these fucking assholes? I would want them dead? Comment below if you’re a mega fan and let me know if Tory and Darcy kill these evil men.) I’m also not going to be read, what, two or three full length books full of abuse for one girl boss moment? (Also spoilers here but I really don’t care: the climax of this book brought tears to my eyes for how horrible it is to these girls. No one deserves to be treated like this.), it’s a glorious moment or whatever. I feel like they’re trying to establish a low point so that once the girls are strong enough to fight back (point to note: the girls literally become resigned to the abuse about 3/4 of the way into the book, just accepting that this how they should be treated until they’re strong enough to stop it. The main characters will literally tell them: “No please don’t do that” / “No please stop” / “No please, leave me alone” and they never do! Y’all are in the reviews here saying “bully romance” this “bully romance” that, I’m not here to yuck anyone’s yum, but the actions of these characters without knowledge of the tropes of the genre are abusive and disgusting. The actions that the “”romantic interests”” take in this book are not just dubious consent, but nonconsensual in the text. Without knowing this going in, this book was shocking to me from beginning to end in the vile content that it was constantly spewing at me. There are basically no other plot elements other than the next abuse that the Vega Twins have to suffer through at the hands of these evil men. This book is literally the two main characters being violated emotionally, physically and sexually over and over for the entire run time of book. I also really like astrology, and the reviews here on GoodReads are generally good. I picked this book up because I saw the author post a tiktok comparing it to a steamy, adult Harry Potter. But we've been looking after each other for a long time and fighting back is in our blood.īefore I say anything and get into spoilers, I want to put a big *trigger warning* out there for this book: NON-CON (non-consensual acts) GALORE! No one mentioned this anywhere (not in the reviews, or in the summary, anything). So if the dragon shifters want some target practice, the werewolves want someone to hunt or the vampires fancy a snack then we have to be ready. We can't expect any help from the faculty when it comes to defending ourselves. We never knew we had a birthright to live up to but now that we do, we intend to claim our throne. They've only got until the lunar eclipse to force us out and they'll stop at nothing to succeed. Our fates are intertwined, but they want us gone. It doesn't help that they're the most dangerous beasts in the Academy. And it hasn't made us any friends so far.Īs the rarest Elementals ever known, we're already a threat to the four celestial heirs the popular, vindictive bullies who happen to be some of the hottest guys we've ever seen. No one has ever harnessed all four of them, until we arrived. Which means we're totally unprepared for the ruthless world of Fae. As twins born in the month of Gemini, we're a rare breed even in this academy of supernatural a-holes.Ĭhangelings were outlawed hundreds of years ago but I guess our birth parents didn't get the memo. If you're one of the Fae, elemental magic is in your blood. You have been selected to attend Zodiac Academy, where your star sign defines your destiny.
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