Zodiac Academy: The Awakening - Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti

 Book Review

Title            Zodiac Academy: The Awakening

Author        Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti

Read Dates        30th January 2024 - 4th February 2024

Rating                4.5 / 5

Format                E-Book

Blurb

I’m a Gemini. Impulsive. Curious. Headstrong. A twin. Heir to a throne I know nothing about. And it turns out, I’m Fae.

But of course there’s a catch - all I have to do to claim my birth right is prove that I’m the most powerful supernatural in the whole of Solaria. And sure, technically that’s true as I’m the daughter of the Savage King. But the bit they didn’t put in the brochure was that every single Fae in this Kingdom would claim my throne if they could.

The school they’ve sent me to is both dangerous as sh*t and one helluva party. Vampires bite weaker students in the corridors, the Werewolf pack has orgies in the Wailing Wood at every full moon and don’t even get me started on the dark and twisted ways the Sirens use their powers on people’s emotions, or how my sinfully tempting Cardinal Magic teacher hosts detentions that leave people needing therapy.

Classes are totally interesting if you manage to live through them. And that Gemini star sign I mentioned? It now determines my elemental magic and affects my destiny, so learning astrology is essential if I’m going to beat down my classmates – which is actively encouraged by the way.

My biggest problem is the drool worthy Dragon shifter who has his eyes on my throne. He and his three psycho friends are determined to make my time here hell.

All I’ve got to do is survive. But fate might have other ideas.

Dammit, why couldn’t I have gotten a letter to Hogwarts?

Review

Be warned - this is no fairytale. It is dark, it is spicy, it is full of bullies. It is twisted.

It took a little bit for me to become fully engrossed in this book, but once I was, there was no putting it down.

For 18 years, Darcy and Tory have lived as mortals, bumping from one foster home to the next. Once they're 18, their world turns upside down. It turns out everything they thought they knew about themselves, and their family was a lie. The Vega twins are now learning how to survive as Fae in a whole new world, where they have more enemies than they do friends. They face horrendous torture nearly every day, and they have no idea who they can trust. Even as the reader, it's impossible to know for sure exactly who can and can't be trusted.

There's a lot of dark, bully romance in this, and it's definitely not for everyone. But if you enjoy the darker side, then this is for you.