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The Awakening by Susanne Valenti, Caroline Peckham
3.0

Toxic Teen Antics

There is so much to unpack with this book. Whether it’s the misogynistic, cruel, disrespectful and outright rude male main characters or the overall toxicity of the Academy, teachers and student, Zodiac Academy is 100% a guilty pleasure that you can’t stop reading even though everything about it tells you to.
I was a little annoyed with the twins not having as much agency against the brutality of the other students and just taking it which seemed against the character especially Tory, but I’m hoping that this changes in subsequent books.
Professor Orion is my new book bae alongside Darius even though there is a lot to be desired in all of their personalities.
would recommend it for something bingeable but it definitely has its issues as fun as they are