Cursed Fates

Zodiac Academy #5

by Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti, Bridget Bordeaux (Narrator)

After the devastating events at Zodiac Academy, we have to deal with this darker world we're faced with. Lionel seeks to hurt us, the nymphs seek to hurt the entire fae race, and between all of it, we just have to try and survive each day as it comes. I'm afraid of everything falling apart, but it looks like it already has.

Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Romantasy, Fae, Enemies To Lovers, Fantasy Romance, Paranormal

27 pages, Audible Audio

First published December 21, 2020

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Reviews

[Yana · Rating 4 out of 5]

THAT ENDING?! Hello?! My therapist WILL be hearing about this

[Paige ♠ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Seriously, will these characters ever catch a break?!? 😰😰

⚠️ We're something like 3,000+ pages into the series so it's practically impossible for there not to be some spoilers for the direction of the story below ⚠️

🆗 DARCY AND ORION, IDK HOW TO FEEL about what happened to their story. I knew their situation was too good to last forever, so it was just a matter of time before something tore them apart. I'm just hoping it won't last long into book six 🤞

✅ TORY AND DARIUS' ANGST was seriously on a whole different level. You could be on the moon and still feel the tortured sexual tension between these two. But I'm glad they are finally figuring things out

❌ THE THREESOME PISSED ME OFF because it's not how I wanted to read about Tory and Darius being together again 😑 I appreciated how much thought Caleb put into the preparations and how he was just trying to be a good friend, but it took away from the special moment for me

✅ EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER to help Tory and Darius be together was perfect and amazing. It was so satisfying to see them team up against some of the other more annoying characters too. I hope we get more of this in the next books

✅ THE SCENE OF TORY AND XAVIER at the window and the scenes afterward were some of my favorites in the series. Such a simple thing but it just made me feel happy for these characters for once

✅ GERALDINE HAS BECOME one of my favorite characters ever. The way she speaks is absolutely hilarious - it's innocent but also somehow crude at the same time. I love how confident she is and I want a best friend like her in my life 🥰

❌ THAT MOTHERFUCKING ENDING was seriously frustrating. I thought we were finally making some positive progress and then that shit happened. I did not think it could get worse but I was clearly wrong and now I'm pissed off again

IN SUMMARY, HOW I FEEL READING THIS SERIES:



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I'm normally not much of a music person, but there's just so much angst, pain and passion in these books that I can't help but think of songs to express the rollercoaster of emotions these characters go through:

😈 TORY + DARIUS BOOKS 1-4 I Miss The Misery | Halestorm
😢 TORY + DARIUS BOOK 5 Who I Am Hates Who I've Been | Relient K
😭 DARCY + ORION All I Wanted | Paramore

[isy · Rating 5 out of 5]

FUCK EVERYONE who recommended me this series. FUCK ALL you aesthetic girlies on tiktok for making killer videos that made me pick up these books. I hate you all. This is horrible. You're all on my shit list forever.

And I apologize in advance to anyone who I have influenced to read these. I am so sorry yuvi. I am evil I just didn't know it.

[Iqra · Rating 4 out of 5]

(No spoilers <3)

*stage lights dim*
*clears throat*

Okay so… *nervous laughter*

There’s so much to unpack here. Like 𝙎𝙊 𝙈𝙐𝘾𝙃.

I was told that this would 𝑫𝑬𝑺𝑻𝑹𝑶𝒀 me and it did but not to the extent book four did. For some reason —the last book made me numb— the ending wasn’t as bad but… 𝐈𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐁𝐀𝐃 𝐘𝐊.

Like 𝖡𝖫𝖮𝖶 𝖴𝖯 𝖨𝖭 𝖸𝖮𝖴𝖱 𝖥𝖠𝖢𝖤,

𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗧 𝗜𝗦 𝗚𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗗𝗢𝗪𝗡,

𝘿𝙐𝙈𝙋𝙎𝙏𝙀𝙍-𝙁𝙄𝙍𝙀-𝙍𝙊𝙇𝙇𝙄𝙉𝙂-𝘼𝘾𝙍𝙊𝙎𝙎-𝙏𝙃𝙀-𝙎𝙏𝙍𝙀𝙀𝙏-𝘼𝙉𝘿-𝙔𝙊𝙐-𝘾𝘼𝙉𝙏-𝙇𝙊𝙊𝙆-𝘼𝙒𝘼𝙔-𝘼𝙎-𝙄𝙏-𝘾𝙍𝘼𝙎𝙃𝙀𝙎-𝘼𝙉𝘿-𝘽𝙐𝙍𝙉𝙎-𝘿𝙊𝙒𝙉-𝙏𝙃𝙀-𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙄𝙍𝙀-𝙁𝙐𝘾𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂-𝙎𝙏𝙍𝙀𝙀𝙏 kinda bad.

Anyway,

𝙈𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙢? 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐈 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝??! Hmm?! I need answers. This entire book undid me from the seams.
𝑨𝑵𝑫 𝑰 𝑨𝑳𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑫𝒀 𝑪𝑨𝑴𝑬 𝑰𝑵 𝑭𝑹𝑨𝒀𝑬𝑫 𝒀𝑶𝑼 𝑩𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹𝑫.

It gave me two chapters of some sense of relief and security only to whack my head and kick me behind the knees till I drop to the ground before I can even anticipate the next hit and then 𝐁𝐀𝐌 𝔾𝔸𝕄𝔼 𝕆𝕍𝔼ℝ.

I could go on and on about the ending but I need to “move on” or I might get “obsessed” 🤠

𝙈𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣,

The title of the book makes so much more sense now that I’ve read it and I feel like such a fucking idiot for not realising sooner. But don’t expect me to remember what books come in what order or their names bc I’m not paying that much attention or else I’ll spoil it for myself (𝙸’𝚟𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎)

𝗔𝗹𝘀𝗼... 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗛𝗔𝗗 𝗦𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗦𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗣𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜 𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗠 𝗕𝗖 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗬 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗡𝗘𝗘𝗗 𝗔 𝗙𝗨𝗖𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗟𝗔𝗣. ╭∩╮(ಠ_ಠ)╭∩╮

𝑰’𝑴 𝑭𝑼𝑹𝑰𝑶𝑼𝑺.

One of my favourite characters lost the plot and now I can’t believe life is going to be so fucking dreadful. 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒂 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒈𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒓. Every time I think about what happened I just laugh through the pain bc I’m in denial. But it hurts so good 😭🔪

I hate that one of my favourite endgames has to go through so much shit but all the stolen moments and every little cosy moment made up for 𝗧𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗦 of pages of me being pissed. *𝙛𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙚*

𝘽𝙐𝙏 𝙄𝙏’𝙎 𝙉𝙊𝙏 𝙀𝙉𝙊𝙐𝙂𝙃 𝙄 𝙉𝙀𝙀𝘿 𝙈𝙊𝙍𝙀 𝙊𝙍 𝙄 𝙒𝙊𝙉’𝙏 𝙎𝙐𝙍𝙑𝙄𝙑𝙀.

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐅𝐀𝐄, 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐤𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐱𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰’𝒎 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝑰’𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏.
{Whew. That felt nice to get off my chest. 🧘‍♀️}

After everything I still can’t get over that ending so apparently, I 𝘢𝘮 obsessed at least until I’ve finished the next one 🤡

I’m not saying much about the stars (𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐃𝐎𝐆𝐒) but I will say that they need to be bitch slapped for what they’re doing.

𝐀𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫: #𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙟𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙚

𝗦𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗲:
I need to read RB soon bc I need to know about one guy in particular and I’m so excited to read his pov 𝗦𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗲𝗲

𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘀: 🎧

One by one - Rationale
Supernova - Ansel Elgort
Wrong - Asiah
балкон - ELMAN & JONY
Haunt you - social house
Cry for me - camila cabello
Fllad - KANITA
Bleeding out - Asiah
My heart - Christopher
Fragile - Cooper & Gatlin
Hurts - Emeli sandé
Hurts like hell - tommee profitt
I wanna know - VICTORIA
I’m sorry - Josef Salvat
Hold on - Chord overstreet
In the stars - Benson Boone
Right where you left me - Taylor swift
Waves - imagine dragons
Steel inside - Rilès
Lonely nights - Rilès
Lost in my world - Rilès
Move on - AJ Mitchell
Down in flames - AJ Mitchell
Lie like this - Mergui
Forget me - Lewis Capaldi
Just so you know - Christopher
Let you down - Hellberg ft. Magsy
Come home - lilspirit
Nobody else - lilspirit
Talk you down - Charlotte Lawrence
Eyes off you - PRETTYMUCH
Don’t text your ex - Arlissa
Refuge - Charlotte Jane
What you did - Mahalia ft. Ella Mai
Haystack - Anjelica ft. RMR
Love game - Brianna Mazzola
Living hell - Bella Poarch
No man’s land - Bella Poarch
Long way 2 go - Cassie
Good-crazy - Nicklas sahl
Sexy villain - Remi wolf
Filthy freaks - bones uk
Mr. Sandman - SYML
The curse - Agnes Obel
COFFIN - PLVTINUM
Bad vibrations - Jimmy Levy
Unholy - Sam Smith ft. Kim petras
Friction - imagine dragons
Higher ground - imagine dragons
I don’t like myself - imagine dragons
Heart of the darkness - Sam tinnesz
Jungle - Nina chuba
I choose you - Sarah Bareilles

𝗙𝗮𝘃 𝗤𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀:

“𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡, 𝐈’𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬.”
“𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠,”
“𝙄𝙛 𝙞𝙩 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝,”
~crying in the bathtub

“𝐈𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐬,” 𝐈 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭.
“𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫,” 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝.
“𝐈 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧.”
~CRYINGGG

“𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐞.
𝙃𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙄 𝙡𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙡𝙮“
~that is so fucking hot idc idc

“𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐭, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲. 𝙈𝙮 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜.“
~pick me. choose me. love me.

“𝐈’𝐦 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, *******. 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐬𝐬, 𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐱 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐧. 𝙎𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙨, 𝙄’𝙢 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚!”
~did you hear that? Yeah, my heart just exploded.


𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗯𝗲𝘀:
Throne of glass series - SJM
Shatter me series - Tahereh Mafi
Divergent series - Veronica Roth

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Edit: SOMEONE SEDATE ME. I broke and I cried (wayy more than) three times and now I just want to sleep. RTC

I have twenty percent left and I know it will break me. Help.

[• Lindsey Dahling • · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m stressed.

[Clace · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.50!

“And I know it doesn’t change anything. That it can’t change anything,” he growled. “But I’m going to prove it to you. I’m going to do everything I can to make it up to you, for the rest of my life if that’s what it takes. I’ll never forgive myself for bringing this curse on us. And I’m never going to stop loving you either.”

My ToryDarius heart cant catch a fucking break. I hate my heart for loving ToryDarius more than BlueLance (even tho their end here was not good either but something that can be fixed) How are the twisted sisters gonna fix this!!! I am fuming right now because god what did I do to suffer this ;(

I honestly dont know what to write because I am in agony right now! writing? fine. Plot? amazing. Execution? perfect. BlueLance? served and broke my heart. ToryDarius? they were going so well I actually had hope but then it just ended like that and I literally threw my book in the dustbin (picked it up as soon as I dropped it because it was expensive). The end? I want to lock the twisted sisters up in asylum for that ending.

I am crying because whyy also the spice was so well written here. Also Kylie Majors? you can suck my dick.
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This story is about a man who went six feet deep while reading the last few pages of the last book and now is barely clinging to life and has decided to destroy the remaining parts that are left by reading this torturous book. Please send love and prayers for this man<3

[Phuong ✯ · Rating 4 out of 5]

– 4 stars

SONG:
Jessica Mauboy – What Happened to Us

Can you have a love-hate relationship with a book...The first 60% of this book were amazing.. I loved it so much, but the last 40% if i'm being honest I just wanted to die. It's been a long time since I finished a book and felt so depressed.

Warning: Spoilers because I have a lot of feelings regarding this book and need to let them all out.

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➵ RELATIONSHIPS
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↠ THE VEGAS.

Darcy and Tory's sister bond is one of the most beautiful relationship in this series. I love how they keep standing up for e/o in all kind of situations, but they are not afraid to tell the other when they fucked up. *cough* Tory (& Darius) get your head out of your ass *cough*

She was the light to my dark, the joy to my pain. I loved her more than life itself and there was no life to be had at all if I didn't have her by my side.

Can I just say sibling goals? 🥺 When I read about Tory and Darcy, I sometimes wish I had a twin, but then one me is already annoying enough, two would be too much for this world to handle. 🥴

Darcy pulled me into the bed with her and we curled up beneath the covers together like we used to when we were little kids. She didn't ask me anything else about it because there wasn't anything more that I could say. And I just tried to take that comfort I could from the only love I'd ever know.

🥺😩😭🥺😩😭🥺😩😭🥺😩😭🥺😩😭🥺😩😭

↠ PROFESSOR LANCE ORION.

FUCK YOU, YOU SELF-SACRIFICING SON OF A BITCH. (i still love you the most, but fuck you times infinity for putting me through this shit)

↠ DARCY & ORION.

They had a good run, but their luck run out. I knew it was coming. After all the previous books of Darcy and Orion thriving and being totally in love, something bad would have to happen to shake things up a little bit more. I expected it, but it still hurted like a bitch and I hated it. While I'm feeling down, I'm just going to re-read all their happy moments like when he threatened Diego

"If you try to fuck me over, kid, I'll break every bone in your body. And if you try to fuck over the Vegas, I'll rip out said broken bones one by one, put them in a blender and feed them to you through a straw. I know some nasty fucking spells that will make sure you stay alive through the entire thing. Mark. My. Words."

i- 🥵🥵🥵🥵



He can go from ↑↑↑↑ to ↓↓↓ real quickly. This man's duality. UNRIVALLED.

"I'm okay with you being my weakness, Blue. Because that means my weakness is a badass, hot as fuck Phoenix with enough fire in her veins to rival the sun. So come at me stars, I'm invincible!"

yeah, unfortunately Orion is not as invincible as he thinks he is, but he tried. 💀

Lance: I can't wait that long and I'm gonna make a real mess of this paperwork if I keep messaging you.

Darcy: Tut tut. Are you jerking off at your desk, sir!

Lance: Well it's difficult not to get distracted. I've got my eye on a beautiful Cardinal Magic hardback with a leather bookmark pushed between its supple pages. Is it cheating if I stick the tip in?
...
Lance: Couldn't do it, Blue. You're the only first edition I want.

DKLSFJÖFKLF alDFkladfkals AHHHH'!! STOPHDFLSKDFL!! I CANT DEAL WITH THEIR CUTENESS. I LOVE THEM SO FUCKING MUCH. 😩😩😩😩

"So are you wearing a cheer ribbon for me today?" I taunted and he leaned in closer with mischief in his eyes.
"Yes, but I had to wear it somewhere no one would see. So it's tied in a very special place."
I burst out laughing, gripping his waistband. "Are you telling me it's tied to your-"
"You can find out exactly where it's tied after the game, but only if you do well." He plucked my hand off of him with a stern stare that sent a shiver through me.

You don't understand how much my happiness and well-being is connected w Orion and Darcy's happiness that's why when hell broke loose, it hit me way too hard...

When someone send a tape of Orion and Darcy having sex to the FIB and Orion went to prison to protect Darcy. There were so many hints throughout the series that Orion could be power-shamed and going to prison, if their forbidden love story was discovered, so it wasn't exactly surprising.

As heroic as it is that Orion took the full fall and said that he Dark Coerced Darcy into wanting him to gain power, it broke my and Darcy's heart wtf. 😭 I hated how everyone thought he was some pervert preying on a Vega Princess, because he's power hungry. His chapter in prison made me cry. Orion loves Darcy so much and my heart ached to read how he longed for her. 😭

A broken heart was the most painful thing I'd ever endured. But I'd never deserved to own the heart of Darcy Vega. And I'd had to give it back in the most brutal way possible. It was the only way I could save her. And it would be worth it when she rose to power and led to the life she was meant to lead. If my own life had to be a casualty for that to happen, I was more than willing to sacrifice it. Even if I was going to pine for her for the rest of my days. Miss her with the very essence of my soul and ache for her until the world stopped spinning. I would stay here and I would suffer willingly to do what was best for her. And someday she'd understand why.

Darcyorion really are the main event and carry this whole series on their back. While I'm sad that they are separated now, it's time to let other shine for a little while until my parents are back together. 😌

↠ TORY & DARIUS.

I feel heartbroken for Darius and Tory, after Tory's decision of rejecting the bond and making them star-crossed lovers in the process. Both of them had to face the consequences of all their actions leading to that and they are both responsible. I was impressed with how Tory dealt with all the stares, whispers & shit talk with her head held high. Tory was always someone who didn't care about the opinions of others, but it must still be hard to know that everyone who looks at her will know that she a chance at a forever love, but choose differently.

Darius Acrux: @Margurite Helebor, I wouldn't fuck you again if you were the last Fae in Solaria and my dick would fall off if I didn't. Don't talk shit about my Mate. One more word and I'll destroy you. #trymebitch

YES, finally Darius stands up and defends Tory. Darius is really doing the bare minimum now that the stars have fucked him over, but I take every win I can get. No but for real he's finally doing something for Tory, instead of just lusting over her while resenting her for her birthright. I'm still pissed how every single idea Darius has is not his own, but has to come from Orion or the heirs. WHERE IS THE INITIATIVE YOU DUMBASS.

And now a big spoiler regarding the safety of this book that I already knew beforehand so I wasn't surprise by it. When the threesome between Tory, Darius and Caleb happened, I wa fine w it. Usually, I HATE SHARING SCENES IN MY BOOKS, but 1. the WHY the threesome scene happened was kinda smart, because Caleb was trying to trick the stars, otherwise it would be impossible for Darius and Tory to be together. Every time they get to close, the world is starting to fall apart. and 2. Tory/Darius was never my ship and i'm not that invested in them. So they can do whatever and whoever they want. Still glad that there was not a penetration scene between Caleb & Tory and he 'only' fingered her. I don't think another threesome is going to happen, since the stars already figured out that they were tricked and Darius is not very keen on sharing Tory. 🤷🏽‍♀️

↠ THE HEIRS.

I'm really having whiplash with this series, cause I'm changing my opinion of the characters all the time. After Cursed Fates I'm back loving all the heirs. What a clownery. 💀
I have such a soft spot for Seth and feel that Darcy and him have a special bond. His apology for all the harm he has caused her. It's better than most apologies Heroes in romance novel give when they fucked up.. uff I really want them to become besties!

I love the meddling of the heirs and how they all came up with Mission: Defy the star to bring Tory and Darius back together. All the guys are like brothers and I'm actually glad that Darius and Caleb didn't had a blowup fight over Tory. When Caleb found out about the rejected mate bond, he backed away and even tried everything to get Darius and Tory closer. My respect for Caleb after this book went up by a thousand points.

↠ ORION & DARIUS.

My cuddling bros. They've been through so much together, through the lowest of low and highest of high and I'm just praying that once everything is over that Orion and Darius are still going to be best friends.

He clutched onto me and the knot in my chest eased as the bond between us deepened, thrumming in my ears and making me want to get nearer and nearer to him.
"Let's just run off together into the sunset," Darius joked. "We can forget all about the Vegas and buy a house in Starshine Bay."
"We can have two kids. Boys obviously. Girls are trouble," I played along and he released a chuckle as we stepped apart.

↠ TORY & ORION.

they have come so far omg! 😭 Tory and Orion is one of the most underrated friendships in the Solaria world. Both of them are snarky af and love Darcy more than the world, but I can't help but feel like they just get each other.

Magic spilled from my fingertips where I still held his arm and Orion looked at me in confusion as I conjured tiny brown vines into existence, plaiting and braiding them together until they formed a ring around his wrist.
"What's this?" he asked, rasing his hand to inspect it and I had to say I'd done a damn good job too.
"I promised you a friendship bracelet," I teased. "We can get together for a slumber party another time though."
He snorted a laugh at me as he backed up. "I'll treasure it always. Goodnight, Tory."
"Goodnight."
He shot away from me and I was left alone, but somehow that didn't seem so lonely anymore.

↠ DARCY & DARIUS.

Another underrated friendships!! It's still in the works, but i know their friendship is going to be strong.

"You two are...well, fuck the law for saying you can't be together," Darius said, folding his arms.
"Fuck the stars too, Darius," I breathed and his muscled tightened around me as he held me close. "Fuck every shining gleaming one of them."

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➵ FAVORITE SCENES
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➵ Darcy and Tory announcing that they want to fight the heirs for the throne. Aw I love that scene so much.
➵ Tory freeing Xavier's from Lionel Acrux's tyranny (more ore less). Xavier having a photoshoot with his whole family and the heirs and everyone being so happy for him. When Xavier & his mom or when Xavier and Darius where flying together. Xavier deserves all the happiness. 🥺
➵ Seth singing an improvised version of the Vega-song and dancing to that song, while Geraldine has a meltdown. 🤣
➵ Orion trying to console Tory after she was overwhelmed by all the attention of the Elysian Mate bond and Tory making him a friendship bracelet. 🥺
➵ All the Orion & Darcy scenes before REDACTED. I don't want to talk, it's the darkest time of my life.
➵ Darcy finally beating Seth crusty ass in combat!! And Seth apology to Darcy omg that was such a heartbreaking scene.

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➵ CONCLUSION
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I loved the first 60% of this book so much, but then after X, each chapter was just so depressing for me to read and now I just remember all the bad things that happened in this book and feel extremely conflicted even tho I know overall this book was pretty good. The next book better give me some hope, because right now I'm just devastated for every character.

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ZODIAC ACADEMY SERIES

#0.5 Zodiac Academy: Origin of an Academy Bully – 3.75 stars
#1 Zodiac Academy: The Awakening – 3.5 stars
#2 Zodiac Academy: Ruthless Fae – 3.75 stars
#3 Zodiac Academy: The Reckoning – 4.5 stars
#4 Zodiac Academy: Shadow Princess – 4.5 stars
#5 Zodiac Academy: Cursed Fates – 4 stars
#5.5 Zodiac Academy: The Big A.S.S. Party – 3.5 stars
#6 Zodiac Academy: Fated Throne – 4.25 stars
#7 Zodiac Academy: Heartless Sky – 3.75 stars
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[ellie · Rating 5 out of 5]

fuck everyone who convinced me to read this series. i hate all of you.

all i know is pain.

[Lilyya ♡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 stars for the agony.
0 star for the mtbdS it put me through
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i need to woman up and finally tackle this beast..

[✧ FLINN ✧ (Semi-Hiatus) · Rating 1 out of 5]

I’m so fed up with this series 😒

/!\ Unpopular opinion here /!\


I’m way to tired to explain why I didn’t like it precisely but yeah in a nutshell:
Was the drama regarding Lance really necessary?

The girls are supposed to be the most POWERFUL Fae in history and I’m tired to see them lose in every single book!

The story doesn’t progress that much and most of the big “revelations” were predictable AF.

Also, this book was WAY longer than it needed to be, especially knowing that it’s the SAME carbon copy of the previous installments.

I went too far in this series and invested too much of my time to stop now but damn, my expectations regarding this series are not met AT ALL.

[Ri ♡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

“𝙄𝙘𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙩𝙨,” 𝙄 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙩.
“𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧,” 𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙.
“𝙄 𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙬𝙚’𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙬𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣.”
“𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩.”

Why call it ZA and not just TRAUMA ACADEMY because all its giving me right now is pain and trauma 😭💔 that I'm not even sure I can ever heal from. Seriously how can the authors do this? My delulu ass thought that book 4 ending was the worst but the way this broke me and then put it back together again just to break my heart again and stomped on it with that brutal ending. It was brutal and my heart will never be same after what these authors did to bluelance and Torydarius 😭

But apart from that soul crushing and heart wrenching ending, this book is my favourite Torydarius book 💘 I lost my cry count just after 100 pages and I cried so much but Torydarius just made this book so special. It was filled with angst and pain, and so many regrets but the way everything about their relationship progressed in this book was just amazing.

I loved that this one was also more plot centric but also had characters development. The writing in this was also beautiful. This series keeps on getting better with each book and so far I'm loving all the mysteries and theories. I also loved that the heirs and twins are all trying to fight together against that asshole daddy Asscrux. And I can't wait for the final found family arc.


➺ Tory: I'm a Tory apologist so I never hated her and never will for the choice she made in book 4. The pain and regret she felt after that choice broke my heart. But atleast this time she accepted her feelings for Darius.
She deserves love and not this star cursed shit. It was so heartbreaking to see her like that.

➺ Darcy: I love her and I love how she keep on being a badass with each and every book. She's so relatable sometimes that I just can't. I don't even want to think about the pain she'll have to face after losing all her loved ones. I hate how no one gave her choice when they are protecting her by sacrificing themselves. She deserves so much better.

➺ Darius: He is the highlight of this book. This new Darius took me by surprise and I loved it so damn much. He was all so broken and sad but he never blamed Tory for that choice even though they both are equally responsible for the curse. But the way he tried everthing he could to earn Tory's trust throughout the book was just amazing. He was such a sweetheart in this book bringing her coffee and going on a run with her and asking her to cheer for him 💘 I love my dragonboy so damn much.


“Nobody fucks with my girl and gets away with it,” he growled,


“I wasn’t worthy of your love then and I’m still not worthy of it now. But if you gave me forever then I’d spend every second of it trying to be.”



➺ Lance: He literally went from I am invincible to I'll sacrifice myself for Blue. I hate how he broke my heart with his fucked up decision 😭 but I still love him so much. I know he did all that for Darcy but what about her choice. I hated how he blamed himself for all of it and thinks he's not worthy of her. Lance is and will always be my favourite character in this series and I love how he loves Darcy so much 🥺 please I need this man like I need air.

➺ Seth: I literally went from hating him in previous book to wanna hug and squish this wolfy. He's a cinnamon roll. I can't wait to read more of asshole and an adorable Seth.

➺ Gabriel: Are you kidding me?!? I didn’t expected that plot twist about him but damn its just made everything about him even more interesting. He's one of the characters who is growing on me constantly. And that protective big bro vibes were just 🤭🤌🏻

➺ Clara: She is such a whiny bitch and her obsession with Lionel had me vomit. It was disgusting and on top of that she calls him 'Daddy'. Just ewww.

➺ Lionel: I still can't understand why Lionel is even alive. He should be dead by now. Its book 5 for fucks sake. Didn’t the characters already suffered enough because of him and now they also have to go through his king shit and all.


➙ Tory and Darius

My heart. My everything. I just love them so much. I was heartbroken after how Tory rejected the bond but this book just solidified the fact their love is more than just some cursed thing and lust and hate. Even though they couldn't be together with each other and with everything going on they still figured out a way. But the all the pining and angst just made everything more delicious and I ate it up.

"I found Darius staring at me like he’d never seen me before and he never wanted to look away again."


“You can’t tell me you don’t feel that when we’re together. The way my heart pounds, my soul burns, my whole body aches…I know you feel it too,” he breathed,

And the torydarius moments in this book had me all crying, sobbing, giggling and kicking my feet in the air. Their realtionship development as well as character development was incredible and natural.

“The stars might have decided that you can never be mine,” Darius said roughly, refusing to move away from me. “But I am yours. No matter what. I don’t care where we end up or who we’re with, I’ll always be yours."

I loved how they are finally trying to understand each other and not just giving in to this lust and attraction between them. I loved how Darius defended her even after she broke his heart 🥺 he didn't even tried to hurt even though Tory tried to rile him up again and again just to see if he was really changed or not. Sometimes it feels like he is too good for her. I love their honest talks and Darius finally telling Tory his feelings. They both deserve the world and I will fucking fight those stars if it comes to that.

“And I know it doesn’t change anything. That it can’t change anything,” he growled. “But I’m going to prove it to you. I’m going to do everything I can to make it up to you, for the rest of my life if that’s what it takes. I’ll never forgive myself for bringing this curse on us. And I’m never going to stop loving you either.”


“I already told you I love you, Roxy,” I growled and her eyes widened as she looked up at me in surprise. “But now I’m telling you I want you too. Only you. No matter what it takes to make that happen.”

➙ Lance and Darcy

The superior couple of this series and the absolute love of my life BLUELANCE 💘🦋 The way it started with me crying over bluelance and ended with me sobbing over them. I knew something worse was coming for them but I wasn't ready for that. That shits too much. Too much pain and sadness. I was just being a delulu like Lance thinking that we can get this with till the end. And now here we are.

“You’re one dirty, book talking Vampire, you know that?”
“I know that.” He kissed me again.
“And you’re one sweet, bitey little Countess.”

But still this book still served the one of the best bluelance moments. Like that one in the library with champagne and Lance's mouth 🫦 its a deadly combination for sure! Lance and his grumpy dominant side is just so hot ❤️‍🔥😮‍💨

"I was a slave to this body, this girl. I wanted to possess every part of her, invade her and lay siege to every corner of her being."


"She blushed and I wished I could bottle that colour. I’d paint it on my walls and wear it on my damn skin."

I can never get enough of the way Lance thinks about Darcy. He's a goner for her and totally madly, truly, wholly in love with her. They are soulmates for me and I don't care what anyone else thinks. I would fight the stars to make them the elysian mates because there's no other way describe what they have. Their love is so pure and precious 🤌🏻💘 its beyond what words can describe. And I know Lance will come back for Darcy. HE HAS TO OR WE ARE DONE!!

“I won,” I sang and he smirked, his eyes becoming hooded. “I’m okay with you being my weakness, Blue. Because that means my weakness is a badass, hot as fuck Phoenix with enough fire in her veins to rival the sun. So come at me stars, I’m invincible!”

➙ Seth and Caleb

Please I want them together so badly. Seth is such a goner for him but Caleb is confuse about his feelings right now. I just wish he accepts what he feels for Seth instead of just calling it we are best friends.

“I’m such a fuck up,” I said with a heavy sigh. “You’re not a fuck up,” Seth growled. “You’re the most thoughtful, generous, amazing fucker I know.”

➙ Darius and Darcy

It finally happened. They both are always there for each other to comfort and protect. I just want more of them and I know there friendship is going to be one of the strongest one in this series.

“Fuck the stars too, Darius,” I breathed and his muscles tightened around me as he held me close. “Fuck every shining, gleaming one of them.”

➙ Tory and Lance

The savage and the asshole friendship. Lol I love them and I know that their friendship developed because of their love for Darcy but now its more than that. Tory cares for Lance even though she is always kneeling him in the balls.

“Hop on then,” he turned his back to me and I jumped up onto it with the hint of a laugh. Who’d have thought my Cardinal Magic Professor would be giving me piggy back rides around campus when I first started out at this school?

The ending was fucked up and brutal. I literally died reading the last chapters. I hated how the authors always picks the same character for their torture like she didn't just already had so much of star curse shit to deal with. I swear if they don't make this right I'm gonna kill them and their oh so fucked up Asscrux by my own hands.


— Some other favourite quotes—


➸ "I won’t let him go. I’ll follow him beyond the veil. I’ll climb into the stars and drag his soul back out of them if I have to."

➸ "She was my light, shining as brightly as all the stars put together. And I was never going to let that light dim."

➸ "She held a maelstrom of power in her veins was even more of a turn on. Plus her wit, her tenacity, her intelligence, her unending optimism. All of those things were enough to get me hot for her individually, but together? Well, maybe she’d always been a forgone conclusion for me."

➸ "I would gladly take the rage of the heavens in payment for this moment in his arms."

➸ "She was the light to my dark, the joy to my pain. I loved her more than life itself and there was no life to be had at all if I didn’t have her by my side."

➸ “Forever?” I confirmed, moving so close to her that the sweet scent of her skin enveloped me and I never wanted to exhale again.
“Forever,” she agreed.

[giulsxx · Rating 5 out of 5]

➼ 5★

”There was only one enemy that mattered, and it was time we defeated him. Together.”

someone pls check if i’m still alive bc i think i might have had a heart attack????????
WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED?
in this book everything went to shit. EVERYTHING. idek HOW, but the things that happened here… i can’t put them into words… and the worst thing is that i must read the novella before knowing what will happen next…
someone pls tell me if the authors will give darius a fucking break????? lord knows how many times i cried for him and the injustices that keep happening to him.
i’ll need therapy once i finish this series.

“I promised you a friendship bracelet,” I teased. “We can get together for a slumber party another time though.”
He snorted a laugh at me as he backed up. “I’ll treasure it always. Goodnight, Tory.”
“Goodnight.”

Caleb...fucking Caleb with his fucking face and his fucking blonde hair and his fucking fangs which he got way too close to my girl way too often, not to mention what he did with the rest of his fucking body and- Not my girl. Never my girl.

We were wearing leggings and sports bras, our hair tied back and looking very twinny in our matching outfits. I kinda loved it.

“You two are...well, fuck the law for saying you can’t be together,” Darius said, folding his arms.
My heart squeezed at his words and I saw so much pain in his eyes that I strode forward and wrapped my arms around him. […]
“Fuck the stars too, Darius,” I breathed and his muscles tightened around me as he held me close. “Fuck every shining, gleaming one of them.”

He was the kind of friend who would stand up to my bullshit, bristle in response to my resting bitch face, call me out on my own crap, push me off a roof when I cheated him and have my back to the brutal, bitter end. Ride or die. In short, the best kind of friend there was. Which considering the short time I’d known him seemed insane, but I just knew it was the case.

Darkness was starting to fall and the shadows were thick between the trees, but there were no shadows in my heart tonight, there was too much brightness in me to let them in.

“I love you, Tor,” I breathed, just because sometimes people needed to hear that. And maybe I didn’t say it to her enough.
“Love you too, Darcy,” she whispered.

He’d come to me in my room last night, wrapped me in his arms and held me like the world was ending.

“I hate the days I don’t get to wake up with you,” he said, his voice rough from sleep. “For a second I thought it was one of those days.”

“The stars might have decided that you can never be mine,” Darius said roughly, refusing to move away from me. “But I am yours. No matter what. I don’t care where we end up or who we’re with, I’ll always be yours. And I’m going to fix the damage I did to us even if the stars don’t care. I’m going to prove to you that I could have been worthy of you if I’d just listened to my heart sooner.”

I headed back to Blue with my heart pounding, feeling like a teenager with his first crush. I’d never had that all-consuming first love everyone talked about during my school years. I’d thought it wasn’t for me. But I guessed the stars had decided to keep me waiting a little longer. And now I had it, I was determined for this love to be my one and only. My last and everlasting.

“I love you, Roxy,” he said in a rough, dark voice which held no room for lies or falsehood, no space for tricks of cruelty. Only the truth. I could feel it just as keenly as I could feel the rush of his magic beneath my skin. A tear slipped from my eye, searing a burning trail along my cheek as it spilled from my flesh and fell between us. How many times had I ached to hear someone say that to me? How many times had I wondered if anyone even could love me like that? I might have denied it to myself more times than I could count, but I’d been aching for this for a long time. Needing it more than I’d ever wanted to admit, more than I’d ever needed anything. And not just from anyone. I needed it from him.

She pulled me into her arms and I held onto her, clinging to the other half of me. My twin, the night to my day. She was in pain too, and somehow in her arms it felt a little lighter. Like she was carrying some of mine and I was carrying some of hers.

I could have said a thousand bad things about Darius Acrux, but the best ones shone brighter, outweighing them so they were all I could see.

No one would ever own my heart but that man. It was a truth cast in iron, impossible to undo. And if I had to wait months or years or an eternity for him, I would.

“I don’t care that you’re here. You could be on the moon and I’d still find a way to love you.”

“And there was me thinking it had something to do with you not wanting anything from a jumped up lizard asshole who doesn’t know his ass from his elbow and is only good for hate sex?”

I could have thrown a silencing bubble over us, but what was the point? I didn’t care if they knew how I felt about her. They were our family and despite all the reasons why they should have been encouraging us to stay apart, they’d been trying to help push us back together. Because when it came down to it, they cared about our happiness more than some fucking throne and I should have realised a lot sooner that that was more important too.

“Forever is a hell of a long time to give to someone you don’t trust. But what if forever was just a day? What if all we had was today and the clock was ticking down to midnight? What if giving yourself to me meant just that? Being mine until the strike of midnight. Would you be mine forever then?”
[…] “Forever?” I confirmed, moving so close to her that the sweet scent of her skin enveloped me and I never wanted to exhale again.
“Forever,” she agreed, with a finality that weighed on us so heavily that for a moment I couldn’t breathe.

[Marti · Rating 3 out of 5]

FINALLY I'm done with this beast.
It took me fucking centuries, but I managed to crawl through it.

It wasn't about the page count. With the previous ones, I felt glad to have pages upon pages of character banter and funny scenes. This one had a lot of filler, and I don’t think it needed to be this long. The previous ones got me addicted, I read them all in a week. I didn’t reach out to pick this one up for months. I read a couple of scenes, then put it down and saw it judging me as I read other books. I practically forced myself to pick it up this week because I was growing tired of the dirty looks it sent me as it sat in my “currently reading” pile. Having said that, it did get interesting at some points and I want to continue with the series. It wasn’t as addictive as the other ones is all I’m trying to say.

THIS SECTION might have some minor spoilers for this book and HUGE spoilers for the previous ones! If you haven't read them, all you need to know is I like this series and you should read it. Thanks for stopping by!


I HATE Tory now. Hate her with a fiery burn. It’s so sad because I used to love her. She used to be my favorite character. She is so annoying with the shadow addiction or whatever, and her drama with Darius. She said no! Why are we supposed to feel sorry for her? (I'll talk about this more in the super spoilery section because well, spoilers.)
They had some cute scenes and I did feel giddy at times (I'm not COMPLETELY devoid of feeling,) but mostly they just bore me to desperation. I think it's because I know they'll figure out a way to be together despite the whole "fate hates us" bullshit, and I don't know why I find that annoying. I think it might be because I really liked Tory's and Caleb's relationship, and I missed it here. Their banter was incredible, their back and forth so easy and fun and sexy and IDK... Darius has always been an asshole. I'm sorry if I'm stepping on any hearts here, but please. I know he's not doing evil shit anymore, but that only makes him a pining asshole, which kind of makes it worse. I just... the puppy eyes and the I love yous and the crying... I get it. I would've probably been crying if I thought it would be permanent. I do like Darius a lot more than at the beginning. I'm actually starting to feel fond of him. And I LOVE him when he has scenes with the Heirs or with Orion (I'm still fully shipping them together OK? You will NEVER change my mind on this.)

Tory's storyline, especially at the end, reminded me of Vampire Academy (if you've read it, you know what part I'm referring to. It also happens in book 5.) I suppose it was unavoidable, we've been hinted at it for a long time. Still, I didn't like it. It felt predictable and again, boring. I keep feeling that I know how everything is going to be resolved and I wish I'm wrong, but I don't think I am.

The drama with Orion and Darcy though, THAT I loved. THAT was some good angst right there. I was worried their relationship would get stale after a while. Guess I deserved the slap in the face I got, didn’t I?
FINALLY, I’m starting to feel a simmer between Caleb and Seth. Do I like it? I’m not sure yet. I liked it at first, but 4 books later nothing has happened yet, so the whole thing got cold for me. It's frustrating really, the fucking slow burn. It's so so SO slow, it's starting to make me yawn as well. Let’s see if the sparks start flying in the future.


DEFINITE SPOILERS FOR BOOK 5
As I was saying, the problem with Darius and Tory. I understand why she said no to him, I really do. We all would’ve said no to the creep who tried to drown us. But afterward? Literally EVERYBODY was trying to get her time with Darius, finding loopholes in this ridiculousness and trying to figure out a way to make the stars change their minds or whatever, and she didn't give a fuck. All she did was sit and cry and pretend to be super strong while giving herself to the shadows.
Why not work together with your friends to see what you could do instead? Sorry bestie, you lost me there.

Maybe the issue I had with this book (and maybe even the series) is that nothing feels permanent. It's like I cracked the code; everything goes to shit at the end of a book, gets patched up at the beginning of the other one and we get more and more filling as we walk through the important plotlines. The only characters who have died so far are minor ones (not that I want our favorite characters to die ok? I'm not a sadist.)
I liked to see the Heirs and the twins working together and I was scared for the Heirs for a while in the final battle in the book, but as I realized who was dying, I fought not to roll my eyes all the way back into my fucking skull. I NEVER liked Diego ok? Never ever. He gives me the creeps. Or gave. Oops. Either way, I'm kind of glad he's dead and we don't need to worry about him anymore. (Though I'm afraid his stinky, dingy hat will keep making an appearance.)

Clara is THE ABSOLUTE WORST and her relationship with Lionel is so fucking creepy it had me gagging. I think she's going to be killed pretty quickly in the next book and I'm so glad about that. I'm worried about Tory... just the thought of staying alone with that creep... IUCK.

I loved that ending. I know I'm a sadistic bitch, but OMG wasn't it spectacularly painful? You can just tell the authors were laughing maniacally as they wrote those last few chapters. I can't wait to see what happens next.

I know I've been ranting a lot about this book but it's just because I'm really invested in the story. I really do love the story and the characters. I can't believe it took me six fucking months to read this, but I'm super interested in seeing where the story goes next and I promise I'll be all caught up by the time the final book comes out next month.

[SK (Back for good this time? We'll see) · Rating 5 out of 5]

So damn painful yet so good.
If I had to describe this book in two words, it'll be- Heartbreakingly Beautiful😭💔

There were multiple times I cried while reading this, it's just so beautifully written. The pain of the lovers has been described so passionately, it's hard not to feel a thing for them. It's so well written, you actually immerse yourself in it and just feel the emotions. A lot of it was heavy stuff as far as drama goes and I'm for once glad it's just fiction lol and I commend the authors for their work.

The characters outdid themselves and their development was done brilliantly. The majority of the book revolved around Darcy, Orion, Tory and Darius and their romance and I loved it! As brutal it was I enjoyed the concept of Star Crossed lovers.

Darcy's has grown so much over the books. She is more confident in this one and her powers are totally badass. I loved that she started trusting her capabilities more and the bond that she's formed with the Heirs is damn awesome, especially with Darius and Seth. I can't wait to see more of the five together 😩
Orion is such an amazing guy and my favourite character in the series. I really want him to have a smooth ride but that's just wishful thinking lol. He really messed up with his stupid decision and I just hope him and Blue emerge out of this stronger.
Tory.. crap, I was too harsh on her in the last book. She went through so much in this one and came out as the more selfless one. I hate what she's done but am sure my girl is going to have the biggest comeback. I loved how we get to see her manage her struggles was just brutal.
Darius is AMAZING. The best one out of the Heirs. Getting to see his softer side and his raw emotions was so sweet. He's a total marshmallow 🥺

I would like to also apologize for hating on Seth so much😂Seth, Max and Caleb made such a powerful trio at the end, though I was getting anxiety reading the last few changes lol. Gabriel and Xavier are a great additions to the storyline and both hold so much potential, would definitely like to see more of them.

The Shadow Bitch and her 'Daddy' can rot. So gross, I don't even have words to say about them🤢 But yes I will say they're good villian to an amazing plot. Diego... Meh, I couldn't connect with him. So not much opinion. Plus the impact of his contribution was overshadowed by the whole tragic romance of the book.

Also, regarding the threesome.. look it was hot but it wasn't special. I would've preferred if that moment was only between the Star Crossed lovers but Caleb's presence kind of ruined the whole moment. Instead of it being something truly special it just came off as devoid of emotion, which was so contradictory to the characters' feelings (excluding Caleb).

I started this book in hopes that this would be less painful than Shadow Princess...boy, how wrong was I😂 It's definitely worth reading, and I couldn't keep this book down. The writing is mesmerizing. In short, I enjoyed it and can't wait to start with Fated Throne.

[cherie ^_-★ (ia—will be back on 8 sep) · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars ⭐

i finally finished another chunky book this month 😭 this was 655 pages, but the font was so tiny it felt like i read twice as much 🫩 i can’t stand how everything important only happens at the end of these books. they drag on way too much and it’s seriously pissing me off. what’s worse is that the next few books are even longer 💀 best believe i’m taking a long break from this series.


pre-read ♓️
continuing my ZA journey with Noi!

[Sophia · Rating 5 out of 5]

i can’t even explain how good these books are

[lulu · Rating 5 out of 5]

WHEEWWWW by the stars! So much happened in this book.

WHERE DO I EVEN START

The ending?? I’m not gonna lie I expected something like this to happen (not to the extent that it did😳) but I expected it to happen to the other twin (I won’t spoil who tho). So I’m actually veryyy excited to see how it plays out!! I love when stuff like this happens it’s so exciting. Give me the drama. Give me the chaos. I will eat it right tf up. Sorry but that last chapter why was I laughing? Am I a sadist? Idk. The “who do you love?” TOOK ME OUT. Sometimes villains are fun and these ones are giving me ENERGY like go off king (n princess hehe)🫣🫣

TORY AND DARIUS I FINALLY LOVE YOU TWO SO MUCH thank you thank you thank YOU for the development between these two. Me and the stars are beefing indefinitely tho. I didn’t realize how much the Caleb/Tory bs was ruining things. Take him out of the equation and I actually love these two wow. I feel like before it just felt like an infatuation but I am so buying them now. But also Tory not being as stubborn as she always is was the character development I have been BEGGING for 🥹 And the circumstances they had to go through honestly really shook things up so it kept me entertained.

The stars anytime Tory and Darius literally looked each other



Everyone working together to form a plan to get them together was freaking adorable I loved that AND EVERYONE FINALLY FORMING BONDS THIS IS THE FOUND FAMILY TROPE IVE BEEN WAITING FOR🥰🥰🥹
The Tory/Orion and Darcy/Darius friendships were EVERYTHING. I love seeing them being there for each other <333 ugh and Gabriel <33 we love you

I CAN WHOLEHEARTEDLY SAY I OFFICIALLY LOVE ALL THE HEIRS and it feels so good to be able to say that. We’ve slowly been getting there but I think this book finally took me all the way, we’ve sealed the deal, me and them we’re like THISSS 🤞🤞 YA HEAR ME???

Orion me and you we need to have words. Bc SIR WTF???? What is going on here 🧐🧐 heart been broke so many times I don’t know what to believeeeeee

I’m not being overdramatic when I say the amount of tears I have shed in this book for bluelance I promise you can fill up the pacific ocean. I couldn’t even see the words on my kindle I had to take a breather a couple times I was doubled down tugging on my hair screaming crying clutching my damn heart

”I hate the days I don’t get to wake up with you,” he said, his voice rough from sleep. “For a second I thought it was one of those days.”

[Zoë · Rating 4 out of 5]

Edit: I am also an aries and on on behalf of the community i do not claim Lionel as one of our own

idontwannaliveanymoreidontwannaliveanymoreidontwannaliveanymoreidontwannaliveanymoreidontwannaliveanymore

well, that ending totally ruined the rest of my day and i read it as soon as i woke up🤡

no, cause its actually not okay, im not okay, i hate whoever made me want to read this book, but i also love you.

just everyhing that happened in this book destroyed me

but we had some glimmers of light, lie the character development of the heirs, especially darius my love ❤️

there will be some major spoilers from here on out mainly me rambleing, so if you havent read this book yet, be wary, but it wont matter because you shouldent read this book because of how traumatic it is, its amazing but traumatic

TORY AND DARIUS MY BBYS I LOVE THEM AND I HATE THE FUCKING STARS THOSE FUCKERS NEED TO SORT OUT THERE PRIORITIES AND SIDES

Becuase we were finally getting somewhere after FOUR BOOKS and the stars those FUCKERS stopped Tory and Darius from having ONE moment together NOT ONE, AGHFIHGFziuhwdgDHGFKHGKHFGKHAGSKGFKHG

I
AM
NOT
OKAY

and Darius was so obsessed with her AND HE COULDENT TOUCH HER WITHOUT THE STARS HAVING A FIT

just listen

"I'd buy fifty of them if i knew they'd all make you smile like that"

I think that if i was allowed a single cheat against this curse that keeps us apart, i'd just want to be able to hold you in my arms."

"I'd take death over life without you"

"Darius whirled around, his face painted with emotion as he looked at me like i was the most precious thing in the world to him"

STOP THERE SO CUTE AND THEY CANT EVER BE TOGETHER BECAUSE OF THE FUCKING STARS THOSE FUCKERS

I
HATE
THIS
BOOK

and dont EVEN get me STARTED on Lance and Blue

I AM NOT OKAY

FIRST THAT BITCH THAT RATTED THEM OUT, slayyyyy Tory, Darcy and the Heirs for making her invisible, what a power move, love to see it

AND THEN LANCE FUCKED HIMSELF OVER EVEN MORE BY SAYING ALL THAT SHIT AND NOW THEY CAN NEVER BE TOGETHER KJHGFDGHJKLJKHGJFHDGFHJKL:JHGKFJDHGJFHKGHLHGKHFJGDFGJFHGKHGHFFFFFGGGGGG

I AM NOT OKAYYYYY

ALSOOOO loveeee Seth and Caleb together and Geraldince and Max, I will guard that girl with my lifee.

DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THAT ENDING

HOW DARE THAT FUCKER BIND THEM TOGETHER SO THAT DARIUS AND EVERYONE ELSE CANT DO SHIT TO HIM AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I HATE THAT MAN WITH MY ENTIRE BEING

so, as you can tell, I am not okay, i am not okay, and i am not ready for the next one, its gonna be a shit show



{previous review}
no cause what the actual fuck was that ending😭😭😭

i refuse to believe that it happened, because it didnt, in my mind it did not

NO ONE CAN CATCH A FUCKING BREAK IN THIS BOOK

I hate whoever recommended me this book/made me want to read it, but i also love you

FUCK MY LIFE

WHY CANT THEY JUST BE HAPPY

[&#x1f4a4; · Rating 4 out of 5]

who the HELL lied to me and told me this book was happy?? this was 800 pages of pure PAIN

bluelance?? torydarius?? diego?? that ending?? i’m in shambles


——————
big fat lizard better make it up to my girl or else 😒

[Youssra · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 stars

The gasp I gusped at that twist😱😱😱😱 Please can the twisted sisters let me have a moment of peace and joy 😭😭😭😭
SPOILERS AT THE END ❗❗❗❗❗❗

This book was ANGST CENTRAL DEAR GOD😮‍💨 The first few chapters can only be described as ripping your heart out, stomping on it repeatedly and then giving it back to you expecting it to function and keep you alive💀 This was truly a roller coaster of emotions ranging from gut-wrenching pain to romance to angst to joy to pain again to shock and confusion and anger. What more could you want you know?😅

Was this book long? Yes. (26 hours☠) Did it drag sometimes? Yes. Do I care? No not really. Was I ever bored? Also no. I do think the audiobook helps with the "dragging" factor because I listen at speed x3 (Don't judge me😭)

likes
-The tension and pining was so painful but SO GOOD 😭
- GERALDINE AND MAX YES YES YESSSSS I LOVE THEM.
- Seth and Caleb? So here for it. Seth redeemed himself in this book for me and I'm loving his arc as well as Caleb's. Caleb is so sweet and such a great friend🥺
- I sound like a broken record when I say this but I DON'T CARE: BLUELANCE TILL I DIEEEEE 😭😭 Every moment between them was perfection💙
- DARIUS. That's it.
- The Gabriel reveal? Loved it! it made me cry😭

dislikes
- The word Daddy being used in this book gave me the BIGGEST ICK OF MY LIFE.
- THAT spicy scene. I understood why it had to happen like that, and it was totally hot but I still wasn't completely sold on it.

I was a man unhinged, but if there was one thing I was certain of, I never wanted to get my damn mind back.
LANCE GIVE ME ONE CHANCE I BEG OF YOU 😭

Darius: I'd take death over a life without you.
SIR.

SPOILERS AHEAD:








I WILL NOT REST UNTIL DARCY AND LANCE ARE BACK TOGETHER AGAIN😭 MARK MY WORDS CAROLINA AND SUSAN😭😭😭😭😭 THAT WHOLE SEQUENCE WAS ANGUISH. THEY WERE SO HAPPY AND I KNEW IT WAS ABOUT TO BURST BUT I WAS IN DENIAL😭😭😭

Absolutely no words for what happened to tory at the end. that was just cruel. CRUELLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!









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pre-review
I will not know peace if I don't start this immediately 🤧

[Alyssa Nieves · Rating 5 out of 5]

No because I’m actually not ok. That ending?? Excuse me? Apparently I enjoy being sad because I keep reading books that put me through it. Going to need something nice and happy to happen in the next book or else 😔✋

[Antonella · Rating 5 out of 5]

after the last book I was suspicious...okay I admit...mea culpa!!
I was very much wth Peckham & Valenti what are you doing...
and then they gave us this ... masterpiece!!!

all the build-up, all miscommunications, all the angst PAID OFF!!



this is one big ass book and lots of things happen and everything is great & needed...

what I loved;

* Tory and Darius finally talking about their issues


*the I love yours


*Max & Geraldine


*Xavier

*that threesome


*that yup it was hot but I don't want to share you anymore part

*all the verbal smackdown, yes Darcy and Gabriel telling Tory what's up

*Tyler's hashtags


*Seth ideas about grand gestures

*Caleb growing the hell up

*Diego's friendship


Overall, this book is AMAZING!!

[TJ ☾ · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 Stars 🌟🔮

🐉 Everything was going wrong for everyone in this book 😭 Tory and Darius with the stars; I can't even talk about Darcy and Orion. Actually I do need to say one thing tho I'm glad that if they had to get caught w a sex tape, it was gonna be the best sex tape of all time. 6 hours of footage 🤯 they fucked 4 times, he ate her out twice, she blew him once, it sounds like the triathlon of fucking-- could they even walk after that? Normally I might call that overkill, but for Orion hell nah. I've been saying from the start he could put it down, never doubted that man for a moment 💯

🐉 I liked the scene where Darius, Orion, and Darcy crept through that house looking for nymphs. Darius and Darcy was a team up I didn't know I needed and these books should do more suspenseful side-excursions like that instead of throwing random nymph battles at us

🐉 I had fun with the messiness of the love triangle in books 3 and 4 bc Tory is so self-centered she barely even realized she was in one. There was no mooning or being agonized bc her heart was torn between two men. It wasn't. She straight up didn't care about the entire situation. Her stubbornness (which is arguably her worst trait) was actually a blessing to me bc it means she never thinks she's wrong so she doesn't dwell on her bad decisions in her POVs. She just keeps it moving as a semi-bad person and I was fine w that. But she didn't own her shit for 50% of this book and that's where I fell off. I was fine w the choice she made at the end of book 4 but only if she stuck to it and she didn't, she was regretting it from page 1. I guess you could say it was good tho that she took some accountability for once in her life and her and Darius have a lot of character and relationship development in this book. You could say that, but I'm not gonna cause I was more entertained when they were hopeless trash

🐉 When are Darcy and Orion gonna get their divine moment? 🥺 No one would be able to refute them as a couple if the stars just gave them their moment! Is this their test? It sucks!!

🐉 - Not Xavier going through pegasus conversion therapy 🙃
- Not Orion's sister coming back from the dead just to fuck Darius's raggedy dad and call him Daddy 🙃
- Not the heirs going to the hood to fight a bunch of gangsters like we're watching Riverdale 🙃
What is happening anymore 💀

🐉 Safety spoiler: THAT THREESOME WAS A BIG FAT NO FROM ME. Mostly cause I personally don't enjoy sharing in books, but also cause I really think it was a poorly written threesome. How was Caleb fingering her while Darius was eating her out? Someone draw me a diagram, explain to me the mechanics. I mean the angles seem awkward, why doesn't Darius finger her AND eat her out while she sucks Caleb's dick or they make out or sumthn. I thought threesomes were about maximizing holes. Caleb was like a water boy in that scene, his presence was just not necessary.

🐉

I gasped as he leapt at Caleb, throwing him down into the dirt before slamming his fist straight into his face.
“You will never hunt her again!” he roared as he battered his fists down over and over. “You will never put your fucking mouth on her, never sink your fucking fangs into her ever again!”

BRO IT'S BOOK 5. THAT'S ALL I WANTED FROM YOU IN BOOK 1 BUT YOU MADE ME GET ON A MERRY-GO-ROUND INSTEAD AND NOW I CANT PROCESS EMOTIONS PROPERLY

🐉 I don't get why they haven't assassinated Darius's dad like three books ago. I know he's super powerful but I feel like they could've nuked that mf no problem

🐉 Do these authors ever roll over laughing when they come up w these hashtags? Some of these things are so wildly out of pocket lmao

🐉 I'm so glad Diego is dead

🐉 The Max and Geraldine background drama is the perfect contribution to this series. If there was a way to get me to care abt his irrelevant ass it was by pushing those two weirdos together 😙

"Ravish me, you devilish donut," she commanded and I swear my dick got harder as she uttered that ridiculous phrase.

Ya all of us DarcyOrion and/or ToryDarius shippers need sit down. Anyone who refers to their partners penis as a 'slippery eel' with a completely straight face has my attention

🐉 I'm pausing my binge of this series cause of that ending.... I'm tired even thinking about the next book. And I thought the stars nonsense would be solved by the end of this one. I know Tory's decision had to have consequences but it's been 700 pages and these thunderstorms are annoying af. Punish them, not me 😇 I've served my time. And also Orion is... you know👀 and that makes me sad and exhausted so ya I just need a min 🤚🏽

[ashlyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti i’ll send you an invoice for my therapy sessions.

[youssra · Rating 5 out of 5]

– 5 stars ★

HELLO WHAT HAPPEND DURING THIS BOOK??? THE TENSION, THE DRAMA, THE AGONY, THE PAIN?!?! Darius deserves a break now, that poor boy has been trough enough now😭

My therapist will be hearing from me after i finish this series. I don’t have one but this series is gonna have me signing up to get one, bc what the hell is this series doing to me 😫🤣

i loved this if you didn’t notice that already lmao, onto the next one aaa <3 this is already my second 5 star read of this year and the year just started, who is this diva💅🏼 i haven’t been having a lot of those so I’m happy 🥹

SPOILER QUOTE ‼️‼️

“The stars might have decided that you can never be mine,”
“But I am yours. No matter what. I don’t care where we end up or who we’re with, I’ll always be yours. And I’m going to fix the damage I did to us even if the stars don’t care. I’m going to prove to you that I could have been worthy of you if I’d just listened to my heart sooner.”

[ˋ✧*⁀➷ ʙᴇᴛᴛʏ (Levi Ackerman's wife) · Rating 2 out of 5]

GOOD FUCKING BYE 4 BOOKS LEFT AND I ALREADY KNOW THERE WON'T BE A SINGLE HAPPY MOMENT IN THEM 😃

IT NEEEDS TO BE SAID THAT THE BOOKS IN THIS SERIES COULD EASILY BE CUT SHORT. this book in particular could've been 400 pages less, if not for the unnecessary sex (threesomes glock glock), tory begging to be hunted, lance's scapegoat play (cry me a river bitch im mad), and more inner monologues of characters suffering. like i get it, but after a point this series becomes straight up depressing and it becomes a chore to go through the chapters after that.

[Rebecca (life's chaotic catching up) · Rating 5 out of 5]

UPDATE: Re-Read 11/2022
This is the most heart wrenching book of all for me. I'm basically an emotional wreck throughout this book. The agony is so visceral with everything Darcy and Tory go through and that freaking ending is so painful.



Seriously reading these books is like emotional cutting. But will I stop? No way in hell ! This one definitely hurt though. I thought the pacing was good but it did drag a little bit in certain POV's but that could just be my personal preference of characters but I still really enjoyed this book. There were so many deeply felt moments in these books and I am continually surprised at how this story manages to pull me in.

I do have one kind of thing to gripe about, why do these books always seem to be so Tory centric? I like her but does everything always have to be about her? Even the chapters with other people's POV's always seem to end up being about her or featuring her in some way and it annoys me. I hope the that the focus shifts soon so there is more balance and development for other characters.

Spoilers ahead:




Thoughts:
- Darcy is still my favorite! I love that girl, she is having such a great arc. The way she handled Seth and freaking Kylie was badass and I love the how she is vulnerable and strong at the same time. But there is nothing weak about her.
- Orion and Darcy BROKE me!!!! I can't believe how I cried over there separation and then when he hurt her it was agony. Also, Orion you beautiful freaking dumbass!
- Darcy fighting alongside the Heirs had me feeling so freaking happy.
-Max and Geraldine are cute.
-Diego, I feel bad that I don't care bc he was annoying.
-Mama Acrux!!! That poor freaking woman! My heart squeezed so much for her and the boys.
-Gabriel! I immediately love him! Big Bro!!!!
-Xavier, he is so baby!
-I HATE Lionel and freaking Clara, Gross!!!!!
-Tory and Darius....... sigh. So frustrating!!!
- The Darcy/ Darius and Roxy/Orion friendships makes my heart burst!
-Seth FINALLY achieving some awareness and apologizing to Darcy!!!! I want them to be besties so bad!

On to the next book!

[myo ⋆｡˚ ❀ * · Rating 2 out of 5]

finally finished all the copies i own, this series is best to binge because once you take a break you realize how terrible it is 😭

[caitlin · Rating 5 out of 5]

it- they- i-
*deep breath*
okay, let's open this with some fun facts.

on average, i would say i read maybe 50-100 pages per day.
the entirety of the za series (not including book 8.5 or 9) is 6873 pages long, and i have so far read 3176 of those pages. in about 9 days.

which puts my daily average at just over 352 pages per day.

and now, what nobody's been waiting for, tier list time!!
darius>>>>>>>>>>>>orion>>>>>caleb>max>>>seth

i actually love all the heirs, but i'm just not completely over seth being awful just yet.

i'm not going to lie, i feel weird about orion this book. i love him, i really do, but he's such a little martyr and it hurts to see blue and darius in pain because of it. to be fair though, the self sacrifice thing does usually annoy me.

except when tory does it.

i am obsessively in love with that woman.
she has annoyed me a little bit in the past, but i am so down bad i don't care in the slightest. especially this book 🥹 you girlies can fight over orion, she's mine 🥰

but i have a bone to pick with these authors.
they clearly have a favorite ship and that's really not fair. i know what bluelance is going through right now, and it's horrific, but i think we all know they're somehow going to be okay in the end. they've had a lot of good books with a lot of good times.
but torydarius has had it rough.
and this was really the first book that was FOR THEM.
AND I. WAS. EATING. IT. UP.

and then it ended. and i am not okay with that ending.

i mean, i was choking on tears. my face of makeup? gone. thank the good lord for waterproof mascara.
i also cried all down my headphones and i was kind of worried about them, but they're still working so that's good! i guess they're ready for the next book even if i'm not.

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𝟯.𝟵 ͙͘͡★

♊︎♎︎ ʙʟᴜᴇʟᴀɴᴄᴇ
“𝙄’𝙢 𝙤𝙠𝙖𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝘽𝙡𝙪𝙚. 𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙗𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙨𝙨, 𝙝𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙪𝙘𝙠 𝙋𝙝𝙤𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙭 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙫𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙣. 𝙎𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙨, 𝙄’𝙢 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚!”

♊︎♌︎ ᴛᴏʀʏᴅᴀʀɪᴜꜱ
“𝙒𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧, 𝙍𝙤𝙭𝙮,”

જ⁀➴
One of my goals for 2024 is to continue all my book series, so let’s go.🤞🏼
(Almost 900 pages????)