[Book Review] Zodiac Academy: Cursed Fates (Book 5)

 

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.

This book put me through the emotional ringer on all accounts. There were times when I felt elated, and then there were other times where I felt rage, hopelessness, and fear. This book has it all.

I don't think I have ever read a book series quite like this one. It is definitely a love/hate relationship. I love all of these books with the love of a thousand fiery suns, but I also hate how much these authors can make me feel. I didn't realize I could be angry in real life, just because something made me angry in the book. These books come alive and they do not hold back. It's an emotional rollercoaster, but it's one that I don't want to get off of.

The character development arcs of the guys is phenomenal in Cursed Fates. Their arc has been slowly and steadily headed towards redemption, but they are almost at the finish line here. My favorite character is still Darius, but I digress. The guys are slowly and surely becoming some of my favorite characters, despite the fact that I loathed them in the first book. That's how you know a character development arc is fantastic. 

I am actually hesitant to start the next book, because the ending of this one is heartbreaking. I know these lovely authors will pull through in the end, but since this is an incomplete series I am super nervous. So, it may be a little bit before the next review for this series. Book 5.5 is amazing though and a great break from the heartbreak!

Caroline Peckham is the bestselling author of The Vampire Games Series, The Age of Vampires Saga, The Rise of Isaac Series and the Forbidden Fairytales Series.

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Caroline lives in the south east England in a tiny cottage. When she's not writing, she's binging Netflix shows, going to the gym or at the pub pretending to be cool.

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I am Susanne Valenti and I write all kinds of Romance with my sister and co-author Caroline Peckham and you’ve just looked at a bunch of pictures of our faces 

I live in England with the Queen and the red buses and all that jazz. We’re down in the south east, kinda near London but far enough out to be able to look at fields all wistfully and shit if the mood takes me.

I’m married to a dude I met when I was 17 who seemed like a keeper so I held on tight. We have two gorgeous kiddies, a girl and a boy who are in that mental toddler stage so that keeps me busy a lot with jumping in muddy puddles and cutting and sticking and roll playing as a monster (why do I always have to be the t-rex?? But also, why do I always volunteer for the roll? )

I like to run (alright, like is a bit strong, but I do get my ass out of the house and run while pushing a running buggy with a little boy on board who likes to shout at me to go faster because Daddy is getting away – rude, right?)

My parents are the best, they are super supportive with all of this writing madness me and Caroline have embarked upon and also dive in five hundred percent when my kids demand fairy hunts in the garden, an imaginary tea party or even a millionth rendition of Old McDonald Had A Farm and it’s thanks to them that I get the time to get any writing done at all 

I’ve got two cats who are always up to something and a few fish in a tank who seem to be living their best lives…and I think I’m out of interesting facts there….