Devils
I'm currently at a point in life where I don't want to use my braincells all that much and just want to be taken on a fun and unhinged ride. ZA has certainly delivered on that department!
!!!WARNING!!!! CONTAINS SPOILERS
So, the book reads like a classic Wattpad fiction story which, if is a pet peeve of yours, this might not be for you (personally, I find it to just add to the unhinged vibe). I struggled to get throug the first few chapters until the twins actually made it to Solaria and started exploring the new world. In a way the whole setting seems to be a bastard child between Winx Club x Harry Potter. The magic system and the world of Solaria is something which my 15 year old Witch craft phase ass would have been obsessed with, so points for that aesthetic. Another thing which made this whole thing more enjoyable is the Graphic audio audio book which I would highly recommend (it's just more fun imo).
When it comes to the plot, the whole book seems to span a course of 1/1.5 weeks and oh boy are they eventful. So i didn't feel bored throughout the story but there were definitely lots of WTF moments, main one being this wierd tension between Darcy and Orion. Now, I don't know who are the end game couples (the Twins seem to be having a trial run with all the Heirs anyway) but I'm so not comfortable with this "Forbidden love", "Teacher/Student" relationship thing. It just feels so wrong and kinda gross to me. But no judgment towards people who like this trope!
The characters.... did i mention that I dislike Orion already?? He is my least fave character in the series rn, obviously big part being his "romantic" tension with Darcy as a professor, but also his absolute batshit crazy behavior with his students. Actively insulting them, harming them and threatening them is just wild to me. I get that things work differently in this "mirror world", but I just think Orion ain't the person to be a professor with his temper...
The heirs are just a bunch of unhinged frat boys, which I ain't complaining about. It's like "just here for a good time not a long time". But something odd which I felt was that Max wasn't really all that much in the story... like I sometimes would forget that he is even there because there aren't many interactions with him.
Another thing which annoyed me is that how fast the twins seems to have forgotten that the heirs hate them and actively trying to get them out of ZA to not loose their throne. Like girl, he was just holding you by the neck and dangling you over the ravine and the next day you are just fine with it?? This especially ticked me off in the second later half of the book when the heirs were being "nicer" to them to ask for the dance (and before that the whole club scene) and they were just FINE with it. Seemingly forgetting that these bitchasses want them GONE (i was especially left speechless at the Tory x Caleb classroom spice scene...). So when the girls finally got their well deserved punishment at the end of the book, I was laughing and giggling sO much. They absolutely deserved that and hope they got some braincells back.
So, is this the best thing I've ever read? Absolutely not. But is it entertaining in a "guilty pleasure" sort of way? Yes. So far ZA is "here for a good time not a long time" sort of vibe for me. It's a fun no braincells required story and has gotten me out of a reading slump.
I'm currently at a point in life where I don't want to use my braincells all that much and just want to be taken on a fun and unhinged ride. ZA has certainly delivered on that department!
!!!WARNING!!!! CONTAINS SPOILERS
So, the book reads like a classic Wattpad fiction story which, if is a pet peeve of yours, this might not be for you (personally, I find it to just add to the unhinged vibe). I struggled to get throug the first few chapters until the twins actually made it to Solaria and started exploring the new world. In a way the whole setting seems to be a bastard child between Winx Club x Harry Potter. The magic system and the world of Solaria is something which my 15 year old Witch craft phase ass would have been obsessed with, so points for that aesthetic. Another thing which made this whole thing more enjoyable is the Graphic audio audio book which I would highly recommend (it's just more fun imo).
When it comes to the plot, the whole book seems to span a course of 1/1.5 weeks and oh boy are they eventful. So i didn't feel bored throughout the story but there were definitely lots of WTF moments, main one being this wierd tension between Darcy and Orion. Now, I don't know who are the end game couples (the Twins seem to be having a trial run with all the Heirs anyway) but I'm so not comfortable with this "Forbidden love", "Teacher/Student" relationship thing. It just feels so wrong and kinda gross to me. But no judgment towards people who like this trope!
The characters.... did i mention that I dislike Orion already?? He is my least fave character in the series rn, obviously big part being his "romantic" tension with Darcy as a professor, but also his absolute batshit crazy behavior with his students. Actively insulting them, harming them and threatening them is just wild to me. I get that things work differently in this "mirror world", but I just think Orion ain't the person to be a professor with his temper...
The heirs are just a bunch of unhinged frat boys, which I ain't complaining about. It's like "just here for a good time not a long time". But something odd which I felt was that Max wasn't really all that much in the story... like I sometimes would forget that he is even there because there aren't many interactions with him.
Another thing which annoyed me is that how fast the twins seems to have forgotten that the heirs hate them and actively trying to get them out of ZA to not loose their throne. Like girl, he was just holding you by the neck and dangling you over the ravine and the next day you are just fine with it?? This especially ticked me off in the second later half of the book when the heirs were being "nicer" to them to ask for the dance (and before that the whole club scene) and they were just FINE with it. Seemingly forgetting that these bitchasses want them GONE (i was especially left speechless at the Tory x Caleb classroom spice scene...). So when the girls finally got their well deserved punishment at the end of the book, I was laughing and giggling sO much. They absolutely deserved that and hope they got some braincells back.
So, is this the best thing I've ever read? Absolutely not. But is it entertaining in a "guilty pleasure" sort of way? Yes. So far ZA is "here for a good time not a long time" sort of vibe for me. It's a fun no braincells required story and has gotten me out of a reading slump.