Like, fine, he was wary of her and perhaps didn’t actually hate her, just found her annoying and an inconvenience. From the onset it was my understanding that they were supposed to hate each other-that this was supposed to be an enemies to lovers type-deal-but they kept very obviously flirting like they didn’t.

That’s not to say I didn’t enjoy it-cause I actually did-but it also annoyed the heck out of me.Īnd sort of in that same vein, by far the most frustrating and maddening aspect of this book was Willow and Gray’s dynamic. This book was one of the most frustrating reading experiences of recent memory for me. If the ghosts of Hollow’s Groves’ victims don’t kill them first. Thirteen promising students destined to change the world. No one talks about the bloody massacre that forced it to close decades prior, only the opportunity it can afford to those fortunate enough to attend.īecause for the first time in fifty years, the Coven will open its wards to the Thirteen. The only animosity I face comes from the beautiful and infuriating Headmaster, Alaric Grayson Thorne, a man who despises me just as much as I loathe him and everything he stands for.īut that doesn’t mean secrets don’t threaten to tear the school in two. No condemnation for the blood that flows through my veins. My duty forces me to the secret town of Crystal Hollow and the prestigious Hollow’s Grove University-where the best and brightest of my kind learn to practice their magic free from human judgment. Raised to be my father’s weapon against the Coven that took away his sister and his birthright, I would do anything to protect my younger brother from suffering the same fate.

The coven by harper l woods