Gift of the Gods by Eva AshwoodMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Plot Driven Paranormal Reverse Harem
I’d probably give this book 3.5 ⭐️ if I could.
This is a very plot driven book. I felt the world building and the character development was a little overlooked.
Aria is 19. Her mother died when she was a baby and her father died when she was 10. She went into the foster system but became a fighter because that was what her Dad her been. His friend Vincent trained her and she now takes part in illegal fights. She usually wins, even against men much bigger and meaner than her.
Then she manifests magic and is whisked away to Magic Blessed Academy which is for people newly blessed with magic by the gods, rather than born with it, to learn how to manage their magic. On her first day she meets her ex (who she treated badly) and his two friends. All three are hot, and they treat HER badly.
So this is sort of a bully academy story, but the bully stuff doesn’t last too long and isn’t too bad. The narrative is all about getting magic and fighting overwhelming odds to survive. There is weirdness about the academy and the rest of it’s kind of a subplot. The romance is there, but it’s not overly important. We also don’t learn much at all about the three guys, or even Aria. It’s all a bit ‘Action Film’ plot based.
We are given very little information about the world in which they are based, except there are gods, they give out magic. Magic is everywhere and magic users can be nasty pieces of work.
The plot made it an easy read that didn’t really challenge me as a reader, but it was enjoyable enough. I didn’t enjoy it enough to continue reading the series though.
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