The Ravens by Kass Morgan
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
**2.5-stars**
I’m so sorry, y’all. I really wanted to love this.
The Ravens has so many great elements that I thought would really work for me, but unfortunately, it just didn’t.
The story alternates between two perspectives, Scarlett Winters and Vivi Deveraux.
Scarlett is a legacy Raven at Westerly College, aiming for the slot of sorority president, like her mother and sister before her.
Vivi is a freshman, who is shocked when she receives a bid to join the exclusive sorority. From what she gathered at the rush party, she’s not really Kappa Rho Nu material.
But the sisters saw something in her and that something is power. Magic power.
The Ravens are witches, each and every one of them.
Vivi didn’t realize she was a witch. Her mother had always dappled in occult practices, but Vivi assumed it was all an act. Apparently not.
After rush, Vivi’s pledge class are assigned their Bigs and then set about learning not just the history of the sorority, but everything else they need to know about being a proper Raven.
I was so excited when I started this novel. I was in a sorority and was looking forward to getting nostalgic about rush and all the amazing time and friendships that followed.
While initially, I did get a few of those feels, I wasn’t sure if I was suppose to be taking this seriously or not.
I am not sure how best to explain what I mean by that. It was like I couldn’t interpret the tone. From there it was just sort of all over the place for me.
I had moments when I was really into it and a lot of moments where I couldn’t care less.
Around the middle I could tell, it just wasn’t for me. I felt nothing for the characters and I didn’t feel like any part of the plot was particularly compelling.
There were two male characters who were basically interchangeable for me. I could really only tell which one it was when another character said their name.
That’s never good.
Bottom line, this just wasn’t the right story for me. I never connected with it and was happy when it was over.
As I always say however, just because it wasn’t the right book for me, doesn’t mean it won’t be the right book for you. If you think the synopsis sounds intriguing, pick it up and give it a go!
Thank you so much to the audiobook publisher, RB Media, for providing me with a copy to read and review.
I always appreciate the opportunity to give my thoughts!
