Immerse In Charcoal Tears (Seraph Black, #1) Formulated By Jane Washington Accessible As Hardcover
start of by saying that I don't intend to offend the author or anyone who has read the book and liked it.
This is my opinion,
As this is my opinion, I'm going to speak the truth about what I think.
Summed up in one image:
Charcoal Tears felt like reading a damn copy of sitelinkThe Academy Series by C.
L. Stone.
That's the ugly truth,
It's not the same word by word, but there are TOO MANY "similarities" existing between one and the other and you cannot expect me not to point them out when I've read The Academy books before.
I'm not going to be a hypocrite denying that that was not one of the main reasons why I wanted to read Charcoal Tears.
I'm a fan of The Academy and of course I'd like to read books alike, But I wasn't expecting this,
As I don't see the book listed as a retelling, or based on, or a fanfiction of and as I spent, if not not all, but most of the reading time comparing them both, I dare to say that it was like reading a copy.
I'll list my reasons:
The Academy Sang Sorenson is ayear old girl living with her father, mother and sister.
Sang is physically and verbally abused by her mother, forced to be isolated and this behaviour is neglected by the other two members of her family.
Charcoal Tears Seraph is ayear old girl living with her father and brother.
She's physically, verbally and, as she mentioned it, sexually abused by her father, Forced to work to be able to support her family, Luckyly, her brother is not indifferent to her situation, This reminds me more of Kayli Winchester from the Scarab Beetle Series, which are also Academy books.
The Academy Sang meetsguys who belong to a secret organization named The Academy.
They are grouped as a family/team:
Mr, Blackbourne connection with The Academy
Dr, Green connection with The Academy
Kota team leader
North
Victor
Nathan
Silas
Luke
Gabriel
Charcoal Tears Seraph meets onlyguys, whom are Zhevghéri.
From what I understood, they're people with some kind of powers,
Mr. Quillan the boss
Silas smooth Mr, Quillan's twin
Noah
Cabe
To me, theseguys are a strange combination of theAcademy guys.
If you haven't read The Academy, you won't understand what I mean, But if you have, tell me if I'm wrong:
Mr, Quillan a bit of Mr, Blackbourne, Kota and Dr. Green together.
Silas Mr. Blackbourne North
Noah a mix of Silas and Nathan
Cabe Victor Gabriel Luke
The same just in a smaller package.
The Academy Sang can identify each one of them by their smell or cologne.
Charcoal Tears Surprinsigly, Seraph also does this, Only with Cabe who smells like toffee and Quillan,
The Academy Sang and the guys have a nickname for each other, except for Mr.
Blackbourne and Dr. Green kind of:
Mr, Blackbourne/Miss Sorenson
Dr, Green or Sean/Pookie
Kota not official yet/, but he calls her sweetie and sweetheart a lot
NorthNorth star/Sang baby
VictorMr.
Victor not official yet/Princess
NathanHoney/Peanut
Silas not official yet Superman/ Aggele or aggele mou greek for "angel" or "my angel"
Luke not official yetAlways/Forever, meanwhile she's cupcake, sugar, sweetie, etc.
GabrielMeanie/Trouble
Charcoal Tears Guess what Seraph also has nicknames for her guys.
Although I don't remember if for all of them:
Mr, QuillanMr. Bossman/not a name but he also calls her sweetheart, a lot,
CabeLucifer/
Noah/little ghost
Now, the least subtle "coincidence" between these books, Silas nickname for
Seraph: Angel.
I don't care if Seraph means angel, notcooldude
The Academy Sang has a thing with each one of the guys.
A gesture or action just for the two of them, Like rubbing noses with Kota, love bites with North or finger bitting with Nathan, They also give her small tokens, like a bracelet from Victor or the wrist band from Silas.
Charcoal Tears My interpretation of in this book, is what they call the girlfriend insurance.
Seraph takes Quillans watch, Silas gets a tatoo that will be finished when he gets a girlfriend because that's smart, Noah asks Seraph to get a piercieng and she's like yeah, sure.
I'll do it WTF, and I honestly don't remember what was Cabe's request but I bet something equally stupid.
The Academy On the third book of the series, Victor, Gabriel and Nathan take Sang on a shopping trip to the mall.
Charcoal Tears Cabe takes Seraph on a shopping trip to the mall, She feels like his ho her words, not mine,
The Academy Sang has a stalker: Volto, He has followed her, taken pictures of her, Not sure if he's the one who plants fake bomb threats on her school,
Charcoal Tears Seraph also has a stalker: The Messenger, He obviously follows her and has taken pictures of her, He planted a bomb on her school,
The Academy Sang gets notes from random guys on her classes but she never reads them because The Academy guys always intercept them.
Charcoal Tears Seraph gets notes from random guys on her classes, she reads one but now the Zhevghéri guys intercept them.
Some other things that might seem dumb but I have to complain about:
Sang has chameleon hair Seraph has chameleon shoes.
Victor has fire eyes Cabe has toffee eyes
Mr, Blackbourne is Sangs violin teacher Mr, Quillan is Seraphs art teacher
Sang has a guy Gabriel who likes to dress her Seraph has Clarin, a gay guy who obviously has to dress her.
Academy guys keep secrets from Sang Zhevghéri guys keep secrets from Seraph
Academy guys go on secret jobs Zhevghéri guys , yep, they go on secret jobs too
Academy guys ground Sang Zhevghéri guys ground Seraph
Academy guys agree to keep things only in a platonic way with Sang Zhevghéri guys “draw the line” about anything romantic with Seraph
Im sorry if I simply couldnt overlook all of that.
I'm an Academy nerd.
deep breath
Those are not the only reasons why I simply couldn't love the book.
The fantasy element is too weak, They are Zhevghéri , but what in the world is that Why do they have powers Why Seraph has two abilities and two marks Why do they have to be paired
It was a typical YA book: romance, flirting, high school, drama and almost no fantasy.
Seraph is strange. She has no friends, she suddenly meets these two guys and starts hanging out with them, she gets comfortable too soon walking in and out of their apartment as if she owned it, wearing their clothes, gets a sassy attitude and craves for their touch.
. . who changes that fast
Then they say one day "Hey, yo, Seph! We're moving to some magical city where our people lives"
Seph: okay!
"But your brother will stay here"
Seph: that's fine!
"One day you and all of us will be paired"
Seph: sure!
The guys are real charmers:
"You're a miracle, Seraph.
You're incredible. You just don't know it yet, Now get the hell out of my classroom"
"Don't think like that about yourself, Seph.
Even if you hadn't been one of us, we still have stalked you to the grave"
Im done.
I needed to say it,
P. S. I'm so sorry I couldn't love this one, Siv :/
“You trick people with your face, and then torture them.
You cast all of that happiness out like a string of bait, and like the fools that we arewe pick up the other end and allow you to lead us to slaughter.
”
Woah, I somehow had no idea this was a fantasy/paranormal book, so imagine my surprise when the main character started sporting electricity powers
This book was really entertaining, and I dont think anyone can say otherwise.
There were still some issues I had with it, but overall I can say I dont think I ever felt bored.
See, I want to talk about the character like I usually do, but all I feel like I can say as of now is that we dont know a ton.
Because there are so many main characters, we didnt really get close to any of them, so Im hoping we learn a lot more in the next book.
But I do have to say that all of the character interactions are very fun to read.
“His phone rang again, and he turned it on speaker, “Adair residence”
“Shut up, Cabe, ” Silass voice filled the car, “Your Lexus isnt a residence, and I know youre driving, because Im watching your GPS dot move down the road.
”
As for the plot, I am super confused right now, but I dont mind because I think its supposed to be that way because the main character is also in the dark, and Im sure were supposed to understand everything as soon as she does.
Im definitely excited for things to get cleared up!
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