The Ravens

By Kass Morgan and Danielle Page

From NetGalley

From New York Times best-selling authors Kass Morgan and Danielle Paige comes a thrilling, dark contemporary fantasy about a prestigious sorority of witches and two girls caught up in its world of sinister magic and betrayals.

At first glance, the sisters of ultra-exclusive Kappa Rho Nu—the Ravens—seem like typical sorority girls. Ambitious, beautiful, and smart, they’re the most powerful girls on Westerly College’s Savannah, Georgia, campus.

But the Ravens aren’t just regular sorority girls. They’re witches.

Scarlett Winter has always known she’s a witch—and she’s determined to be the sorority’s president, just like her mother and sister before her. But if a painful secret from her past ever comes to light, she could lose absolutely everything . . .

Vivi Devereaux has no idea she’s a witch and she’s never lived in one place long enough to make a friend. So when she gets a coveted bid to pledge the Ravens, she vows to do whatever it takes to be part of the magical sisterhood. The only thing standing in her way is Scarlett, who doesn’t think Vivi is Ravens material.

But when a dark power rises on campus, the girls will have to put their rivalry aside to save their fellow sisters. Someone has discovered the Ravens’ secret. And that someone will do anything to see these witches burn . . .

My Review Thank you Netgalley and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children’s Book Group for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

I was so excited to get a copy of this book! As a former sorority girl myself, I was first intrigued by the book description but check out that cover! So pretty!

Right from the start, I knew I was going to enjoy reading The Ravens. The writing was so good which made it very easy to get swept away in the story. I love the idea of sorority girls actually being a powerful witch coven!

I also liked how this story is told in two POV, Vivi and Scarlett, respectfully. Starting off, Vivi is a pretty easy heroine to root for. She’s very new and innocent and down for being a part of something in order to form relationships with others. She has a wildness about her that makes it fun to see where exactly the wind is going to blow her. Scarlett, on the other hand, is very grounded, centered, and focused. She knows what she wants, has a map of her goals laid out in her mind, and knows exactly how long it will take to achieve them. In the beginning Vivi comes off as a little immature, and Scarlett comes off as a mean girl. However, both Vivi and Scarlett learn and grow so much in this book and I really enjoyed their character developments.

I felt the pace set for this book was very good. I never got bored while reading, although there were a couple of times I had wished a scene had a little more “meat” to it. Overall, I thought this was a great book. It was an easy read that kept me entertained all the way to the last page.