Review: Heir to the House (Wraithwood Academy #2) by Teresa Hann

                                                             

Print Length: 177 pages

Publisher: Teresa Hann (November 22, 2019)

From Goodreads.com: I fought to win my freedom.

Now I fight to keep it.
I have a hell of a semester ahead.

Through blood and cunning, my mother and I escaped the sadistic clutches of House Redbriar. Now, I just want to finish my first year at Wraithwood Academy in peace, studying demonology and magecraft alongside my boyfriends while unraveling the mysteries of the school.

If only I could be so lucky. War has erupted between the two most powerful mage families. On one side are my old enemies from House Redbriar, and you'd better believe they're out for my blood. On the other is troubled, ruthless, devastating Arcturus Nightfeld, whose dark past threatens the fragile connection growing between us.

Caught between two sides, I'll do whatever it takes to protect the ones I love. But the more desperate my enemies get, the more dangerous they grow. And I'm discovering that some evils just won't stay buried…

  

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My Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5

I really enjoyed this book. To start, I liked the way the author expanded upon the world in which they had built, showing us more about the political side of things (and the repercussions of certain events that had happened in the first book). I also liked how we got to see more of Acubens, little details like his interactions with his sister that added depth to his character and explains a bit of why he is the way that he is. 

And that ending - holy cow, I did NOT see that one coming! Not only did it really open things up where the future of this story is involved, but I also see a lot of potential for a huge character development arc not only for Cass, but also potentially for Aegis, and perhaps even Arcturus as well (although I am definitely looking forward to his brother's reaction when he finds out what happened). 

On the flip side of things, I will say that I felt like the first half of the story (if not more) seemed to drag on even with the things I mentioned above taking place. I think this might have been due in part because of the fact that I'm still not sold on the relati0nship that Cass has with both Acubens and Darshan (I see them more as friends/allies than romantic partners), so that part of the story took me out of the environment a bit as those scenes felt more forced than anything else. 

If I take that part out of it, then I could say I had a hard time with this one also because despite everything that was "happening", nothing was happening at the same time. Yes, we know Cly is back on campus with Aegsis, and yes we know they are up to something, but the details are few and far between up until the end when they become too many that we don't get to see (seriously documents were photographed and destroyed, so we really only get bits and pieces of the full picture). I would have liked to have learned a bit more about what secrets Cly and Aegis had uncovered outside of the obvious as I just know there had to be more to it. 

I already have the remaining three books on my kindle, and I can't wait to see where this story goes next.