A fun, fast-paced follow up to The Ravens, The Monarchs follows our sorority sisters/coven of witches as they strengthen the bonds they formed at the start of the school year, and work together to face new challenges. As with the first book. Morgan and Paige throw a lot of trouble at their heroines, from family disapproval to unhappy boyfriends to a rival sorority vying for the rights to host the year's biggest party to . . . well, to MUCH bigger problems that involve parallel planes of existence, paranormal villains in human disguise, and a shift in the girls' magical powers that will truly test their ability to work together. There's a self-aware slightly campy feel to the books, giving readers a heavy dose of known tropes that call back to genre favourites like The Craft, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and Charmed. In this way, I feel like the books are very clear in the experience they offer a reader, and they fully follow through on that experience. Though the romantic subplots carry through from the first book, the girls remain front and centre as the action escalates to its high stakes climax. For those wondering, the authors weave in plenty of reminders about the action in The Ravens, allowing readers to dive into book two without a reread of book one. Perfect for fans of supernatural sisterhood.

I enjoyed this quite a bit. There were some fun twists and turns, and the ultimate focus on sisterhood was a relief in a world full of books where girls are bitchy to each other for no reason.

I have recommended this to a couple of the new teens in my life. They’re at an age where reading about college girls is exciting, and I hope they’ll find this duology entertaining.

Witches, secrets, demons, and sorority sisters. Picking up where the last book left off the Kappa Rho Nu witches are still picking up the pieces and reeling from the damages and disaster of what had happened to their coven, with one sister trying to kill the others to gain more power. Vivi is struggling with her family secrets, with a possible secret brother that her mother never mentioned. Scarlett is trying to maintain her sorority and get back to being the best sorority house, but with the consequences of wiping her crush’s memory and another sorority coming for her house’s position, there is a lot on her plate, not to men when Jackson starts icing her out and a new mysterious cute boy appears who has some secrets that could definitely impact her. But a bigger problem for the Kappa girls are at hand... their magic is going haywire and even disappearing... and there might be a demon on the loose threatening to open up hellsgate and destroy them all. Magic, action, sisterhood, and romance drama all come together in this conclusion to the Ravens. The sisters will have to stick together through this test if they want to make it out alive and with their magic. This book was definitely an improvement on the first book, I found myself much more interested in the mystery. I still liked Scarlett the best out of all the characters and was sad to see Jackson so sidelined so that Xavier (the other mysterious boy that has a thing for Scarlett appears) but i could definitely see the potential for the Scarlett and Xavier dynamic. As for Vivi, her issues in her relationship were easily solvable, but her insecurities and decisions weren’t the best but i can’t really blame her with the whole explanation later on explaining why she acted a certain way. Overall, I came for Scarlett and wasn’t disappointed in her overall journey. The story did get more interesting and wrap up nicely.

*Thanks Netgalley and Clarion Books (formerly HMH Children's Books), Clarion Books for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

This is a book two, so there could be spoilers from book one below.

The Monarchs has points of view from both Scarlett and Vivi again. They are still dealing with the deaths from The Ravens and Scarlett is the new Kappa president. She wants to be the best one they've had. Scarlett appoints Vivi to be the social chair and her first party is a huge success. At first. Then all the magic starts to fail at once. Vivi has been seeing things and it's possible there is unknown magic. Things start to fall apart at the house. The girls aren't getting along well, their love lives are not going well, and there is another sorority competing to host the spring fling. When everyone at Kappa loses their magic, things get even worse. Scarlett and Vivi are pretty sure something bad went wrong when they destroyed the talisman and they don't know how to survive what's to come. Something is trying to destroy the Ravens.

I loved the friendship/sisterhood in both of these books. While I really enjoyed The Monarchs, I enjoyed The Ravens a bit more. This was still good and I thought it all wrapped up well.

I gave this book 4 stars. Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for my earc.

Warnings for blood magic (cutting), manipulation, drinking, fire, and death.

Thank you to netgalley for providing an e-galley for review. The Monarchs by Kass Morgan and Danielle Paige was a second book in The Ravens series and this did not suffer from the second book syndrome. The stakes are higher, the enemies are stronger and the rivalries are more vicious. A fun, witchy atmospheric book perfect to be read around Halloween.

It is hard to write a review for a sequel because I don't want to spoil the first book. I will say that this picks up a few weeks after the events of the first book. This does not suffer from "second book syndrome" and if you enjoyed the first book, I don't think you will be disappointed in this one!

Who doesn’t love a good sequel?? The Monarchs picks up a few weeks after where the Ravens left off. I think if you liked the first book you’ll be pleased with the 2nd. I kept second guessing the side characters and their motives. Because of that I couldn’t decide who the villain was. I recommend this duology. A quick read.

This was a fun addition to The Ravens dark academia genre. Loved seeing the characters again and even more creepiness!

Second book are always hard, but this one picks up so well and as in book it is filled with tension.
Monarchs is a fast and drama filled ending to this duology.

I read the first 10%, and if it continues on the same, it will be a solid four stars for many of our readers who enjoy young adult books along the vein of magic. We would definitely include in our libraries.

Interesting twist to mix sorority life with witchcraft. That certainly wasn’t my sorority experience. :-)

The Monarchs picks up just a few weeks after The Ravens ended, where a lot of drama went down and in this novel Scarlett and Vivi are having to deal with what happened in the woods at the end of the first novel, and the fact that someone seems to be intentionally trying to destroy Kappa Rho Nu.

These was an enjoyable read. It definitely gave you that happily ever after vibe in the end which might not be everyone's favorite. I would recommend reading the 1st one fairly close to starting this one because you have to do some major recall from book one to really get what's going on. But overall, anyone who liked The Ravens will definitely like The Monarchs as well.

Nice sequel to conclude the Ravens duology. Grabbed me at the start but did slow down a bit. Thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to read this book

3.5 ⭐️

The Monarchs picks up a few weeks after the events of The Ravens. Scarlett is trying to be the best President the Kappas has ever seen and is a little blinded as a result, focussing more on this and the approval of her mother and sister than what her fellow sorority sisters actually need. Vivi is taking on too much in order to impress and as a result starts to meddle with unknown and dangerous magic. Meanwhile other forces are at play with the Thetas trying to usurp the Kappas as the new dominating sorority on campus, strange things happening to the Ravens magic and a demon who could be anyone on the loose.

I very much enjoyed this second instalment but I’m not certain why it was called The Monarchs since they were barely mentioned and were not an actual focus of the book or the storyline. I liked the relationship between Jackson and Scarlett, as well as the addition of the mysterious new student Xavier. There was very little character development when it came to Vivi and Mason however, with him coming across as a bit ‘meh’ and literally too perfect to be real. It also doesn’t seem believable that Scarlett would be 100% accepting of Vivi dating her ex-boyfriend, who she legitimately didn’t like for the initial part of the first book; you’d expect there would be at least a little drama.

The book did also rollercoaster into the ending and it seemed a little rushed, with everything being tied quickly into a neat little happy every after bow. There could easily have been enough material and character development for a third book in the series. All being said, this was still a fun and entertaining read and I got through it quickly because I was desperate to know what happened - if Charmed had been based in a sorority house, this is probably what you’d have got!

Thank you so much to NetGalley and to Clarion Books for the opportunity to read an ARC in return for an honest review.

The follow-up to #TheRavens, #TheMonarchs seamlessly picks up where The Ravens left off. Once, Scarlett officially become the sorority President and selects Vivi to be Social Chair, strange things begin to happen culminating with the Ravens losing their magical powers. To add to their dismay, the Monarchs, Raven alumnae are about to be on campus to celebrate the 150th year of their sorority/coven. The story moves very quickly from one crisis to another. As in the first book, the story is told by Scarlett and Vivi in alternating chapters. Readers of both novels will likely hope that the authors would continue to tell the story of Scarlett and Vivi. Thanks to #NetGalley for the opportunity to read #The Monarchs.

This story was about witches and a sorority that transcended time basically. I thought this book was really clever in the way it was executed. I adored the main character and was rooting for her the whole time. I thought her sister needed an attitude check. Anyway the book was really good and I think others should read it.

An ARC of this book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

My rating: 4.5/5 Stars

This is YA Witch Fiction at it's best!

I was a big fan of The Ravens, and was honestly hedging my expectations for what the second book would produce. I was not expecting the sequel to be better than the original, but that is what The Monarchs has served.

The second book starts off about where the first one ends, so if you weren't a fan of the witch/sorority/campus drama factors, this isn't the book for you.

Right off the bat the stakes are much higher for our heroines Scarlett and Vivi, and their campus coven. This book kept the elements I loved from The Ravens (female friendships, orders of magic, secrets secrets secrets), and added a few new things I really appreciated. Family bonds, high expectations, trauma, and trust were some aspects that Morgan and Paige expanded upon in this installment.

And, of course, there was more of the romance sub-plot, which the first one deeply lacked. I still couldn't care much for Mason, but JACKSON THO!!!

This book did not get full marks because I wanted more of the romance, (there was more than the first but still not enough) and the title. The Monarchs themselves appeared very little in this book, so the title was a bit misleading.

A fun and entertaining sequel! I loved the writing and story so much! There were also some good twists and love having more than one POV!

The Monarch is a continuation of The Ravens. The concept of the novel was very good and was interesting enough to keep me reading the story. However I found it hard to continue as the story went on as the main characters of Vivi and Summer. were underdeveloped. Although Vivi and Summer do show growth throughout the series they still end up seeming shallow and stereotypical sorority girls. The magic and the plot are what give this story the 3 stars I am giving.

When I read The Ravens last year I really enjoyed it, especially the college atmosphere. What I didn’t enjoyed was the love triangle. I absolutely hate them with a passion. I am extremely glad The Monarchs was above the drama and more about friendship and sisterhood. I still enjoyed Scarlett more than Vivi. I loved the plot and the twist and turns. I know my students will enjoy The Monarchs. Thank you Netgalley for giving me the opportunity to receive a copy. I can’t wait to have a physical copy for my collection.

Very excited about this sequel to The Ravens - but I don't want to give too much away. If you enjoyed The Raves, you are not going to want to miss this next installment. The Monarchs picks up right where the first book left off and takes the plot down a whole new road. Don't miss it!