User Reviews
Rating: really liked it
oh look, it's kate stewart cementing herself as a new favorite authori adored this. and i had a gut feeling i would, which is why i put off reading it for so long. i knew that my emotions probably couldn't be contained in a vlog (and i didn't really want to film them), and as i am a youtuber... it's kind of hard to pick up books nowadays that i'm not going to talk about on camera.
so i waited for the perfect opportunity. completely unencumbered by video making, i got to savor the fuck out of this book. and it was
delicious.like many many other reviewers, i think it's necessary to let you know that it's best to go into this book blind.
but i'll try to give you some hints:- you won't know who the love interest is in the beginning, and that's a good thing
- you won't know where the duet is heading until 95% into the book, also a good thing
- there are some conspiracy/shady dealings/secret society moments
- this book has
MAJOR Credence by Penelope Douglas vibes both in tone and um. sexuality.
and since i don't mind/like all of those things, this book worked for me. the only real complaint i had, and i think other readers will have is that the plot literally does not happen until the 95% mark of this book. you know how edward is all shady and "i can't tell u my terrible immortal secret" in twilight? yeah this is like that but if bella didn't figure out he was a vampire until the end of the first book.
not a deal breaker for me, but it got a little tedious at times when our heroine was like "what the fuck is going on" and our hero is like "don't worry about it sweetheart."
very very curious to see where the second book goes. i have read some loose spoilers so i don't think i will be disappointed in the outcome but who knows.
pick this up if you like small town vibes and hot dudes. i was not let down.
Rating: really liked it
#1
Flock ↠ 2.75 stars
#2 Exodus ↠ 1 star
Update: Just wanted to clear some things in the spoiler part, cause I feel like there might be a misunderstanding.
If you've read the blurb and you have questions. I might have some answers for you. The blurb and the reviews are super vague when it comes to the pairing. Is it menage? Is this reverse harem? A threesome?
For those who want to go in blind, please only read the first part which is going to be spoiler free. But for those who hate surprises and all the secrecy surrounding this book, read part 2 on your own risk.
I. SPOILER FREE REVIEW Can we take a second to admire the gorgeous cover. Look at that raven. The majesty. The Grace. Those wings tho .. ngl I'm jealous.
Flock is told from the almost 19-year old Cecelia Horner perspective. She decides to work at her estranged father's company for a year to save money to help her mother.
During orientation day, Cecelia meets Sean, her supervisor at the plant. Sean and Cecelia instantly click upon meeting and start to hang out more. Cecelia, before coming to Triple Fall, was always 'the good girl'. She had good grades, took care of her mother and was never in any way a rebel.
Upon meeting Sean and his group of friend, Cecelia goes on journey of self-discovery and winds up in a twisted secrecy.
Flock has a good reading flow, it's pretty easy to get through and I didn't find myself bored. The steam level in here is pretty high. My problem is that I didn't really connect with either of the main characters. I neither love nor hate them, my feeling towards them is indifference. Towards the end of the book, I started to get a bit annoyed at all the vague stuff Sean was saying. Stop talking in riddles.. it was very confusing to say the least.
I'm still not really sure what I just read, cause the books leaves you with so many question. Everything about the characters and what they say is annoyingly cryptic. That cliffhanger at the end tho hmm. Luckily Exodus released a week after Flock, therefore we don't have to wait long for answers.
What you can expect:
Ravenhood meets Robin Hood***
II. SPOILERS If you continue reading this,
PLEASE DON'T SPOIL IT FOR OTHER READERS AND PUT SPOILER TAGS. I think that should be obvious, but just wanted to say it again.
I'm giving these spoilers, not because I want to ruin the book or anything, but because I've seen several people asking for it. I don't really see any harm saying what it is, cause it's not even that special or outrageous. It's shitty to make such a secret out of it, expecting people to spend their money on something they may not like to read otherwise.
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[It's MFM. Cecelia is in a polygamous relationship with Sean and Dominic. Dominic is Sean's flatmate and Cecelia met him when Sean brought her to one of their houseparties.
While Sean and Cecelia's relationship start out pretty early in the book, Dominic & Cecelia need some time to get warm with each other. During the time period when Cecelia/Sean are a thing, it is stated that Dominic has not sleep with other women since meeting Cecelia at the party. So the book is safe in that aspect.
Update: I said it's MFM, because after my definition of it, it means that the girl has sexual intercourse with both males, while the guys don't have sex with each other. Which is the case here with Cecelia, Sean and Dominic. MMF is when all 3 have relationships with each other.
For the first half of this book Cecelia is only in a relationship with Sean so it's MF, but then in the second half it turns into a poly relationship with Domenic which was also said in the book. Sorry that I wasn't more clear about it. It didn't start out as MFM but that what it turns to be.
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Rating: really liked it
5 stars 
“It’s time to keep your secrets.”
Mind. Blown. Kate Stewart brought a totally different kind of read with
Flock and I loved it! This review is going to be short and vague because this is a book you want to go into blind.
Cecelia meets Sean at her first day at work. She’s working at a place her father owns to earn her spot there. She and her father are estranged, but she’s living with him and working for him for reasons bigger than herself. She’s expecting to just survive this year of working for her dad, but with Sean and his group of friends, everything changes.
I love books that make me think, make me feel, and keep me guessing. This one did all three. I’m so glad I had no idea what this was about. I’m glad I went in blind and was surprised with each twist and turn. No one crafts a story quite like Kate Stewart, and I was blown away by this one. It was on my mind for days. I couldn’t stop thinking about what happened, what’s happening, and what will happen next. I have so many theories!
This story is unique, it’s twisty, and it’s insanely sexy. After finishing book one, all I have to say is to buckle up, ya’ll. You’re in for a ride! I’m so glad these books are releasing so close together because you’re not going to want to wait long for the next one! If you’re looking for an epic romantic suspense, pick up
Flock!
At this point, I just want to make peace with who I am, no matter what ending I get.
Rating: really liked it
Cecelia grew up sick. I grew up literate.
This book made me wish I had skipped pre-school and elementary school all together. I have never hated something this much and I will have to warn you,
please don't read the rest of this review if you love this series. This is not personal. I have loved my fair share of trashy books but at least I am
self-aware. lmao
From the creators of: I AM NEVER TRUSTING BOOKTOK EVER AGAIN here comes: I WISH SOMEBODY HAD FUCKING WARNED ME ABOUT HOW SHITTY this would be.
We start with the classic: she let herself be destroyed and used in depraved manners and she MISSES THE SALT OF HIS C*M!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Who the fuck has ever said that about d!ck juice. This is mind blowing to me (or maybe I am gay idk), but whatever, I kept going.
She just left her fiancé, to go back to this town where she apparently got the best dick of her life, this shall be good.
No, it wasn't good. Cecelia managed to develop every single daddy issue in the f*cking world and NONE of the fun ones. She is whiny, weak, desperate, childish, Bella Swan has a backbone and is the role model I would pick for my daughters next to the f*cking waste of space Cece is. *takes a deep breath* But I promised her a chance. So I keep going, until we meet Sean. 
Sean, the worst thing to have ever happened in the history of literature. The worst character ever written in the whole history of human kind. The shittiest fucking male love interest and sadly, the closest thing to reality: a living and breathing fuckboy.
The red-flag walking parade. He calls her PUP!!! He gave her the classical fuckboy speach: "WhY WOrrY AboUT ThE fUtuRe When WE Can FOcus On tHE NOw pup?" *pukes*.
He BROKE HER APPLE WATCH, he grabbed it out of her wrist and smashed it with his foot to prove a point. Afterwards he went on to tell her that he doesn't have social media because: that is the worst thing we have ever done collectively, to give everyone a microphone and that much attention.
Well Sean, the worst thing your mother has ever done was developing your arms in her uterus just so you could destroy private property to prove a fucking point. We all make mistakes.
HE SAYS IN THE BOOK HIS IDOL IS DAVE CHAPELLE!! Have you guys learned nothing from life? He takes her on a date and complains about how toxic his ex-girlfriend was and that they broke up because he couldn't handle being controlled. This author spent 10 pages making Sean tell the history of weed to Cecelia. I am starting to think a fuckboy actually ghost wrote this book.
Cecelia on the other hand, is clueless. She is mind blown by her nights sitting in a dirty garage on his lap, while Sean and his friends smoke pizza, eat weed (or is it the other way around?) and ignore her presence. She even dares to say that is the happiest she ever felt. She says and I quote: that they are nothing like the boys in her high school, that these were men.
CeCE ALL OF YOU COMBINED DON'T HAVE THE EMOTIONAL MATURITY TO BABYSIT A FUCKING PLANT
When Sean and Cece get on a fight he says, and again, I QUOTE: She was expecting him to use his gemini side and he is a virgo.
This could go on for a while but I will spare you. Oh there is also something about a brotherhood? These d!ckless men thought it would be fun to play robin hood and kiss Karl Marx' ass and talk about how GREAT 1984 BY GEORGE ORWELL was. Oh go fuck yourself.
Of course, Cecelia was down. She had the mental maturity of a fucking turtle. She thought it was so hot they had tattoos, smoked week, drove camaros, gave her nicknames and fucked her in a group. (And no, this is not a reverse harem, don't sell it to me like one). There was also a character named Dominic, who got a total of 2 chapters and he could have been the best thing about this book but that is expecting way too much of this fiasco.
One star, half for every chapter Dominic was in without Sean being around opening his big fat fuckboy mouth.
Reading this was like reading a slow torturous death, a mix of the worst aspects of After by Anna Todd and the most toxic scenes of Twilight and you get yourself the worst written book I have read in a long time. 
Rating: really liked it
I’m not a stupid person but I really, really do not understand this book. I just don’t get it. I’ll try to explain why, without spoilers.
In the prologue we find out that Cecelia is 26 years old and she has just ended things with her fiancé because she didn’t love him enough. She is going back to the place where she gave her heart to someone.
Aged 18/19 Cecelia goes to live with her estranged dad, Roman, a multi millionaire. He wants her to work at his company for a year to be worthy of her inheritance. Only daddy dear is never there and clearly has no interest in her whatsoever and she has zero interest in him or his company. She’s given a job on a production line making calculators with no interaction with him. The relationship made no sense.
Day 1 at work she is befriended by Sean Roberts and goes to a party at his house. After that he randomly turns up at her house for a swim. All of his friends have the same raven tattoo. They race cars. His friend, moody Dominic King with a French accent (although we later find out he was born in America) works at a garage pimping the rides and doing some geeky computer stuff. Sean left Horner industries to work at the garage to cover for Dom but then goes back and is a supervisor. It didn’t make sense.
Some people know the secret but I sure as hell don’t. No one will tell Cecelia the secret either. Is it some Robin Hood kind of thing? Is it vengeance against a particular person? Is it a drug dealing thing? Why does Cecelia throw a wobbler and start crying when a song is played? Why does she turn hot and cold? Why does she even like Sean and Dominic? Why do they like her? Scrap that, I don’t think they do like her. Does she like her mum? Does Roman have house elves that clean and cook but are never seen?
This book felt like one that is written without a plan. The kind where the author throws a bit or random in, that has no connection with anything else just to build up the word count or because it’s the current trend. I expected a vampire to show up at any minute.
I’ve loved Kate’s other books. People love this series, but not me.
Rating: really liked it
“Never research your heroes, because you’ll find out they’re human.”
Okay fine….this kinda slapped.
Cecelia moved to Triple Falls and is working for her dad. She hopes to get her inheritance one day and use that to take care of her mom. She meets Sean at the workplace, giving us some sexual tension right at the start. She meets Sean’s roommates, with one being really mean to her, Dominic. More sexual tension. As the story progresses, she learns more about these men and realizes that there are a lot of secrets she is yet to discover.
I am here for all the sexiness this book was giving. One of the tags of this book was reverse harem so obviously, I expected that even though I wasn’t really expecting….THAT. There was always this sense of mystery in the air since the “brothers” were not inclined to tell Cecelia a lot throughout the book. I liked that we got snippets of explanations with a final cliffhanger that left me confused AF.
“YoUrE sUcH a MaN” oh god. The second-hand embarrassment I was feeling for Cecelia in some of these scenes was appalling. She was literally at the hands of the manipulations of the guys, and it was sickening. The reveals at the end were understandable though and honestly, I don't know how exactly I feel about the guys so I hope to get closure from the next book.
Overall, just read it.
Rating: really liked it
You can’t re-live your own love story because, by the time you’ve realized you’re living it, it’s over. At least that was the case for me.TOP READ OF THE YEAR!
GET THIS RIGHT THE F NOW! Your lives will never be the same! FUUUUUCK YOU GUYS. I AM LEGIT CONSUMED BY THIS STORY. IT'S RUNNING ON REPEAT IN MY HEAD. I STAYED UP TIL 5 AM READING. I CANNOT STOP THINKING ABOUT THIS BOOK EVEN IN MY GOT DAMN DREAMS! The characters in this story are some of my FAVE I'VE EVER MET. The story line, ORIGINAL, refreshing, sexy, mind blowing, heart melting and heart stopping. I've also DEFINITELY JIZZED MY PANTS MULTIPLE TIMES! I CANNOT EVEN WITH THIS STORY! Days after finishing and I'm still CONSUMED.
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THE RAVENHOOD DUET IS LIVE and in Kindle Unlimited!
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Rating: really liked it
'FLOCK' is the first full length romance book in Kate Stewart's 'The Ravenhood' duet. An unconventional twisted suspenseful love story. Spoken in nineteen year old Cecelia's POV.
I'm not going to write up this review how I normally would only because you really need to go into this one blind, because this book deserves it!
Like fight club, what you see, what you hear, you do not tell anyone!!
I have no idea what I just read, but what I did read I
LOVED!! Everything about this book was beyond unique, it pulled me in so effortlessly, the secrets, the suspense, the boys of summer, the sexual tension and encounters had me hooked from the get go.
Cecelia is required to live with her estranged father who she hadn't seen since she was much younger, she'll also be working at his electronics plant for a year which one day she will inherit along with a lump sum, allowing her to learn the ropes to earn her place within his empire and to help out her mother.
Cecelia is the good girl who has good grades, who loves and takes care of her mother to ensure she's happy. An introvert who is happy to be a wallflower who always plays it safe. But this summer she's going to reinvent herself. She's going to be the YES girl.
She has no expectations, work for a year then leave for college, but nothing prepared her for twenty five year old Sean who she met the first day of orientation, he invited her back for a party at this place to meet his brotherhood of friends.
They pull her into their fold, secrecy shrouds them all like a cloak. The untouchables, each man has a tattoo of a raven, what does it mean? Who are these men? Are they friend or foe? Who can she trust?
These men I've been hanging with are exactly the type that Mom warns you away from and that Dad is supposed to greet at the front door with a shotgun in hand. 
So many questions, so many twists and turns. Fast cars, parties, drugs and girls.
This book had my brain working on overdrive, trying to piece the puzzle together, the suspense killing me as I devoured this in record time.
Rating: really liked it
"The only love I've ever known or craved is the kind that keeps me sick, sick with longing, sick with lust, sick with need, sick with grief. The distorted kind that leaves scars and jaded hearts."
Talk about a wild ride! This book was released last year, but with the audiobook publishing soon, I couldn't pass up the chance to hear how the narrators bring Cecelia, Sean, and Dominic to life. Maxine Mitchell and Joe Arden were the perfect choices for the story, and I found myself being able to get lost in the book so much easier than when I tried reading it via my kindle. Obviously that is personal preference and could be for numerous reasons, but I truly feel that this format brings a special something to the story, an engaging quality that let me feel I was in that small town just outside of Charlotte, NC with them.
There are so many cryptic reviews surrounding this title, mainly because it's chocked full of spoilers, in just about every aspect of the plot and characters. What you need to know going in is that Cecelia is the heir to her father, Roman's, business empire, even though he was absent for nearly all of her existence. She's going to live with him for at least 1 year, working on the line with the other factory employees, before she is eligible to inherit it all. Along the way, she meets fellow employee Sean, who introduces her to his friends Dominic and Tyler and the rest of the crew, and thus a suspenseful force of nature is put into play that cannot be stopped. If you enjoy slow burning romance and have an open mind (trust me, it is HOT 🔥🔥🔥) definitely give this one a try. Don't be scared by the massive cliffy; the next book is already available to read for free in KU!
*Many thanks to the author for providing my review copy.
Rating: really liked it
5 STARS 
My greatest hope is to be in all-consuming love. My biggest fear is to be in all-consuming love.
Shut. The. Front. Door. TWICE.
I am totally and completely ruined. Dead. DEAD I tells ya. How do I even go on living after this book? HOW? I've been sitting in my room, staring blankly at the wall for the past 3 hours, just trying to figure out how to go on with my life. And I've come to the conclusion that it's simply impossible. Until I have book two in my hands, the only existence is my currently over caffeinated and slightly manic state of OHMYGODWHATDIDIJUSTREAD!!!!
The only love I’ve ever known or craved is the kind that keeps me sick, sick with longing, sick with lust, sick with need, sick with grief. The distorted kind that leaves scars and jaded hearts.
I don't know about you, but my love affair with Kate Stewart actually began with her books under her pen name. All I remember is cracking open Excess and falling head over ovaries for this woman's words. Since then, I've been greedily devouring each of her releases without even bothering to read the blurb. This one being no exception. And if there's one piece of advice I can give you, is that you do the same thing. Go in absolutely blind. Trust me on this and thank me later.
But back to my point and where I was going with this. When I learned that Angelica Chase was none other than Kate Stewart, it was like two worlds colliding for me. Angelica wrote twisty and erotic romances and Kate Stewart wrote unforgettable stories. So where am I going with this? Well, Flock happened to be the most amazing culmination of Kate and Angelica that I couldn't even imagine in my dreams.
This book was....how do I even describe this to you. First of all, that blurb is vague AF. And as much as I want to give you more, I won't. because this isn't a story you read. It's one you experience. And it's one you need to experience to its full potency. It was a twisty and erotic masterpiece that sucks you in and doesn't let you go. It's a thrill ride of emotion and frustration as you grasp at straws to try to make sense of it all, only to fall victim to the author's evil genius mind and realize you no longer know up from down and left from right.
All I know is I binged. BINGED y'all. I stayed up all night reading and while I can barely function this morning, I'm not even a little sorry because it was all worth it. Well. Maybe not my manic screaming when I got to the end and woke up my husband who preceded to look at me like I just lost my ever loving mind at 4 am. And you know what? He's not wrong. Because I definitely did. And I won't be sane until I get my answers in book two. And while it's only a few days away, the wait for Exodus is the worst sort of torture.
So let me end my "review" (if you can even call it that) with this: if this book is not on your radar (you've been living under a rock), it NEEDS to be. If you're not sure about reading it, dive in! If you read ANY book this year, make it this one. If you want a unique, captivating, and utterly unforgettable read, GET. THIS. BOOK.
That is all. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm off to rock myself in a corner somewhere (preferably with booze) in my wait for Exodus. And in case you're wondering, no, I am most definitely NOT OKAY.
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Rating: really liked it
🏃 painfully boring
🏃 skimmed from start to finish
🏃 it might be bcs of the writing style
🏃 or the story or the characters, but
🏃 i did like sean
🏃 dominic could grew on me
🏃 the heroine on the other hand..
🏃 yeah she might be one of the reasons why
🏃 but chill im in for a pound
🏃 so exodus & finish line, here i come
🏃 lets just hope theyre near as good as the cover
Rating: really liked it
4.5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I mean. I don’t know what just happened. i’m IN THIS, fully in. They HAVE me. But do I really know what’s going on? no not at all. Am I enjoying the ride? 100% yes. I only didn’t rate this 5 stars because I couldn’t bring myself to do that when I was lost 99% of the book, and still am.. kind of, sort of. I’m invested though, so invested. GO INTO THIS BOOK COMPLETELY BLIND, just trust me.
Rating: really liked it
THE
MOST CRYPTIC BOOK I HAVE EVER READ, and damn if it wasnt irritating!
however, im officially dragging my tush to get ON this SHADY as heck train, and theres no getting me OFF it. not
after witnessing
that last parting shot at the end with the man of the hour finally showing up. so you better be freakin worth it, FRENCHMAN.
the plot lost me for 90% of the book what with all the
secrecy and
evasiveness. there was a scene of the love interests (yes,
plural cause there were TWO) arguing about their views on materialism, and i was like...
just what the hell am i reading?!? the suspense only kept me MILDLY interested cause it wasnt building up to anything so much as it was just
stalling. the thought to DNF was never far from my mind.
the romance, despite being MFM, was lackluster. it started as MF then morphed into MFM in the second half. the h & love-interest-1 hit it off instantly while the h & love-interest-2 had a bit of animosity in the beginning. i enjoyed every interaction they had, but it wasnt giving me...
life. their relationship evolved too fast for me to appreciate and feel invested in, and there wasnt enough tension. so i was just left feeling so-so.
idk what to think of the h yet. she seemed like the kind of h whom Danielle Lori or Saffron A. Kent would write (young, naive, starving for love, and sometimes borderline pathetic), which based on experiences they could be a hit or miss with me. but at least the h here hasnt annoyed me so far. hopefully, i’ll like her more in the next books. meanwhile, i feel like love-interest-1 & 2 were kinda like Noah and Kaleb (Credence) respectively.
i agree that its better to go into this series blind. on the other hand, idk if i’d have gone through with reading this if i hadnt known that the
endgame was an MF, and the M was neither of the two love interests here (thank God!). i think that knowledge sorta affected my perception of this book and deep down i was/am already saving myself for the
other true/actual H. the ending really has me excited!
(read as an audiobook)
Rating: really liked it
4.5
Cecelia Horner accepts a job with her absentee father shortly after her high school graduation in exchange for a hefty inheritance she plans to use to take care of her mother, the parent that raised her all alone while working herself to the bone to make ends meet. The position forces her to move to a new town where she doesn't know a single soul aside from her estranged father. During her time there, she explores her sexuality and opens her mind up to new ideas and possibilities all while giving her heart away in the process.
That's it! That's all I'm giving you about the plot! You don't need to know anything else going into this book. Hell, you don't even need to know that. The best way to experience this story is to go into it blind with zero expectations.
Flock's blurb is vague af, and it's obviously written that way on purpose. Knowing almost any of the details of the story ahead of time will lessen it's impact, and believe me, you don't want to do that! This duet will own your soul if you can resist the urge to spoil yourself.
Kate Stewart is going to fuck with your head a little in this book, but don't worry, she's setting up a fucking masterpiece. It's worth not understanding where the story is taking you at first, because once you arrive, it will take your breath away. Literally in my case due to the uncontrollable sobbing that occurred while reading Exodus,....but I'm getting ahead of myself. Lol
Flock is an unique, steamy, mysterious, and unconventional romance that will keep you entertained, intrigued, hot, and captivated from the moment you begin reading. There's secrets, scandal, drugs, violence, gorgeous men, fast cars, and incredible sex! You're going to fall in love with Cecelia's boys of summer right along with her, so what are you waiting for?
Go grab this book now! While you're at it, grab book 2 too, because you're going to want to jump straight into that one next! Trust me on this one.
Unconventional romance fans, this one's for you!
Rating: really liked it
WHY HAVE I BEEN SLEEPING ON THIS BOOK??? This book was so surprising and addicting and I couldn't put it down. Now, the first 100 pages were definitely slow, but I knew that there was something more to what was happening and things were going to pick up, which they did. I really don't want to say too much about the plot because it's best not knowing anything. Just know that Cecelia is spending the summer with her dad, who she didn't really grow up knowing, and works for his factory in town. The romance is so addicting and I could not get enough of it. The ending had a lot of secrets revealed and I am absolutely dying for the next book. Where are things going to go??? I need to know!!
