Awakening vs The Calling: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Occult, Occultism, Witchcraft, Teenagers, Witches, Paranormal
Awakening
For now, Morgan is safe from the dark wave that has been attacking witches. Betrayed by her first love, she is trying to come to grips with her Woodbane heritage and with Wicca—its thorn and its rose.
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The Calling
Morgan and Hunter travel to New York City, Morgan to seek out information about her birth parents and Hunter to continue his quest to end the deadly Woodbane conspiracy. But in their search for answers, they find…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Awakening has the widest readership — 13813 ratings behind its score.
- Awakening runs the darker storyline; The Calling stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| Awakening | The Calling | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (13813) | 4.0 (846) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (120) | — |
Reception
| Awakening | The Calling | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 13813 | 846 |
| Editions | 10 | 9 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 3950 | 3864 |
| Reading it now | 97 | 311 |
| Written reviews | 385 | 201 |
| Wikipedia attention | 345 | 281 |
| Pages | 192 | 192 |