I thought I had it all: twin sister, cute boyfriend, and magic beyond my years. Night Shade Academy should’ve been easy for me, but nothing could prepare me for the moment when I’m kicked out of my birthright House and placed with the evil witches known as the Darks—despite being born a Light.Now, I’m stuck with a bunch of evil witches who compete in this crazy tradition where they pit the first … the first years against each other, fighting for their place in the hierarchy at the Academy. The only rule, try not to die.
Oh, and did I mention it’s not just witches we have to contend with? There’s also Vampires and Lycans, as well.
Thanks to the help of a gorgeous Dark that I find myself a little too attracted to, I’m able to keep my ass-whoopings to a minimum, until someone pushes me too far, and I find out exactly why my magic affinity is Dark.
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Rozalia & Kayla Moore; twin sisters and Light witches have been “accepted” into the Night Shade Academy. Uncertain of their welcome, no one is more shocked than Rozalia when the wards in the Lights dormitory rejects her and bars her passing inside. Rozalia is further shocked when she is taken to the Dark dormitory and the wards let her pass.
But that is only the beginning of Rozalia’s humiliation and confusion. Beset on all sides by malicious actions and cutting words, Rozalia finally finds her twin sister in the cafeteria and runs to her for comfort; but her comfort is fleeting and dissapates like an early morning fog when Rozalia sees her boyfriend Brody, and he breaks it off with her…. Just because she’s been identified as a Dark! Rozalia is becoming more and more confused, as the life she has known her entire life is slipping through her fingers as sands through the hourglass of Time…
“Tears streamed down my face, as I shook my head in denial. I couldn’t be a Shadow Walker. There was no way I could wield so much Dark magic when I was born to the Lights. Someone was playing a trick on me, and it was getting out of control. There was no way I had an ounce of evil within my soul. I was a good person. I did good things. I couldn’t possibly be a Shadow Walker.” – Rozalia
But everything that has happened to Rozalia before paled in comparison to what she discovered in her next “gym” class while engaged in a mock battle with a classmate….
“”Something’s shifting, and I can feel it in my bones. And I know that sounds ludicrous, but it’s true. I can’t shake the feeling something bad is going to happen, and you’re going to need to trust those you never imagined you would.”” – Nova, Rozalia’s roommate
Rozalia is about to embark on a journey… A journey filled with uncertainty, danger and betrayal… A journey of discovery… A journey to her ultimate destiny.
Riveting! A must read for anyone who enjoys paranormal fantasy with action, adventure, danger, and a kiss of heat!
If it was possible this book would get more than 10
The book is about a girl named Rozalia but goes by Zalia who’s a Light Witch. Her sister and she are attending a Night Shade Academy with 3 other factions: Dark Witches, Vampires and Werewolves (basically). The only problem here? No faction likes the other one! Like a BIF FAT NO! So what could go wrong, right?
The most interesting thing about this book was unpredictability? Like I kind of knew what could/would happen, but only a half of the time was I right. I really liked that, because the more YA books I read, the easier it is for me to predict as what will happen. However this book had me on a tip of my toes from the ¼ of it!
I would lie if I said I didn’t like the characters the most! I really have to say that Kelly did an amazing job with creating their personalities. As you’ll read this book you will come across about 3-5 characters you’ll either love or adore, not counting the main Zalia! For me I honestly loved Kayla (Zalia’s twin sister), Hunter and Nova the most.
Something about the characters:
Rozalia aka Zalia is nice, caring, hotheaded, would fight for what she believes is right, loves to read
Kayla is acting all tough but wouldn’t even miss a class, loving, cares much
Hunter is new, barely known, protective, supporting
Nova is also new, she speaks what is on her mind no matter if a good or a bad thing, she is pretty straightforward
Overall this book was amazing, kept me up all night (literally) which happens every so often. Also this book is written in first person, if anyone wants to know. That makes it easy to feel like if you are the main character, which I love. The chemistry it this book is sometimes (a little times) cringey, but worth it. The style of writing is great! Would definitely recommend this book even to someone who doesn’t speak English fluently or has it ask their main language.
Kelly Carreras has stolen my heart, my thoughts, my sleep away from me once again! I was a lucky one to get this as an ARC along with the second book, which I can’t wait to read. Also if you haven’t read the Shadow Realms by her, you definitely should! I bet my ass Kelly is going to be one of those authors that I will just pick the book and read it without know the blurb.
A BONUS REVIEW ON MY TUMBLR
Rozalia is more shocked when the wards in the Lights dormitory rejects her then is shocked further when she is taken to the Dark dormitory and the wards let her pass. Rozalia is a great character i cant wait to read more about why she was chosen for the dark when she comes from a light family
I forgot how much I enjoy this sort of book. Could not put it down. I can’t wait for the next one!