Fans of Harry Potter, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Supernatural – get ready to dive into a world where magic is powerful, clever witches rule the world, and vampires lurk in the darkness.It was an otherwise normal Tuesday when I found out that I’m not alone in the universe.At 2:05, my grandmother vanished, taken by vampires I didn’t know existed.At 3:30, my aunt showed up to explain how the … showed up to explain how the world really operates.
By 5:00, I was on my way to Hybrid Academy: a school for people like me.
At 7:30, I was walking into my dorm for the first time and discovered that Hybrid Academy isn’t so unlike high school. There are the popular witches, the dreamy warlocks, the shy magicians, and yes, even the shifters.
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I’m Max.
And this is my story.
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Magic-less and on the run, but from what or should I say who? That’s all Max has known for the last 10 years when her parents died and was whisked away by her grandma. She thought she was just a dud witch, she thought her parents death’s were mundane, she thought Mr. Boo her cat was an ordinary familiar.. And everything she thought is more wrong than she could’ve ever dreamed.
The mystery gets larger with every page turned and every secret discovered leaves 10 more in its place. We get to met a variety of other supernaturals once her absentee Aunt appears taking her away to an Academy after Max’s whole world gets torn apart by one slip of the tongue. Mean girls, new friends, cute boys, and a Headmistress nearly complete the full academy book trope. This isn’t the type of book that will make you obsessed, but it will keep you interested and engaged in the story. It was good story and I might not mind re-reading it again down the road.
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Life has turned upside down for Max now that her parents and her grandmother are gone. An aunt sends her to a hybrid academy where the typical mix of kids and teachers are found. She finds her way into the magical world and even learns she can do a few things. The characters are just starting to unfold and Max has a good start on her backstory. Waiting to read the next storyline and see if they get more interesting. Pretty good so far.
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An orphan girl with a magical heritage, who has no magic of her own. When she loses her grandmother and is whisked by her aunt to a magical school, she finds out that the school is for Hybrids and she is a half witch – half wolf.
Finding herself without powers, without friends and without any support, she starts her journey befriending a fairy and a boy who doesn’t seem to have any classes.
An interesting book and a fun one to start a series with. Hoping for a great series ahead.
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Book review of Hybrid Academy: Year One by L.C. Mortimer …
This was a fun and interesting read. I liked that Max was comfortable with the fact the she was non-magical despite Magical family like her Grandmother. We meet her Aunt Erin as well when trouble hits home again!
Max ends up at the Hybrid Academy where her Aunt Erin attended to learn more about her dual nature. She also hope’s to learn magic!
How will this all end up, read it and see!
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Totally fantastic, amazing book. I loved the concept, the characters and the storyline. Great read.
When I read the blurb of the book and saw the cover I knew this story was going to be good. It was a bit shorter than I wanted it to be granted…. however I throughly enjoyed the story and I cant wait until I buy the PB and read the rest of the series.
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I enjoyed this story. It starts out with Max in the town that her and Gramma live in but as the story goes on there seemed to be quite a few hints that not is all that it seems. Then Gramma disappears and the Aunt show up and off Max goes to the Academy to hide out and learn about her heritage she knew nothing about. But why? The story was easy at read and with just enough background to wet my appetite for more. There was light school bullying, mystery, and questions on who is really the bad guy. There were a lot of mysteries related to Max and her family introduced in this first book that makes me need to read the second one to see what will be revealed next. The characters were fun and I thought the story was more a light read then dark and gloomy as some in this genre.
This is the first book in the „Hybrid Academy Trilogy“ by LC Mortimer. Max (MC) is a sheltered girl that has been living incognito in a cabin in the forest with her grandmother since her parents disappeared ten years before. At her grandmother behest Max tells everyone that she is living with a roommate until one day she slips during a fight with her boss. After loosing her job and coming back home, the day just get worse: grandma is gone, her aunt is there, she falls into an induced sleep and ends up at the Hybrid Academy. A place of study for all kind of hybrids, the academy is different from High School in exactly nothing! Be prepared to find the usual cliques and student feuds with sprinkled magic and supernatural abilities on the mix.
The story is nice and straightforward, Max is a nice and a likeable girl that embodies to perfection the “new girl at school” role, and without doubt the best character in the series. This first year at the Academy, Max will discover her nature and capacities, and have to interact with new people which leads her to refine her own social skills.
L.C. Mortimer states that book will appeal to fans of the magical, special fans of Harry Potter, Supernatural or Buffy. It has cinematic quality that reminds of TV Highschool shows, and Max is more Willow than anything else. It’s an easy read, entertaining , not overly elaborated which somehow add to its charm. After this first year of adaptation to the academy I expect to see more action and a deep character development of any of the secondary characters.
Hybrid Academy: Year One by
L.C. Mortimer.
It was an otherwise normal Tuesday when I found out that I’m not alone in the universe.
At 2:05, my grandmother vanished, taken by vampires I didn’t know existed.
At 3:30, my aunt showed up to explain how the world really operates.
By 5:00, I was on my way to Hybrid Academy: a school for people like me.
At 7:30, I was walking into my dorm for the first time and discovered that Hybrid Academy isn’t so unlike high school. There are the popular witches, the dreamy warlocks, the shy magicians, and yes, even the shifters.
A very good read. I really enjoyed this book. I liked the story and I liked the cover too. 4*.
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A book for all that love magic, shifter, vampires and so on…
Wonderful characters… and a mystery to be solved!
This is the story of Max, her aunt, her grandmother that it is kidnapped… and her new friends in an Academy…
A new world and school for Max, that doesn’t yet show power as witch or shifter…
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I read Hybrid Academy: The Complete Collection, a three-book series, with Hybrid Academy: Year One being the first book. I enjoyed meeting Max in book One. Max is a young witch-wolf shifter. Like most young women her age, she struggles with self-esteem and is trying desperately to understand who she is and where she fits in her crazy new world. Then again, not many young women at that age have figured out their awesomeness, which makes Max, short for Maxine, quite relatable.
L.C. Mortimer does a great job of pulling the reader right in. At the beginning of each book, Max takes you through a short checklist of her life and declares, “My name is Max, and this is my life.” That brief introduction is a wonderful lead to the book.
Max and her friends are in the throes of self-discovery on many levels. Hybrid Academy is where they are supposed to learn to hone their powers and unique gifts. It is supposed to be a safe haven. It ends up being anything but which is a lot for a group of 19 to 20 something-year-olds to handle.
Through the twists, suspense, mysteries, lots of drama, humorous moments, and a hint of romance, the storyline is engaging. You will want to read the rest of the books in this series!
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I love Max Henry and Kiera. They are a great set of characters. I can’t wait to see if Max finds her Grandmother
The story is good and the characters are ok, but they could have a bit more depth. She said she was close to her grandmother, but didn’t know much about her other than she does magic and tried to teach Max to no avail. When her grandmother disappears, their house ransacked, her life is changing fast. The only thing she still has is her familiar, a cat named Mr. Boo. Her aunt is extremely powerful, a coven leader, and alumni of the Academy. Max can not do magic and cannot shift. She goes to classes and practices so she can do baby magic. She finally learns to shift in a crisis to save her friend. I hope to read the other books to see where it leads. Her aunt Erin tells her that her grandmother is dead, she believes her grandmother was kidnapped and she needs to find out what really happened to her parents and see where her relationship with Henry will go. I requested an advanced reader copy from Booksprout and am under no obligation to leave this review.
This book was interesting, but lacked on being correct in areas. For instance we know she is a wolf shifter, but yet in one part she said she did not know what she shifted into. These type of things is why I gave it only three stars. I do feel teens and young adults will like this story. We have Maxine who has lost her parents and her grandmother has been hiding her for years. Then one day when she gets home everything changes. What will she do? Can she accept her Aunt Erin’s word? Can she make friends at this academy? Will she learn everything she knows about herself? Will she finally be able to do magic?
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This is off to a great start! Witches, magic, shifters, vampires and warlocks, intriguing storyline, great characters, I look forward to what happens next!
Max a half witch/half shifter is raised in seclusion by her Memere after her parents were mysteriously killed. After one day returning home to find it destroyed and her grandmother missing an aunt she didn’t know comes to claim her then sends her to the Hybrid Academy. She takes her familiar Mr Boo with her. All she really want is to find her grandmother. But as she learns this academy is too much like high school. Max makes friends for the first time and learns secrets along the way while struggling to make her way in this unfamiliar world that she is now a part of. Fun and exciting
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This book is awesome. It has great character details, an awesome story line, character background, amazing world building and the over all storyline is just great. It is fast paced, action packed, full of suspence, mystery, adventure, a little romance, loads of magic, and paranormal on any level. This is a must read series that I can’t wait to finish, a new author that I’ve never read and will be reading more of, and a new series that is a must have. Just awesome!
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Hybrid Academy: Year One by L.C. Mortimer is a wonderful story that I have read. This is book number one in this amazing start to a brand new series that I have fallen in love with. I highly recommend this story if you love reading about shifters, warlocks, witches, Sci-Fi and fantasy.
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First let me state that I received an Advance Reader Copy, (ARC), but this in no way influences my review. I always leave an honest review. Also this author is new to me, but I hope it won’t be for long.
Wow!!! What a gr8 YA story. Max’s grandmother is kidnapped. She learns that her life is secret, & she isn’t fully human. She’s a lonely, young woman until she goes to the academy, & here she makes new friends. I can’t wait to read the next story. I recommend this read. 5 Thumbs up
Maxine, or Max, is a barista in a small town filled with magical beings. She was raised by her grandmother after her parents were killed in an accident ten years before. Her grandmother is a strong witch, but Max can do no magic. One day Max finally stood up to her boss but let it slip her grandmother expected her at home. Normally, she told people she lived with a roommate. Her grandmother and she were in hiding but she did not know why. When she arrived home her grandmother was missing, but her aunt was there, Erin. She knows her grandmother went missing when she sent a call out for help. She forced Max asleep and boarded a train to the Hybrid Academy where every student was a mix of supernatural races. Erin was a shifter and witch but no abilities came for just yet. She also had a trunk she protected that was shrunk by a spell her grandma made. It held her grandma’s spellbook. Things at the academy were different, and Max finally learned to shift and do some magic with a wand. Someone was out to get her things though…who was it? Why did her familiar Boo keep going missing? This is the first year, but one thing is for certain, Erin and Max planned to find her grandmother~ I received this book via Booksprout and am leaving a voluntary review.