A witch, a vampire, and two ridiculously hot accomplices find each other behind bars… sounds like the start of a bad joke, right? But it’s all true…After successfully breaking open a year-long case where my partner and I were undercover, it’s finally our chance to level up.Something is not right at Shadowridge Academy, a reform school for supernatural felons. Inmates keep going missing, and … felons. Inmates keep going missing, and nobody–not the prisoners, nor the guards… not even the warden–has been able to offer anything in the way of answers.
My partner, who also happens to be my sister, and I are members of the Myst Mages, an elite investigative force. We’re the ones they call if cases go cold in the magical world. When the team who went in before us misses their extraction, it’s up to us to go deep undercover. This means cutting off all ties with the outside world, including our friends, families, and even the force. If we break cover we’ll be disavowed.
The lives of countless inmates are at stake. With the help of some well-connected, and extremely handsome prisoners, we just might find out what’s happening and bring those responsible to justice… assuming we live long enough to see our extraction date.
Life at Shadowridge Academy isn’t supposed to be a death sentence.
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Maximum Security Magic by Corinne O’Flynn is a wonderful story that I have had the privilege to read and review. This is book number one in this wonderful start to a brand new series that I am so hooked on and can not wait to see what will come next. I highly recommend this story to everyone who loves reading about witches, vampires and paranormal romances.
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This is book two of the Academy for Supernatural Felons series and sees Myst Mage agents and sisters Dahlia and Lily Bennett working undercover at Shadowridge Academy, a supposed reform school for Supernaturals. They were originally placed there to find out the whereabouts of two fellow Myst Mage agents who had missed their last check-in. It seems students are disappearing in the middle of the night, never to be seen again. The girls, going by the names Nadia and Grace, managed to find the missing agents in the first book of the series, but didn’t leave with them as ordered, because of what they found hidden below the grounds of the school. Now, they have found out from their liaison, dark fae and doctor, Kai, that they have been disavowed by their captain Elias, something they had never heard of happening to any other agents, but given through two simple words they all learnt during their training days and hoped never to hear! Now they need to try and get in touch with Carina, a lawyer and former contact with the Myst mage’s, without any outside communication being allowed for the prisoners.
Kai is also Grace’s fated mate, but now she has also found the same bond with one of the guards Oliver, a full vampire. Considering their own real mother was in a multiple partner relationship, means it isn’t very unusual a thought to them, but might be for their partners. Nadia met her bonded mate Jason, in a job they did at another prison and he is due out in about eight months. A new arrival called Ford arrives with another couple of guys, and Nadia finds herself immediately drawn to him, to the exclusion of everything else going on around her. Ford knows Jason and was a good friend of his, so when Jason heard he was being sent here, he asked Ford to look out for her and protect her. But now, it seems like Nadia may also have a second bonded partner in Ford, not that she can really do much about it right now. The girls need to plan their escape and try to free the people being kept prisoner underground, having who knows what done to them!
They were supposed to have gone in and got out with the other agents, a simple and straight forward job, but their choice to remain behind, to try and get a plan together to save all the other innocent missing students, could very well lead to their own deaths. They need to be really careful in what they plan and try not to get caught out or thrown in isolation. If caught doing something they shouldn’t, one of the punishments is even more hard-core dampening of their magical powers. Luckily, no one in charge realises that both girls have dual powers. One is more vampire than witch and the other is more witch than vampire, so they can pass as opposite types of supernaturals and this allows one of them access to their magic as a witch still, past the dampening wrist bracelets they all have to wear.
They need the aid of a particular fellow student, for their unique skills, but this student has hidden what she truly is for her whole life, as her kind are normally killed or chucked into the worst sort of prison for life, never to see the light of day. This means the girls are including more people into their circle of trust, but each is necessary to their plans, or someone they can’t bear to leave behind. They get the unexpected inclusion of Ford, on their initial plan which it seems someone found out about, and more shocking surprises hidden in labs below ground. When their plan backfires somewhat, they need to go back and pretend to know nothing, whilst hoping to get their captain to come up with more assistance, before it’s too late. Their freedom and the lives of all those being held against their wills below ground, as well as the shocking latest they found, could all come to nothing as it seems one of them has drawn the wrong kind of attention and is now about to disappear! A cliffhanger ending, leaving me desperate to read the next book in the series and see what happens to the sisters and all the others. I received an ARC copy of this book from BookSprout and I have freely given my own opinion of the book above.
Our heroines are undercover trying to figure out what happened to the earlier investigative teams.
This is book one of the series. No prior reading is required.
This is an urban fantasy story that manages to combine two challenging settings, prison and an academy, by using a reform school. This means we have even more challenging personalities to deal with. The story is well written and makes maximum use of both the setting and the characters. Our heroines have their hands full and that provides us with a fast paced plot that has lots of mystery, twists and turns. I found the story to be highly enjoyable and am definitely looking forward to the next book in the series.
Highly recommended.
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Fantasy and mystery make the perfect blend of a good read and adventure.
Lots of secrets and surprises, fantastic creatures and magic…
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This is book 1 of the Academy for Supernatural Felons series. I thought this was a great start for the series. I thought the storyline was well written and flowed well. I enjoyed the characters and found them well developed. I would recommend reading.
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Maximum Security Magic is the first book in the Academy for Supernatural Felons and is about two sisters who go undercover to find out why the inmates are disappearing. The characters are interesting the storyline is good and held my attention from beginning to end. My only complaint is that I have to wait six months until book two comes out.
This was a fun read. Never mind the current prison story fad – this goes beyond the fad to shine on its own. This novel may be short but it reads like a combination of 21 Jump Street, Wiseguy and Cynthia Eden’s Purgatory series, with all the possibilities and problems and sheer mayhem of that worst of possible assignments – in the emotional hell of high school mixed with prison. Nadia and Grace (no real names, please) – gird your loins!
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This is a good series so far. I would recommend reading the two prequels first. It will help with understanding the sisters. We start to bring in more characters and learn more about the girls parents. The girls’ go undercover in a juvenile prison to see what happened to some of their team members. They are learning that their are many mysteries. That punishment is beyond imagination. Can they figure it out before something happens to them? You will want to keep reading to see what happens.
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I loved how different this story is in that two sisters are at the forefront. The story keeps you riveted and intrigued.
The story line was good, the character was great and the book had a smooth flow to it. This was a great way to start a new series and the book kept me highly entertained from beginning to end.
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An entertaining story until the end…
Strong characters and surprising plot…
Fantastic creatures: shifters, witches, vampires, etc…
A mystery to solve…
A book for all that love fantasy
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Good read about two sisters on a mission, full of suspense, action and romance. I voluntarily received this book for an honest review.
I totally enjoyed this book. It’s an awesome read. I couldn’t put it down. I recommend this book to anyone and everyone that sees this review. You’re gonna love this book as much as I did, I promise you that.