Welcome to the Nightworld Academy, attended by vampires, shifters, and witches. A place filled with harmony and mutual respect between the supernatural races. Sometimes. I’m told my curse is a gift. A valuable one that could cost me my life.My visions of the future are weird, but my new school is weirder. All lessons take place in the evening and the majority of students are on an advanced … majority of students are on an advanced program where they take extra classes late into the night.
I enrolled at the academy because my last school expelled me for punching another student. Nobody believed that I knocked Tyler unconscious to stop somebody else dying. But why would they believe the crazy girl?
I expected to meet other troubled teens here, but the pupils are predictable for an English boarding school. There’s Ash, the rugby team captain and the academy’s most popular guy. Then there’s Andrei, the moody guy with a bad attitude who takes pleasure in annoying me. And Jamie who’s studious and friendly but intense.
I thought I had the academy figured out: the mean girl, the quirky friend, the nerd, the emo, and the jock. But on the evening I swear allegiance to my new school house, everything spins out of control and I realise I’m dealing with more.
Much more.
One of us will die, and I know who.
Term One is the first in this new upper YA/NA series of magic academy books. The main characters are eighteen and older and this is a slow burn RH. As the series is set at a school in England, the books are written in British English.
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A Darker Academy Read!!
This was a darker & more psychological read than I was expecting but it’s extremely good at drawing you in & not letting you go until the end – then you want to scream because, urgh, the ending!!
I found myself feeling sorry for Maeve a lot of the time. She’s so overwhelmed by the world she’s stepped into & is woefully unprepared for the life she now faces!! However, her prejudices regarding how they have to live & hide themselves from the rest of the world really annoyed me – especially regarding Andrei’s role at the Halloween party – talk about ungrateful!!
Maeve’s group consists of Jamie, Ash & Amelia with Andrei skulking around it’s edges! They all seem really decent & kind, although Andrei is struggling to battle his nature constantly. Each of them bring something different to the table as people & new friends. The secrets they all keep are clearly a huge problem though!!
Katherine & her cronies are vile!! I loathe bullies & her tactics & the power she covers is dangerous – she worries me on many levels for our group!! I’m convinced she had a big hand in Andrei’s ‘slip’ in town too!?
I’m looking forward to Term 2. I hope the romance steps up a notch & secrets start to come to light! I found this book intensely gripping, the world engaging & characters flawed, redeemable (I hope) & likeable! Dont miss out on this new Academy read!
Debbie, 1970, UK
This was a really fun and amazing story from Lucia, I cannot wait to see what happens next.. looking forward to the next book. The cliffhanger was so unexpected yet perfect..LJ Swallow
Well this book certainly draws you in… Have to read the next one.. great story line and charaters. And lots of different ways it could go… Loved it..
Ok this book starts a little slow but it also manages to get its claws into you from very early in the book, catching your interest so that you cant put it down. I love that Maeve has a vulnerability to her and isn’t a kick ass and confident which I love. Fantastic world building so everything is easily imaginable and you know that this in future books is just going to develop and grow , the characters are well portrayed and instantly imaginable add to that the fantastic storey line and this book is going to be an instant winner.
I think I have a new favorite series of LJ Swallow’s. This story was really exciting and original. Once I started reading I couldn’t stop. I loved every work. Maeve is a character with a really strong personality. She’s fighting the belief all her life that she’s crazy when she is suddenly thrown into a whole new world. Now she must learn to conquer who she is and what she can do while learning about things she thought possible.
This story has a hold on you from the start. It is non stop something going on all the time. It is exciting, strange and powerful. I really enjoyed it.
Oh good lord..LJ Swallow started this new series with a bang … From beginning to end I was completely consumed by this new book world and all things Maeve, Jamie, Ash, Andrei, Amelia and Nightworld Academy. Jam packed full of so much mystery, secrets, complicated relationships, angsty paranormals and one hell of an ending! Seriously, anything can happen
I’ve now got a list of unanswered questions & a serious book hangover to take care of… I cannot wait for what’s to come from this series…
“Nightworld Academy” is a new series by the fabulous LJ Swallow. I’ve loved every book I’ve read of hers, and this one is no exception.
Maeve can see visions of the future, but in the human world no one understands what that means, they just think she’s crazy. When Maeve gets kicked out of her high school, her parents send her to a special boarding school. It’s there that Maeve learns she’s not crazy, she’s a future seeing witch!
Even a supernatural boarding school has drama, as she meets the mean girl, the popular guy, the nerd, and the emo. It’s just that these students are vampires, shifters, and witches.
“Term One” was a great beginning and I can’t wait to see what comes next.
I received an ARC from the author. This is my honest review.
Maeve is really neat though she has a problem with stubbornness. when Maeve gets expelled for breaking a bullies nose, she gets sent to the boarding school Nightworld Academy where things arnt as they seem. While there she meets a lot of new unique friends in Amelia her roommate, Jamie the hot nerd I love him, Ash the very talented and Charming Rugby player, and Andrei the naughty hot bad boy. even the mean girl Katherine is likeable. And Tobias the teacher is intriguing. Term One is mostly Maeve adapting to being who she is and learning about her new world. These characters are awesome and I cant wait for Term 2