Shadow Academy has many secrets… and I’m one of them.Plucked from foster care and offered a scholarship to an elite school, I figured I had it made. It didn’t take long to discover how this school worked. Scholarship kids at the bottom of the heap, and way at the top, Ren Worthington. With his breath-taking good looks and bottomless pits of family money, you’d think he’d have better things to do … better things to do than bully us poor kids.
Not so.
Ren and the other human students live their lives unaware of the creatures lurking in the dark. I wasn’t given that scholarship just for my academic skills. We’re all half-bloods and freaks – fae, witch, shifter, demon. In return for our free ride, we protect the rich brats from paranormal dangers.
When one student goes missing and Ren’s life is threatened, I get made an offer. Become Ren’s tutor/bodyguard and my future is assured. But if Ren dies or discovers what I am, I’m out of here. As if he’d discover what I am. I don’t even know myself. I’m weak and powerless but they want me for the job. Who knows why?
I don’t want to get close to Ren, I don’t want to get to know him and I sure don’t want to succumb to his charms, but I have no choice. And I discover, things aren’t what they seem on the surface.
Shadow Academy has many secrets… and maybe Ren is one of them.
Shadow Academy is a young adult academy series with slow burn, fated couple romance.
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I didn’t really expect to like this book–was kind of reading it just for something to read and expected a lot of teenage angst, but it turns out there was a very good plot, very little angst and it was a fun read. I would have bought the second right away, but it wasn’t out yet! This story didn’t fall into the “too young for me” category. Good magical system, and I enjoyed it.
wasnt expecting the end to be so good!
Just fun, the whole series.
A cute YA book! I liked it.
I thought this book would be another one of those girl falls for bad boy type things. But it is honestly much more than that. I couldn’t put this book down. The way Cherry fights for herself and how determined she is to not only succeed in her studies, but also maintain her hatred for the popular guy, makes for a good story.
Scholarship Girl by Kat Cotton is the first book in the Scholarship Academy series. In this book, a foster girl named Cherry is given a scholarship to a private school named Shadow Academy because she supposedly has some type of paranormal powers. To maintain her scholarship she has to be willing to train to protect the student body from paranormal threats. Cherry is willing to do what she is told to keep living in the best situation possible for her future success. This book is full of mystery, twists, turns, lots of suspense, and surprising revelations. I couldn’t put it down. Cherry’s character is so likeable that this story entranced me. If you enjoy a good paranormal mystery set in a boarding school with a strong female protagonist, you will love Scholarship Girl as much as I do. Scholarship Girl is a boarding school mystery full of paranormal surprises.
Holy vampire dust, this book was amazing! I couldn’t put it down!
The main characters Cherry and Ren were absolutely perfect! The storyline grabs you from the beginning and leads you into a crazy world, filled with supernatural’s of all sorts. And the world building is fun and exciting and unique.
Definitely looking forward to reading the next book!
Scholarship Girl (Shadow Academy Book 1) by Kat Cotton is an awesome story to read. This is book numbe one in this awesome start to a brand new series that I fell in love with. I highly recommend this story to everyone who loves reading about fae, witch, shifter, demon and paranormals.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book
Great new series looking forward to reading more.
Cherry Love Worthington
Let’s start this review with why I gave it five stars….The author had too much fun with the naming of the characters.
Cherry Love sounds like it belongs to a stripper not a high school student and Ren Worthington sounds like he should be on Gilligan’ Island or Rich Boys of New York. Enough about the names.
Author Kat Cotton has out done herself with this book. It held my interest to the very end and then I wanted to scream at her for the rest of the story. Waiting is not my strong point. She has woven such a great cast of character to keep this story line really moving. There is a main part that truthfully is it the main part but more of a side element to stir the readers interest…mmm There are various side stories that are carefully woven to keep the reader guessing as their true intent but I feel may be part of the back story that will all come out.
I will be keeping an eye out for the next installment.
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“Scholarship Girl” by Kat Cotton is excellent.
Over the last few months a mountain of magic academy/school/college novels have been released. Some of them have been of such poor quality that they were obviously rushed to publication to cash in on the popularity of this niche paranormal romance market. I’ve DNFd a lot.
“Scholarship Girl” though shows how good this niche can be. Strong characters and writing, relationship conflict balanced with a mystery, and the emotional reactions don’t feel exaggeratedly angsty. Loved it.
One of my favorite authors, Kat Cotton, is back with a new series. It’s totally creative, totally wonderful, spooky and with hidden layers within layers. On the surface, Scholarship Girl (Shadow Academy, Book 1) is about a poor kid, who gets a scholarship to attend an elite school where she finds herself at the bottom of the social heap that’s topped by the rich kids. Below the surface are all “half-bloods and freaks” including fae, witches, shifters and demons, who only got their scholarships in order to be there to protect the rich kids from dangerous things that go bump in the night. Then things get more twisted from there. Action, thrills, some nice potential for romance, etc., ensue, all perfectly written and totally fun. Frankly, but for the fact that I’m literally dictating this review to my husband from my hospital bed I could go on and on with praises. The book definitely deserves it. Since I can’t do that I will simply note that the book is most definitely one to read, and it is easy to highly recommend. I’m definitely looking forward to the next book in this series.
Kat Cotton went out on a limb to write a completely different book that caters to the genre YA. She did an incredible job to deliver a great story for us to enjoy! You will get lost in this story and will not want to put it down till the end! It is full of action and snark! Cherry lost her parents at a young age and was put in the system. Unspeakable horrors happened to her. Then, Mr. Norton shows up out of nowhere and takes her to a special school. Some are human and others are supernatural (half). The group of kids who are there on scholarships is to protect humans from other bad supes. They receive special training to help them learn skills to fight. Cherry has abilities, but they are blocked. As occurrences happen weird things start to develop from her. She is hired to protect Ren, the star of the school. They are checking into a murder, fighting off vampires who want Ren for some reason, and Ren and Cherry both have weird blood! When Ren gets bitten, Cherry worries more than she believes she could…but they also share a special connection each time they touch there is an electrical charge and something happens to both of them. Now, a prophecy has awakened and it involves Cherry and Ren! What is it all about? Why do the vamps want Ren so badly? What are Cherry and Ren? What can they do to keep the school safe? So many unanswered questions…but we will have to wait for the next book to discover some of these answers! I received this book as an ARC and am leaving a voluntary review!
Fun to read, I liked the characters and how the react to situations because of their backstories. Irked the series.
The story was entertaining but there are typographical errors throughout the book.
Very enjoyable fantasy, first in a series. End leaves the characters still in their problem, so you have to read the next book.
Good story. Kept me wanting to read more!
Fun teen book to read, filled with action that leaves you unsure of how it will end. I would not classify it is a stand alone book, as everything is left unsolved at the end. But it is a good yarn.
Cherry is at Edgewater Academy on scholarship. She has been going under the radar of the other student body. She hangs out with the other scholarship students, she has a close friendship with Lucas. She really doesn’t like Ren, he is the popular rich guy.
She forgets her book that has a nasty saying about Ren in her book, she doesn’t want him to find it. If he does, he can cause her major problems. She is searching for it in the classroom when she hears him and friends coming in.
She uses her power to hide in the shadows, when the ring rolls over to her, he looks right at her. She thinks he saw her, but that is impossible.
Then she that the student that belonged to the ring is missing, she brings it up to the teacher. He isn’t sure Ren is responsible, he acts like he knows more than what he knows.
Cherry makes friends with the new scholarship girl Brittany, they go shopping and have fun. She sees Ren looking in the store window. She doesn’t know what to think
When they are returning to school, Ren’s two friends surround them and start attacking them. Cherry decides to fight back, no one is going to manhandle here. Brittany helps get them away with her powers.
Next thing she knows, she is called into the principal’s office, Ren’s father is there. Either tutor his son and keep him safe or be expelled from school, due to her fight with Oscar.
With no way out, she does the only thing she can, after her teacher talks to her. She takes on the job, they won’t get the better of her.
What she didn’t expect, was to see another side of Ren, is this the real Ren she is seeing or is he playing her.
When Ren’s life is in danger, she will risk her life to save him, but the reaction they have together is unexplainable
Will they all get out this with theirs lives and all the secrets around them
The main character Cherry is a little annoying at the beginning of the book. As the book goes on you understand the character better. I look forward to the next book to expand on what is going on. Will Cherry and Ren go further in romantic nature or is there more hidden
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A different kind of supernatural academy. The characters are fun and have a lot of personality. The author has an easy writing style.
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