The Trials of Blackbriar Academy

Blackbriar Academy, Book 1

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The Trials of Blackbriar Academy

Auteur(s): Olivia Ash

Narrateur(s): Amanda Dolan

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I shouldn’t be here, and everyone knows it.

Blackbriar Academy is an enchanted school on a magical island, and everyone wants in. It’s a home away from home for the most advanced mages in the world - and only the absolute best of the best are given an invitation.

By some freak accident, I managed to get one.

If I pass the trials, I get to stay. With nowhere else to go, Blackbriar is my one shot at having a real life, and I won’t let anyone take this from me.

But there’s a catch.

It turns out the people on this island are being trained to hunt the darkness - basically, they’re being trained to hunt me.

To survive, I have to hide what I am. As a half-mage, I shouldn't have any magic at all. And yet, my natural abilities are almost impossibly powerful - and incredibly illegal. Over history, magic like mine has corrupted the souls of those who were born with it. They’ve all gone dark - razing towns and murdering hundreds of thousands throughout history.

All but me, and I have no idea why.

As the trials get more and more challenging, it’s clear I’m being hunted. If I’m caught - I die.

At Blackbriar Academy, nothing is ever as it seems...but I have nowhere else to go.

Nothing, and no one, will stand in my way.

The Trials of Blackbriar Academy is a full-length novel with a powerfully magical heroine, a riveting story line, and an alternative relationship dynamic that supports our badass heroine's right to choose more than one man. Get ready for a heart-pounding story filled with an academy fantasy romance unlike anything you’ve listened to before.

Buckle in for heart-pounding action, breathtaking magic, deadly assassins, four drop-dead gorgeous leading men, lots of toned muscles, and most importantly - a young woman’s journey of justice, self-discovery, and freedom.

Warning: The Blackbriar Academy saga is a reverse harem series with explicit scenes and is meant for mature listeners who enjoy spellbinding stories with a few very steamy, fan-your-face moments in their fantasy fiction.

Includes a special bonus note from the author.

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I loved this book. I love the characters so much and the author is AMAZING at writing the sex scenes. So many other novels I've read with multiple sex scenes get repetitive, and/or make me feel awkward with their word choices. This is a me problem, but that doesn't even matter because it's so well done I didn't have to feel that way.

The author is really good at writing fights too. Quite often when there is a battle in a book, I will tune out the battle and just get the jist until the outcome. The actual steps and punches are rarely important so it's not a particularly big deal my doing so. In some novels where the author was particularly bad at writing a fight scene, (not that the writing was bad, just that someone as I, who is more of a pacifist got bored of the over explained movements) I even found myself full on skipping to the outcome. Trials of Blackbriar Academy featured fights where I most often held onto every hit and flourish. I did not find myself getting bored and only really found myself zoning out when very tired. This is a huge plus in my book! Literally!

The reason I gave the story itself only 4 stars was because of the grammar in many parts, and some of the writing in general. Overall, the story is very good and extremely easy to get lost in. The writing is no Hemingway, but it is simplistic in the most positive way. It's easy to follow and even easier to get immersed in. The only things that pull the reader/listener from the world are that along with the second and last issue I had with this story: the world is not well explained.

I felt as though we had a very surface level explanation of the world within which this story has been set. I assume this is our current Earth, but with magic, but I am left to assume because it isn't really explained and we the consumer must take cues from the fact that they mention current North American cities. I do have to add that as a Canadian, the addition of Milo being Canadian really pleasantly surprised me! That said, I was disappointed in not knowing if the wizard world was hidden from humans in this book. We know some aspects of the world aren't common knowledge, but only really a couple of things; nothing else is explained. I also felt that the castle wasn't particularly well mapped either.

These two things that I do consider problems, are not a big enough deal for me to pull down the over all rating, but if considering the story on its own merits, I do feel they warrant ine fewer star. I did love this book and I want others to as well so I hope those who aren't likely to read my review and just judge it on the overall star rating will not be impacted at all by my negative criticism. I do mean for it as constructive criticism however as I am also an author and understand how valuable it can be.

At the end of the day, this is a good read/listen and if you like magic, hot guys, and badass women you'll love it.