chelsea_nailpolishlover's review
3.0
It was interesting enough to make me want to read more…. And then more.. and then more. It was addicting to keep reading to find out what happens. I read this in 2020. It’s now 2023 and I still think about this book series.
What sucks the most about this series is the price. It’s free for this first book, which draws you in. Then it’s $3.99 for 60-100 pages per “book” with almost 50 “books” in the series. If the author wasn’t so money hungry people might actually read this series.
Also if you plan to read just know the author drags out everything. And I mean everything. It’s like every book in this series is equal to 1-5 days worth of plot. It can get a little annoying. But the story itself is so freaking good I kept reading.
I stopped after “book” 19. The cost just couldn’t be justify. Merge the books together. 1-3, 4-6, etc for $3.99 ea would be justified. But paying 3.99 for 50-100 is robbery.
What sucks the most about this series is the price. It’s free for this first book, which draws you in. Then it’s $3.99 for 60-100 pages per “book” with almost 50 “books” in the series. If the author wasn’t so money hungry people might actually read this series.
Also if you plan to read just know the author drags out everything. And I mean everything. It’s like every book in this series is equal to 1-5 days worth of plot. It can get a little annoying. But the story itself is so freaking good I kept reading.
I stopped after “book” 19. The cost just couldn’t be justify. Merge the books together. 1-3, 4-6, etc for $3.99 ea would be justified. But paying 3.99 for 50-100 is robbery.
mommasaystoread's review
4.0
What a way to start a series! Academy of Beasts 1 starts out with a bang - well, a blaze, and it doesn't let up. This first book introduces us to some of the characters as well as the Academy, and since it is a serial, we don't get very many answers yet. The story is told from Fiona's perspective, and it's full of mystery and a bit of danger. Add to that the fact that Fiona is surrounded by shifters - handsome shifters - and this is shaping up to be an exciting shifter serial. Becca Fanning gives us a variety of shifters in this one, and then we have the heroine, who is surrounded in mystery, and it all came together to leave me impatiently waiting for the next edition of the Academy of Beasts. This first book has the feel of a young adult story, but the characters are college age, and the blurb does promise a reverse harem romance, so I would say this serial will fall firmly into the new adult category.
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