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Supernatural Academy: Freshman Witch

By: Ingrid Seymour, Katie French
Narrated by: Kasi Hollowell
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Of course, magic is real. Everybody knows that.

Since it came out on the news that Supernaturals exist, I’ve heard they can do spells, shape-shift, live forever, you name it. Wonderful, right?

Whatever.

In my world - where I’m homeless and spend my time avoiding rats and meth heads - magic sounds like major BS.

But, when I’m accused of stealing and they’re about to arrest me, the item I took disappears from my hand as if by magic. WTF?

Just like that, the Supernatural Academy swoops in and recruits me. But I don’t belong there, and everyone else agrees, including, Rowan Underwood, this rich and annoyingly handsome warlock who has it in for me. He’s investigating the theft of magical artifacts, and he thinks I’m involved.

Seriously? I just got here.

But I can’t worry about that, not while dead kings try to drain my essence or a spell from these angry pixie minotaurs sends my hair follicles into overdrive until I look like Cousin It.

Yet, I can’t avoid Rowan, and while I learn enough magic to stay alive, I also need to keep myself from falling for a guy who’s clearly my worst decision ever.

You’ll love this magical academy audiobook because everyone wants a chance to become who they are truly meant to be.

Get it now.

©2019 Katie French (P)2019 Katie French Fantasy Paranormal Romance Romance Science Fiction & Fantasy Young Adult Fiction Paranormal City

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Great teenage story that kept you wanting to know more about this world. Some colorful descriptions made me wince a bit but otherwise a good beginning to this series.

Narrators voice is young and fits with the book.

An unusual world

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Following the death of her mother and disappearance of her alcoholic father, Charlotte Riviera has been living on the streets along with her friend Trey, to avoid going into foster care. When she falls foul of the law, she inadvertently activates her magic and finds herself targeted by rogue supernaturals known as subversives, who recruit supernaturals like her for nefarious purposes. Tragically her friend Trey, loses his life while trying to protect her before she’s rescued by the Dean of Supernatural Academy, MacGregor Underwood and his son Rowan.

Waking up at the Academy, Charlie is initially defiant and mistrustful of her surroundings as well as those in authority. Eventually she strikes a deal with Head Dean Lynssa McIntosh; to undergo a trial period in which she’ll be under the protection of the Academy and not lack for anything while she learns to control her unpredictable powers. Charlie agrees to stay on a temporary basis.

Before long, Charlie has settled in to her new life at the Academy despite her antagonism towards the Underwoods and even strikes up a friendship with Disha. Charlie comes to realise, however, that the protection she was promised was vastly overrated. There’s danger and mischief afoot at the Academy and suspicion falls on Professor Answorth. When an ancient artefact known as Aidada’s Cuffs chooses Charlie to be their bearer, her life take a drastic change.

Freshman Witch is the first instalment of the Supernatural Academy series by Ingrid Seymour and Katie French. The book was fast paced and started off interesting enough but I struggled to engage with the plot and secondary characters for some reason. Charlie was an appealing, relatable protagonist and from the offset I felt invested in her story due to her unfortunate childhood and the loss of her friend Trey. Her initial mistrust of those at the academy was completely understandable.

Despite the academic setting, we are only introduced to three students; Georgia (briefly) Rowan and lastly Disha. Their backgrounds were not elaborated on in this instalment although it appears that both characters have their own novellas throughout the series. Rowan was a troubled, introverted individual who the reader will sympathise with due to his estranged relationship with his father as well as a curse that plagues him.

The staff consist of the McIntosh twins who are like chalk and cheese, the stoic and implacable Macgregor Underwood, the charming Professor Henderson and the enigmatic Professor Answorth. In the background we have some vague plot going on in which someone is trying to steal magical artefacts, one of which for reasons unexplained, chooses Charlie to be their bearer.

The world building was interesting in that we have a supernatural caste system that consists of Supers (Witches and Warlocks) Lessers (Other supernaturals) and Regulars ( humans) I’m sure as the series progresses, we’ll learn more about the subservients and the threats they pose.

I received an advanced free audible copy of Freshman Witch which was narrated by Kasi Hollowell. I was impressed by the way she was masterfully able to bring each character to life with their own unique voice, switching effortlessly between characters and accents.

1st instalment of the Supernatural Academy series

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I really enjoyed this book. Charlie was living on the streets with her best friend when everything changed. She gets thrown into a world of supernaturals. Loved the twists and turns along the way. If you enjoy magic and the academy setting then I recommend this book. It was very entertaining and kept me interested throughout. Can't wait to see what next year brings for Charlie and her friends.

Freshman Witch

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Overall, I really enjoyed this: the academy world is rich, the romantic arc isn't straightforward, there are twists, turns, friendships, failures, a really enjoyable mystery arc and the end of this chapter wasn't entirely predictable either (I thought that something else would happen to 'him' - if you've read it you'll know what I'm talking about).

It is a typical YA academy book like many others, in the fact that if you like that trope you'll like this, but of the ones I've listened to and read lately, it's beefier/more so

YA academy but more so

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I really enjoyed the story, style of writing and narrator's voice. All characters were very credible. I would really want to know what happens to Charley in the next book as the cliff hanger in the sneak peak of book 2 is a real tease

Charley has a terrible start in life, and it pulls on the heart strings.. I love her growing power and fab bff in school. Angst for the love interest at the moment...

Great audiobook from a great book !

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This was an amazing start to the Supernatural Academy series! Charlotte has been homeless since her mother’s death and her father’s alcoholism made him abusive. It’s just her and her best friend Trey against the world trying to survive each day at a time. When a trip to the drugstore goes wrong, her life is turned upside down, and she’s accused of being something that she hates- a supernatural. I absolutely loved Disha, the girl she met on her first day who declared that she would be her best friend. She always says what she’s thinking, is completely blunt, sheltered, and is always there for Charlie no matter what. Rowan is definitely misunderstood, but I enjoyed watching his and Charlie’s relationship develop throughout the book. I liked the categories that people were placed into within this world: Supers (the witches and warlocks), Lessers (every other supernatural being), and Regulars (humans). This book was filled with mystery, magic, drama, and wonderful characters that kept me invested in the story!
Kasi did a fantastic job with this narration! I loved how well she could bring Charlie and Disha’s personalities to life and the distinct voices she gave each character. She hooked me from the start and wouldn’t let me go with her performance!
*I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

New Beginnings

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When I saw the blurb about this book I jumped at the opportunity. I started listen to it and by halfway point I wanted to quit, I couldn't engage with the story!! The FMC seemed dumb for someone who was homeless for so long and a few other things that simply weren't working for me that includes the interaction between FMC and the MMC. But Being stubborn I push through and finished the book by then the story had picked up the pace and I started to enjoy it a little bit. It's an okay book with a good performance but it just wasn't for me.
Have a try and decide for yourself.

Mixed feelings...

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I loved the beginning, it had me hooked. However, once the book set off it started to slow down in pace and did not change, this for me is not good.
Don't get me wrong I liked some of the characters like Disha because she was not what I expected and I even liked Rowan. You could tell he was battling with himself about his feeling with Charlie and he was hiding something. I felt he was a bit of a mystery.
But the main character Charlie I couldn't even connect with and did not really care what happened to her.
The book is predictable but I don't mind this if we had something else to pull us forward like the build up of tension.
This book is not for me and other might love it.
Give it a go and make your own decision.

Supernatural Academy

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