The Maelstrom of the Leaf Academy by M. L. Bullock

The Maelstrom of the Leaf Academy by M. L. Bullock

Bullock’s world of the supernatural just got substantially larger as she introduces a malevolent supernatural entity that is definitely not a ghost. In fact, it makes ghosts by feeding on its victims’ souls. And it has taken root in an old boy’s school called the Leaf Academy where it has been preying on people for centuries (actually in the region before the Leaf Academy was built).

 

The Gulf Coast Paranormal team didn’t seem ready for this challenge to me. Midas is disturbed by the coming anniversary of the death of his cousin. Joshua’s temper is out of sorts. And Jocelyn, who recently rejoined the team, has had a bad experience in the Leaf Academy, is frightened of it, and is impulsively failing to follow the rules. At least, for once, the focus was not on Cassidy’s painting talents, and that was good for the story.

 

This one is the most physically threatening installment yet, but the fullest manifestation of that threat really didn’t make sense to me, which in my mind really weakened the story. I just don’t see any reason that things had to (or even should of) end as they did.