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Fallen Academy #2
Celestial City - Akademie der Engel: Jahr 2
Brielle Atwater ist sich bei drei Dingen absolut sicher:
1. Schwarze Flügel zu haben ist NICHT normal.
2. Ihre Seele an die Dämonen zu verkaufen war ein riesengroßer Fehler.
3. Lincoln Grey ist der größte Idiot, den sie je getroffen hat ... aber sich nicht in ihn zu verlieben ist quasi unmöglich.
1. Schwarze Flügel zu haben ist NICHT normal.
2. Ihre Seele an die Dämonen zu verkaufen war ein riesengroßer Fehler.
3. Lincoln Grey ist der größte Idiot, den sie je getroffen hat ... aber sich nicht in ihn zu verlieben ist quasi unmöglich.
288 pages, Hardcover
First published September 30, 2018
About the author
Leia Stone
103 books6,956 followersLeia Stone is the USA Today bestselling author of multiple bestselling series including Matefinder and Wolf Girl. She's sold over two million books and her Fallen Academy series has been optioned for film. Her novels have been translated into five languages and she even dabbles in script writing. Leia writes urban fantasy and paranormal romance with sassy kick-butt heroines and irresistible love interests. She lives in Spokane, WA with her husband and two children.
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January 25, 2020
Love, love this series
Truly loving this series completely, it’s amazing. I can’t wait to read the next book. It’s consumed me, don’t sleep to keep reading it.
Truly loving this series completely, it’s amazing. I can’t wait to read the next book. It’s consumed me, don’t sleep to keep reading it.
February 22, 2021
3,5⭐️
Ich finde den Weltenaufbau und die Geschichte an sich super. Jedoch passiert mir alles viel zu schnell. Wir erleben mit Brielle so viele spannende Wendungen, jedoch hatte ich das Gefühl beim lesen diese gar nicht richtig zu erleben da sie so schnell schon wieder vorbei sind. Das Buch ist auch relativ dünn mit ca 288 Seiten. Ich denke wenn es 100/150 Seiten mehr wären und alles ein wenig detaillierter wäre, könnte es für mich locker ein 5⭐️ Buch sein. Aber trotzdem werde ich den nächsten Teil lesen, da das Buch einen wirklich fiesen Cliffhanger hatte und ich unbedingt wissen muss wie es mit Brielle und allen anderen weiter geht.
Ich finde den Weltenaufbau und die Geschichte an sich super. Jedoch passiert mir alles viel zu schnell. Wir erleben mit Brielle so viele spannende Wendungen, jedoch hatte ich das Gefühl beim lesen diese gar nicht richtig zu erleben da sie so schnell schon wieder vorbei sind. Das Buch ist auch relativ dünn mit ca 288 Seiten. Ich denke wenn es 100/150 Seiten mehr wären und alles ein wenig detaillierter wäre, könnte es für mich locker ein 5⭐️ Buch sein. Aber trotzdem werde ich den nächsten Teil lesen, da das Buch einen wirklich fiesen Cliffhanger hatte und ich unbedingt wissen muss wie es mit Brielle und allen anderen weiter geht.
October 3, 2018
I wasn't as into this one as the first one. The first 3/4 of the book was pretty slow and I skimmed over parts. Some parts of the plot just didn't really make logical sense and left me scratching my head. Then we get to the last 1/4 and a bunch of things happens in a rushed section. Some of the rules of the world and behaviors of the characters had to change for the author to get the outcome she wanted in the form of a cliffhanger. The way things went for Lucifer at the end makes you wonder how he hasn't already won the war, he was mostly unstoppable and our heroes seem rather useless...
February 1, 2021
Am Anfang habe ich etwas gebraucht um wieder in die Geschichte einzusteigen... Aber dann war ich schnell wieder voll drin und hab mich daran erinnert wie sehr ich die Story und die Charaktere liebe. Leider war das Buch vieeeel kürzer als der erste Band, aber das hatte auch positives, denn so konnte ich es in einem Rutsch lesen. Außerdem muss ich sagen, dass es vielleicht auch zu viele Längen gehabt hätte, wenn es insgesamt länger gewesen wäre - also war es so eigentlich perfekt!
Ich liebe es zu sehen, wie Brielle, Lincoln und all die anderen tollen Charaktere sich weiterentwickeln und man immer mehr erfährt. Die Spannung war wieder fast durchgehend spannend und man wollte einfach wissen was passiert.
Das Ende war vorhersehbar, wenn auch ein total blöder Cliffhanger, von dem man irgendwie wusste, dass er passiert und man sich aber einfach gewünscht hat, es würde nicht passieren. Und bis Teil 3 erscheint dauert es einfach noch ein halbes Jahr.... :( Zum Glück gibt es schon einen Klappentext zum dritten Teil, der einem etwas Hoffnung wiedergibt.
Bis jetzt ist die Reihe eine klare Leseempfehlung. :)
Ich liebe es zu sehen, wie Brielle, Lincoln und all die anderen tollen Charaktere sich weiterentwickeln und man immer mehr erfährt. Die Spannung war wieder fast durchgehend spannend und man wollte einfach wissen was passiert.
Das Ende war vorhersehbar, wenn auch ein total blöder Cliffhanger, von dem man irgendwie wusste, dass er passiert und man sich aber einfach gewünscht hat, es würde nicht passieren. Und bis Teil 3 erscheint dauert es einfach noch ein halbes Jahr.... :( Zum Glück gibt es schon einen Klappentext zum dritten Teil, der einem etwas Hoffnung wiedergibt.
Bis jetzt ist die Reihe eine klare Leseempfehlung. :)
February 9, 2021
Celestial City 2 war für mich leider sehr enttäuschend, vor allem weil ich nach dem tollen ersten Band hohe Erwartungen hatte. Es schien so, als gäbe es keinen roten Faden, einige Handlungsaspekte wirkten wirr und aus dem Kontext gerissen. Die Charaktere, die ich in Band 1 so mochte, entwickelten sich nicht weiter oder fast schon ins Negative (Brielle zb agierte oft recht egoistisch oder naiv). In vielen Momenten erschienen ihre Gedanken nicht ihrem Alter entsprechend. Die ständigen Wiederholungen von Gesten, Handlungen und generellen Aussagen haben mich nach einer Weile ziemlich genervt.
Das alles hängt eventuell auch mit den wenigen Seiten zusammen. Vielleicht hätte der Story mehr Raum gegeben werden sollen😅!
Das alles hängt eventuell auch mit den wenigen Seiten zusammen. Vielleicht hätte der Story mehr Raum gegeben werden sollen😅!
February 24, 2021
Im Vergleich zum ersten Teil schneidet „Celestial City 2“ meiner Meinung nach etwas schwächer ab. Viele Handlungen haben sich überschlagen, wodurch es dem Buch teilweise an Emotionen gefehlt hat. Dennoch liebe ich auch hier den Humor, den leichten Schreibstil und die Charaktere. Brielle ist eine schlagfertige und mutige Protagonistin, die immer einen frechen Spruch auf den Lippen trägt. Das Ende von Teil 2 war wirklich gemein! Umso mehr freue ich mich auf die weiteren Teile der Reihe 💗
September 1, 2024
Nahhhh STOP!!!! I am eating this series uuuuuppp!!! Leia what did you put into these books to make me love them like this!!!!
I need a shea in my life!!! The friendship’s in this series is AMAZING!!! I love this world & don’t want it to end!!!🥹🥹
September is starting FANTASTIC👏🏽🩷
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I need a shea in my life!!! The friendship’s in this series is AMAZING!!! I love this world & don’t want it to end!!!🥹🥹
September is starting FANTASTIC👏🏽🩷
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
February 4, 2021
Rezension
Celestial City – Akademie der Engel Jahr 2 von Leia Stone
Was ich wie beim ersten Band geliebt habe war der richtig flüssige und locker-leichte Schreibstil. Dadurch flog man nur so durch die Seiten. Den Humor mochte ich besonders gerne, sodass ich mir das ein oder andere mal ein Lachen nicht verkneifen konnte.
Brielle war mir auch wieder sehr sympathisch, ich mochte ihre direkte und sarkastische Art sowie ihre Furchtlosigkeit und ihren Kampfgeist. Sie tat alles für die, die sie liebte, denn sie war loyal und selbstlos. Was mir bei ihr etwas gefehlt hat war die Charakterentwicklung, sie war zwar mutig jedoch hatte sie sich seit Band 1 nur wenig weiterentwickelt. Außerdem war ihr innerer Konflikt zwischen Gut und Böse sehr präsent. Sie verachtete ihre dunklen Kräfte und sträubte sich dagegen, dennoch reichte das nicht um diese vollständig zu unterdrücken. Ich bin gespannt darauf, zu erfahren, was es mit dieser Dunkelheit auf sich hat.
In Lincoln habe ich mich bereits in Band eins schon verliebt, er war beschützerisch, charmant und humorvoll. Demnach war er Bri ein perfekter Freund, es war total süß, zu sehen wie er sich um sie kümmerte, sie unterstütze und für sie da war.
Shea war eine tolle beste Freundin, auch die anderen Nebencharaktere mochte ich sehr gerne, da sie richtig authentisch waren. Der Antagonist, in diesem Fall Lucifer, kam in dem Buch auch vor, aber er erschien mir viel zu mächtig, was etwas fragwürdig war. Ungeachtet dessen frage ich mich, was sein Motiv ist.
Da es schon etwas her war, seit ich den ersten Band gelesen hatte, brauchte ich erstmal einpaar Seiten, um wieder in die Geschichte und die Welt hinein zu finden. Zum Teil kamen mir die Action Szenen etwas zu unspektakulär vor. Auch hatte ich das Gefühl, dass die Herausforderungen viel zu mühelos bewältigt und die Charaktere somit gar nicht wirklich gechallenged wurden. An der Geschichte hat mir manchmal der Handlungsstrang gefehlt, was aber nicht unbedingt schlecht war, denn die Charaktere ließen sich eher von den Ereignissen treiben. Nichtsdestotrotz konnte mich die Handlung mitreißen und fesseln, sodass ich mit den Charakteren mitfieberte. Die ganze Welt mit den Dämonen und den Engeln fand ich so interessant und faszinierend. Die Kampfszenen waren sehr gelungen, nur eben etwas zu kurz. Das Highlight in dem Buch war die bBeziehung zwischen Bri und Linc – die beiden waren einfach zum Dahinschmelzen zusammen. Zum Ende hin wurde es dann nochmal richtig spannend und unvorhersehbar. Das Ende kam überraschend, denn mit dem krassen Cliffhanger hätte ich nicht gerechnet.
Es war eine gelungene Fortsetzung der Reihe! Zwar kam dieser leider nicht ganz an den ersten an, jedoch hatte ich wieder sehr viel Spaß beim Lesen. Es war eine humorvolle und unterhaltsame Urban-Fantasygeschichte, die mich mitreißen und begeistern konnte. Nach dem fiesen Cliffhanger, fiebere ich schon erwartungsvoll auf den 3. Band der Reihe hin und bin gespannt darauf, wie es mit Brielle weitergeht. 4/5 [Werbung|Rezensionsexemplar]
Klappentext:
(Band 1)
Seit Brielles Mutter ihre Seele an die Dämonen verkauft hat, ist auch das Schicksal der 18-Jährigen besiegelt. Deshalb erwartet sie bei ihrer Erweckungszeremonie, die über ihr weiteres Leben entscheidet, keine großen Überraschungen. Es ist klar, dass sie an der dämonischen Tainted Academy ausgebildet wird. Als dann jedoch pechschwarze Flügel aus ihrem Rücken wachsen, wird sie wider Erwarten an der Fallen Academy der Engel aufgenommen. Mit ihren schwarzen Flügeln ist Brielle dort allerdings eine Außenseiterin. Da hilft es auch nicht, dass der attraktive Lincoln Grey ihr das Leben noch schwerer macht - oder dass sie plötzlich Luzifer persönlich gegenübersteht.
Celestial City – Akademie der Engel Jahr 2 von Leia Stone
Was ich wie beim ersten Band geliebt habe war der richtig flüssige und locker-leichte Schreibstil. Dadurch flog man nur so durch die Seiten. Den Humor mochte ich besonders gerne, sodass ich mir das ein oder andere mal ein Lachen nicht verkneifen konnte.
Brielle war mir auch wieder sehr sympathisch, ich mochte ihre direkte und sarkastische Art sowie ihre Furchtlosigkeit und ihren Kampfgeist. Sie tat alles für die, die sie liebte, denn sie war loyal und selbstlos. Was mir bei ihr etwas gefehlt hat war die Charakterentwicklung, sie war zwar mutig jedoch hatte sie sich seit Band 1 nur wenig weiterentwickelt. Außerdem war ihr innerer Konflikt zwischen Gut und Böse sehr präsent. Sie verachtete ihre dunklen Kräfte und sträubte sich dagegen, dennoch reichte das nicht um diese vollständig zu unterdrücken. Ich bin gespannt darauf, zu erfahren, was es mit dieser Dunkelheit auf sich hat.
In Lincoln habe ich mich bereits in Band eins schon verliebt, er war beschützerisch, charmant und humorvoll. Demnach war er Bri ein perfekter Freund, es war total süß, zu sehen wie er sich um sie kümmerte, sie unterstütze und für sie da war.
Shea war eine tolle beste Freundin, auch die anderen Nebencharaktere mochte ich sehr gerne, da sie richtig authentisch waren. Der Antagonist, in diesem Fall Lucifer, kam in dem Buch auch vor, aber er erschien mir viel zu mächtig, was etwas fragwürdig war. Ungeachtet dessen frage ich mich, was sein Motiv ist.
Da es schon etwas her war, seit ich den ersten Band gelesen hatte, brauchte ich erstmal einpaar Seiten, um wieder in die Geschichte und die Welt hinein zu finden. Zum Teil kamen mir die Action Szenen etwas zu unspektakulär vor. Auch hatte ich das Gefühl, dass die Herausforderungen viel zu mühelos bewältigt und die Charaktere somit gar nicht wirklich gechallenged wurden. An der Geschichte hat mir manchmal der Handlungsstrang gefehlt, was aber nicht unbedingt schlecht war, denn die Charaktere ließen sich eher von den Ereignissen treiben. Nichtsdestotrotz konnte mich die Handlung mitreißen und fesseln, sodass ich mit den Charakteren mitfieberte. Die ganze Welt mit den Dämonen und den Engeln fand ich so interessant und faszinierend. Die Kampfszenen waren sehr gelungen, nur eben etwas zu kurz. Das Highlight in dem Buch war die bBeziehung zwischen Bri und Linc – die beiden waren einfach zum Dahinschmelzen zusammen. Zum Ende hin wurde es dann nochmal richtig spannend und unvorhersehbar. Das Ende kam überraschend, denn mit dem krassen Cliffhanger hätte ich nicht gerechnet.
Es war eine gelungene Fortsetzung der Reihe! Zwar kam dieser leider nicht ganz an den ersten an, jedoch hatte ich wieder sehr viel Spaß beim Lesen. Es war eine humorvolle und unterhaltsame Urban-Fantasygeschichte, die mich mitreißen und begeistern konnte. Nach dem fiesen Cliffhanger, fiebere ich schon erwartungsvoll auf den 3. Band der Reihe hin und bin gespannt darauf, wie es mit Brielle weitergeht. 4/5 [Werbung|Rezensionsexemplar]
Klappentext:
(Band 1)
Seit Brielles Mutter ihre Seele an die Dämonen verkauft hat, ist auch das Schicksal der 18-Jährigen besiegelt. Deshalb erwartet sie bei ihrer Erweckungszeremonie, die über ihr weiteres Leben entscheidet, keine großen Überraschungen. Es ist klar, dass sie an der dämonischen Tainted Academy ausgebildet wird. Als dann jedoch pechschwarze Flügel aus ihrem Rücken wachsen, wird sie wider Erwarten an der Fallen Academy der Engel aufgenommen. Mit ihren schwarzen Flügeln ist Brielle dort allerdings eine Außenseiterin. Da hilft es auch nicht, dass der attraktive Lincoln Grey ihr das Leben noch schwerer macht - oder dass sie plötzlich Luzifer persönlich gegenübersteht.
December 13, 2018
I'm so sorry for my brain because i insisted on reading these.....Will i ever recover from the trauma? The idea was okay, i was excited and i liked it in the beginning of the first book. But there is no character development and it seems to kinda jump: now im mad now im sad, it gets pathetic really. I dont kno what to do with this do i continue reading or what. Oh yea lets not forget the black and white world. There is no gray in this and i feel utterly disappointed.
July 26, 2023
Such a great read! Character growth is great! Relationships are becoming stronger, and new relationships are forming. We meet additional characters that fit in perfectly. Great little twist found in here which I love!
Very strong series with great storytelling. For me I would not call this a read that involves any heat. So if you’re looking for something in that area, this is not the book for you. But if you’re looking for a great story, pick this up immediately.
Happy reading
DD
Very strong series with great storytelling. For me I would not call this a read that involves any heat. So if you’re looking for something in that area, this is not the book for you. But if you’re looking for a great story, pick this up immediately.
Happy reading
DD
January 31, 2021
Nachdem ich Ende letzten Jahres den ersten Band innerhalb eines Tages förmlich verschlungen habe, war ich ganz begierig darauf, schnell nach Angel City zurückzukehren und herauszufinden, wie es mit Brielle weitergeht.
Und genau deshalb habe ich auch sofort gestern, nachdem mich Band 2 erreicht hat, dazu gegriffen und erneut innerhalb eines Tages weggesuchtet.
Brielle ist nun in ihrem 2. Jahr an der Fallen Academy und wird für die Engelsarmee ausgebildet, als sie ein Hilfeschrei von ihrer Mutter erreicht. Um diese aus ihrem Dämonenvertrag zu befreien, entschließt sich Brielle, gemeinsam mit ihrer besten Freundin Shea an einer von der Tainted Academy ausgerichteten Kampfnacht teilzunehmen, das Preisgeld von 1 Mio. Dollar zu gewinnen und ihre Mutter damit endgültig freizukaufen.
Doch bevor es überhaupt zu dieser Nacht kommt, sieht sich Brielle mit reichlich anderen Problemen konfrontiert. Erst muss sie gegen einen Dämon kämpfen, dann muss sie jene retten die sie liebt und am Ende tritt natürlich auch noch Luzifer auf den Plan, der die in ihr schlummernden dunklen Mächte klar für sich beanspruchen will.
Reichlich spannender Stoff, der da in nur 288 Seiten gepackt wurde, was leider auch dafür sorgt, dass es mir immer mal wieder an Tiefe und ausschweifenderen Beschreibungen der Situationen und Ereignisse fehlte. Das ging mir in Band 1 schon so und leider muss ich das auch hier wieder bemängeln. Es macht die Geschichte ansich nicht weniger unterhaltsam, nimmt aber durchaus ein bisschen Spannung raus, weil man das Gefühl hat, dass ein ganzes Jahr durch den Zeitraffer gepresst wird und das spiegelt sich in manch einer Situation wider. Es gab zwei oder drei Szenen, in denen sich plötzlich, wie aus dem Nichts die Situation für Brielle verschlechtert und leider wirkten diese Wendungen stark gehetzt.
Aber okay, Gejammer auf hohem Niveau, denn wie schon Band 1 ist es hier vor allem Brielles schlagfertiger Humor, der mich bestens unterhalten hat und überhaupt die Fülle an wirklich coolen Figuren, über die man hier noch ein bisschen mehr erfährt.
Der Schreibstil ist durchaus mitreißend, selbst wenn es manchmal an Spannung fehlte.
Trotz meiner Kritikpunkte hatte ich jede Menge Spaß und will auch diesmal dringend wissen, wie es weitergeht. Vor allem, da dass Ende einen kleinen, miesen Cliffhanger hat.
Und genau deshalb habe ich auch sofort gestern, nachdem mich Band 2 erreicht hat, dazu gegriffen und erneut innerhalb eines Tages weggesuchtet.
Brielle ist nun in ihrem 2. Jahr an der Fallen Academy und wird für die Engelsarmee ausgebildet, als sie ein Hilfeschrei von ihrer Mutter erreicht. Um diese aus ihrem Dämonenvertrag zu befreien, entschließt sich Brielle, gemeinsam mit ihrer besten Freundin Shea an einer von der Tainted Academy ausgerichteten Kampfnacht teilzunehmen, das Preisgeld von 1 Mio. Dollar zu gewinnen und ihre Mutter damit endgültig freizukaufen.
Doch bevor es überhaupt zu dieser Nacht kommt, sieht sich Brielle mit reichlich anderen Problemen konfrontiert. Erst muss sie gegen einen Dämon kämpfen, dann muss sie jene retten die sie liebt und am Ende tritt natürlich auch noch Luzifer auf den Plan, der die in ihr schlummernden dunklen Mächte klar für sich beanspruchen will.
Reichlich spannender Stoff, der da in nur 288 Seiten gepackt wurde, was leider auch dafür sorgt, dass es mir immer mal wieder an Tiefe und ausschweifenderen Beschreibungen der Situationen und Ereignisse fehlte. Das ging mir in Band 1 schon so und leider muss ich das auch hier wieder bemängeln. Es macht die Geschichte ansich nicht weniger unterhaltsam, nimmt aber durchaus ein bisschen Spannung raus, weil man das Gefühl hat, dass ein ganzes Jahr durch den Zeitraffer gepresst wird und das spiegelt sich in manch einer Situation wider. Es gab zwei oder drei Szenen, in denen sich plötzlich, wie aus dem Nichts die Situation für Brielle verschlechtert und leider wirkten diese Wendungen stark gehetzt.
Aber okay, Gejammer auf hohem Niveau, denn wie schon Band 1 ist es hier vor allem Brielles schlagfertiger Humor, der mich bestens unterhalten hat und überhaupt die Fülle an wirklich coolen Figuren, über die man hier noch ein bisschen mehr erfährt.
Der Schreibstil ist durchaus mitreißend, selbst wenn es manchmal an Spannung fehlte.
Trotz meiner Kritikpunkte hatte ich jede Menge Spaß und will auch diesmal dringend wissen, wie es weitergeht. Vor allem, da dass Ende einen kleinen, miesen Cliffhanger hat.
February 8, 2021
Ich habe wie erwartet das Fantasy Highschool Drama bekommen, was ich wollte. Dennoch fand ich diesen Band schlechter als den ersten, weil es sehr viele Zeitsprünge gab, die für mich den Lesefluss total gestört haben. Außerdem hat mich das Buch dadurch auch nicht wirklich fesseln können.
March 3, 2021
Ich habe dieses Buch abgöttisch geliebt. Der erste Teil war bereits grandios und dieser hat noch einen draufgesetzt.
Die beschriebene Welt ist einfach extrem cool. Eine Mischung aus "normaler Menschenwelt" (ist das ein Wort?) und der Fantasy-Welt. Wirklich grandios. Ich finde die Vorstellung, in so einer Welt zu leben, total spannend.
Die Entwicklung der Charaktere l, vom ersten Band bis hierher, ist toll mit anzusehen. Kein Charakter wird oberflächlich beschrieben, alle haben eine gewisse Tiefe. Die Freundschaft aller Personen untereinander ist sehr wertvoll. Ich habe mich immer mitgefreut, falls was schönes passiert ist.
Der Schreibstil ist total locker flockig. Man kann das Buch total entspannt lesen ohne den Faden zu verlieren.
Das Design des Covers ist ähnlich zu Band 1, aber dennoch zu diesem Teil sehr passend.
Von mir aus hätte das Buch auch gern noch ein paar Hundert Seiten dicker sein können. Bis der dritte Band erscheint, dauert es ja noch sooo lang.
Das Ende kam für mich übrigens sehr unerwartet. Daher würde ich am liebsten JETZT SOFORT den nächsten Band lesen wollen.
Alles in allem aber ein grandioses Buch, was von mir 5/5⭐ bekommt.
Die beschriebene Welt ist einfach extrem cool. Eine Mischung aus "normaler Menschenwelt" (ist das ein Wort?) und der Fantasy-Welt. Wirklich grandios. Ich finde die Vorstellung, in so einer Welt zu leben, total spannend.
Die Entwicklung der Charaktere l, vom ersten Band bis hierher, ist toll mit anzusehen. Kein Charakter wird oberflächlich beschrieben, alle haben eine gewisse Tiefe. Die Freundschaft aller Personen untereinander ist sehr wertvoll. Ich habe mich immer mitgefreut, falls was schönes passiert ist.
Der Schreibstil ist total locker flockig. Man kann das Buch total entspannt lesen ohne den Faden zu verlieren.
Das Design des Covers ist ähnlich zu Band 1, aber dennoch zu diesem Teil sehr passend.
Von mir aus hätte das Buch auch gern noch ein paar Hundert Seiten dicker sein können. Bis der dritte Band erscheint, dauert es ja noch sooo lang.
Das Ende kam für mich übrigens sehr unerwartet. Daher würde ich am liebsten JETZT SOFORT den nächsten Band lesen wollen.
Alles in allem aber ein grandioses Buch, was von mir 5/5⭐ bekommt.
May 31, 2021
Auf dieses Buch habe ich mich echt schon gefreut, da ich endlich mal wieder ein komplett anderes Fantasybuch lesen wollte und mir der erste wirklich gut gefallen hat. Leider könnte er mich nicht so von sich überzeugen, wie Band 1. Es ging mir teilweise alles zu schnell. Das Schuljahr wurde innerhalb von ca 300 abgehandelt. Ich wollte mehr Information und mehr alles. Es war natürlich trotzdem gut zu lesen, habe es innerhalb von 3 Stunden oder so ausgelesen. Und dann dieses Ende. Was soll das? Und wann ist endlich Juli? Ich möchte weiterlesen. Ich will wissen wie es weitergeht. Auch wenn es noch mehr Seiten verdient hätte, fand ich die Geschichte so wirklich gut.
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July 25, 2024
Ehh..valamivel jobban tetszett az előző résznél de ezektől a időugrásoktól a falra mászok! A vége miatt MUSZÁJ megtudnom mi fog történni!!😂
January 31, 2025
After reading several of Leia Stone’s books, I can confidently say they all have a signature style: cute, short and sweet, bite-sized, palate-cleansing fantasy reads! These stories feel like fantasy on crack—offering a great plot, premise, and characters without all the extravagant, world building, fantasy we’re used to in this genre.
The Fallen Academy series is no exception, and I mean that in the best way. It delivers everything I love in a book: tension, a light enemies-to-lovers dynamic 😂😉, an adorable romance, a strong FMC finding her place, compelling villains, an engaging plot, thrilling battles, and just enough glimmers of hope to keep you hooked. And of course, it ends with a cliffhanger that has you scrambling to start the next book!
Year Two saw things kicked up a notch and I was here for it! While it makes little sense that she’s growing in her powers and I slightly miss the montage of training, I’m still so here for the series and the vibes. I’m finding myself fully engrossed in its continued storyline and the cliffhanger here, had me immediately starting book three!
3.75✨.
The Fallen Academy series is no exception, and I mean that in the best way. It delivers everything I love in a book: tension, a light enemies-to-lovers dynamic 😂😉, an adorable romance, a strong FMC finding her place, compelling villains, an engaging plot, thrilling battles, and just enough glimmers of hope to keep you hooked. And of course, it ends with a cliffhanger that has you scrambling to start the next book!
Year Two saw things kicked up a notch and I was here for it! While it makes little sense that she’s growing in her powers and I slightly miss the montage of training, I’m still so here for the series and the vibes. I’m finding myself fully engrossed in its continued storyline and the cliffhanger here, had me immediately starting book three!
3.75✨.
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December 29, 2018DNF at 20%
The first book in the Fallen Academy Series was so refreshingly good. Giving me hope for a genre I thought I may be growing too old for. But with this second installation, I'm already seeing this book fall into the same follies I thought I bypassed after book one.
Since I didn't get horribly far into this book, I may give it another shot later. But for right now, I have way too many good books I'm currently reading to attempt to push through with this one.
The first book in the Fallen Academy Series was so refreshingly good. Giving me hope for a genre I thought I may be growing too old for. But with this second installation, I'm already seeing this book fall into the same follies I thought I bypassed after book one.
Since I didn't get horribly far into this book, I may give it another shot later. But for right now, I have way too many good books I'm currently reading to attempt to push through with this one.
September 26, 2019
A little disappointed with this one, I'm not sure if I'll keep going with this series.
It's missing something for me. Maybe too much stupid and too little sense. And a gaping plot hole.
I'm just on the fence because there are aspects that I liked very much.
It's missing something for me. Maybe too much stupid and too little sense. And a gaping plot hole.
I'm just on the fence because there are aspects that I liked very much.
December 30, 2025
This book was even worse than the first one! I started it as an assignment from the same bad book club that brought me to the first book, but I had to take a few long breaks in the middle of this one because I was struggling to get through it, even though it frequently made me laugh. It had every bit as much cringe, terrible dialogue, and sloppy prose, but it committed a far more serious crime of also being boring. I think Stone hoped the number of winks she made characters give to each other would make up for it. I counted, there were 14 winks in this book, half of which were in the first 40 pages of the book. That’s simply too many winks. The word “totally” was used 25 times, 90% of those were unnecessary and frankly, completely out of place. Examples include “the chick was totally a dark mage”, “it was totally to exploit us”, and “his pep talk totally made me cry.” All of those were within a couple pages of each other by the way.
While the winks, totallys, and substitutes for the f-word are dialed up to the max, the plot is achingly thin. It’s a meandering tale with no real through line. In fact, I am of the opinion that this entire book could’ve been skipped if the author had had the courage to end the first book in the way this book ended. I seriously don’t understand why the Devil would wait to pull off his plan until another year went by.
This book’s main conflict is that Brielle wants to protect her brother and mother. She must determine a way to help them both through their respective challenges, particularly her mom, for whom she joins a fight club to win a million dollars and get her out of slavery. The entire book is Brielle mentioning that she has been training very hard for this fight while constantly getting distracted by her romance with Lincoln and random drama at school. It’s no surprise. She is an ignoramus. Why she doesn’t pull the same trick that earned her freedom (as well as her best friend’s) in the last book is a mystery to me. I also wonder why this fight club was saved until the end of the book in which she has to fight seven fights in a row, which the author doesn’t feel like describing, so she keeps skipping around giving quick summaries of what happened. If you didn’t want to write seven fight scenes, then you, as the author, can make it so that it’s not seven fights, or you can at least spread them out across the book, as if the fight competition were a monthly thing, progressively getting more difficult. Either way, it was an unbearable chunk of the book just watching Brielle go through uninteresting fight after uninteresting fight. Any other author, or at least any thoughtful ones, would’ve known that the book’s pacing would be greatly helped by scattering the fights through the book, rather than shoving them all back to back and leaving the rest of the book with nothing to do. I’m serious. The whole book is just treading water for months waiting for the only parts of the book that will matter to actually happen. At one point, Lincoln gets kidnapped and instead of it being a big plot point, the entire thing is solved in a few pages. Every issue feels like that. Just little things to bide our time while the author waits for enough time to pass before we can finally get to the main fights. Yet, it was her choice to start the book about 9 months too early.
Clearly, well conceived writing is not what we can expect here, which is why it should come as no surprise when I say that the characters were as insufferable as the plot was. Brielle continues to defy logic for having survived so long with a brain the size of a pea. She fails to grasp very basic concepts and continues to annoy the heck out of me every time she opens her mouth or thinks, which the author likes to write in meaningless italics with phrases like “oh shit” and “no freaking way!” She keeps getting upset about being required to call Lincoln “sir” as if that wasn’t army regulation and was actually something he was forcing her to say for kicks and giggles. Actually, Lincoln barely even brings it up to her. It’s mostly just Brielle bringing it up again and again, even when they’re in private and there would be no reason for that. She also developed the habit of referring to Lincoln as “my man” as a prose descriptor in lieu of his name. Even worse, she refers to her friends as “my bestie” frequently. Really, all you need to know about how annoying Brielle is can be summed up in this excerpt: “‘A prezzie? For me?’ I spun and ripped the shoe box out of his hands.” Chill, dude. Also, “prezzie” makes me want to throw up. Just like the last book, Brielle takes forever to understand things that are happening around her. She even needs additional confirmation in this book to learn things she already learned SEVERAL times in the last one. For example, in her discussion with a teacher about her recent issues in which dark magic bursts out of her, she thinks this, “With that statement, he confirmed it. I had dark powers.” Like, yeah, the tattoo from Satan and the dark magic you keep strangling people with weren’t clues enough for you? At every turn, Brielle is reminded about the stakes of their war and why she needs to work so she can help their efforts. The humans/angels are basically losing the war and they desperately need help. Yet, she always gets sucked into meaningless drama or starts complaining about how hard things are or whatever other excuses she can find to make jokes and take nothing seriously. Toward the beginning of the book, Brielle goes into the war zone and sees how people are suffering there. She thinks, “A deep purpose was growing within me; I was having a total paradigm shift.” First of all, it’s hilarious that it is written this way. No one would ever think to themselves, “hey, I think I’m having a total paradigm shift”. It just happens and usually not all at once. However, even if someone did say it like that, usually it would mean they would change how they behave, but not Brielle. She has this same kind of paradigm shift multiple times in this book, after having multiple in the last book too, but do we see any actual change from her? No. She never learns, never improves, never seems to care any more about the people who need her help. I wouldn’t call it a paradigm shift if it leads to business as usual right after.
The other characters aren’t much better. All of Brielle’s friends are either mostly absent in the book or continue to be offensive stereotypes. Lincoln gets a couple of new and terrible character traits, most notably rampant sexism. Lincoln’s mom “always” told him to “wait for a strong woman and she’ll raise strong daughters”, which apparently meant that she “was kind of a raging feminist.” Apparently that “feminism” was passed down to him too. When Lincoln is confronted with the possibility of Brielle’s mom coming to live with them in Angel City, his first thought is excitement over the fact that she will cook for him. You’re telling me that they plan for free a woman who has been enslaved for years, only to force her to cook for him? He complains that Brielle never cooks for him. He keeps talking about not allowing Brielle to do things, as if her agency (what little agency she has) is not her own. I’m getting a very slight instinct that the author might not actually know what feminism is… Furthermore, Lincoln’s weird living situation (namely, living in the parking lot of the college in an RV) gets even weirder when it is revealed that he had the option to live in a two bedroom apartment provided for free by the army, but he just didn’t for some reason. He and his terrible poetry can just walk right out of my life and I would only shed tears of joy.
But all of my complaints pale in comparison to my biggest gripe with this series: the world-building. In the last book, I was begging for details about what on earth could be going on in the rest of the world. This book provided a single paragraph to explain what it looks like out there, but it only proceeded to unlock about a thousand more questions, these ones much more desperate and confused. Brielle explains, “It reminded me that we were a small part of a very big problem that extended all over the world. Every major city, in every state, in every country was divided—Angel City on one side and Demon City on the other.” When I read that sentence, my jaw dropped. What on earth?????????????? How??????????? The first book made it seem like Brielle’s city was only divided like that because it was where the angels and demons fell to earth during the initial battle that gave everyone powers. Why would anywhere else in the world have divided cities like that? It hardly even made sense for one city to be divided. It also doesn’t make sense when half of America seems to be a demon-run war zone. Why aren’t those major cities divided? If all four of the archangels live in Brielle’s city, who is running all of these Angel cities? Anyway, it is a baffling concept. I am also convinced that the Angel side is trying to lose the war given how they operate. For some reason, they aren’t trying to rescue people out of the war zone to bring them into the safe city, even though they know that if they don’t, those people could be pressured into becoming slaves or servants of the demons. According to their intelligence, Satan is creating hundreds of demons per day, so he should’ve overrun every angel city by now. With those kinds of numbers, you would think the Angel side would be begging for new recruits to their army and doing anything in their power to bring as many people to their save zones as possible. But no, apparently they don’t want to ruin their city’s pretty facade. Brielle says, “with the shelters full and Angel City against seeing homeless tent cities…it’s not enough.” Why don’t they cram the city full of people? Why are teenagers running the war? Lincoln and his friends are all leaders of the army. Where are the adults? Why aren’t they letting everyone join? Why would they be against tent cities in the middle of a war where every person counts? Maybe it’s not that ethical to force anyone who enters the city to serve in the war, but it’s better than the alternative of struggling to survive as a demon’s slave. Lincoln has access to a two bedroom apartment all to himself and other students at the school get full apartments after their first year. Why aren’t the leaders having them share space to make room for more people? It’s a complete waste of the recourses they have. What are they doing with all that space? Because as far as I’ve seen, they have a drug donut shop, a nightclub, a tattoo parlor and a bunch of underpopulated housing. Also, Brielle mentions at the very beginning of the book that the army takes half her salary as well as making her pay for all her clothes and stuff. What are they doing with all that money? Because as far as I can see, it’s practically nothing. All the angels seem to have is a tiny school of horny, brainless 20-somethings, not a real army against the literal devil. It’s a miracle they haven’t lost yet, but it’s like they’re not even trying.
Finally, to top it all off, here is a list of my favorite sentences from the book, just to give you a picture of what I suffered through.
- “Did Grim—Shea’s boss, who I’d almost killed and was now my mom’s boss—attack Mikey?”
- “…he hadn’t winked once the whole time we’d been in Demon City.”
- “He spent his parents’ death money on me.”
- “My ovaries did somersaults at Lincoln’s nice gesture toward my little brother.” (The “nice gesture” in question was Lincoln calling him “bro”)
- Lincoln’s poetry: “eyes like the sky, they behold mighty power/ hair like the sun, I want to stay warm forever/ her love fills me up, fills me up”
- The most immature and unnecessary phrasing imaginable: “We totally just had a quickie in his trailer, so he was trying to tuck his shirt in his uniform, hiding the evidence.”
- “Pushing out of my seat, I beelined it for my boyfriend. My drill sergeant. My asshole, who was about to tell me I couldn’t go inside.”
- “My heart burst into tiny emoji hearts that floated around his head.”
- “His dark lashes framed his crystalline blue eyes, making them pop and look arresting.”
- “Donnie turned to my gay bestie, then.”
- “The expression in her face told me she’s been through something, and I should trust her.” (IN her face makes me laugh as much as the whole sentence)
- “A sexy angel wink was like two Lincoln winks.”
- “This wasn’t Angel City we were going to, it was Demon City. Home of the rule breakers, risk takers, and stab you in the backers.”
- “He was a twenty-four-year-old guy who hated demon slaves, and yet he was willing to live with my mom who was one.”
- “I’d made a half-good, half-evil orb, then wussed out and flew away.”
While the winks, totallys, and substitutes for the f-word are dialed up to the max, the plot is achingly thin. It’s a meandering tale with no real through line. In fact, I am of the opinion that this entire book could’ve been skipped if the author had had the courage to end the first book in the way this book ended. I seriously don’t understand why the Devil would wait to pull off his plan until another year went by.
This book’s main conflict is that Brielle wants to protect her brother and mother. She must determine a way to help them both through their respective challenges, particularly her mom, for whom she joins a fight club to win a million dollars and get her out of slavery. The entire book is Brielle mentioning that she has been training very hard for this fight while constantly getting distracted by her romance with Lincoln and random drama at school. It’s no surprise. She is an ignoramus. Why she doesn’t pull the same trick that earned her freedom (as well as her best friend’s) in the last book is a mystery to me. I also wonder why this fight club was saved until the end of the book in which she has to fight seven fights in a row, which the author doesn’t feel like describing, so she keeps skipping around giving quick summaries of what happened. If you didn’t want to write seven fight scenes, then you, as the author, can make it so that it’s not seven fights, or you can at least spread them out across the book, as if the fight competition were a monthly thing, progressively getting more difficult. Either way, it was an unbearable chunk of the book just watching Brielle go through uninteresting fight after uninteresting fight. Any other author, or at least any thoughtful ones, would’ve known that the book’s pacing would be greatly helped by scattering the fights through the book, rather than shoving them all back to back and leaving the rest of the book with nothing to do. I’m serious. The whole book is just treading water for months waiting for the only parts of the book that will matter to actually happen. At one point, Lincoln gets kidnapped and instead of it being a big plot point, the entire thing is solved in a few pages. Every issue feels like that. Just little things to bide our time while the author waits for enough time to pass before we can finally get to the main fights. Yet, it was her choice to start the book about 9 months too early.
Clearly, well conceived writing is not what we can expect here, which is why it should come as no surprise when I say that the characters were as insufferable as the plot was. Brielle continues to defy logic for having survived so long with a brain the size of a pea. She fails to grasp very basic concepts and continues to annoy the heck out of me every time she opens her mouth or thinks, which the author likes to write in meaningless italics with phrases like “oh shit” and “no freaking way!” She keeps getting upset about being required to call Lincoln “sir” as if that wasn’t army regulation and was actually something he was forcing her to say for kicks and giggles. Actually, Lincoln barely even brings it up to her. It’s mostly just Brielle bringing it up again and again, even when they’re in private and there would be no reason for that. She also developed the habit of referring to Lincoln as “my man” as a prose descriptor in lieu of his name. Even worse, she refers to her friends as “my bestie” frequently. Really, all you need to know about how annoying Brielle is can be summed up in this excerpt: “‘A prezzie? For me?’ I spun and ripped the shoe box out of his hands.” Chill, dude. Also, “prezzie” makes me want to throw up. Just like the last book, Brielle takes forever to understand things that are happening around her. She even needs additional confirmation in this book to learn things she already learned SEVERAL times in the last one. For example, in her discussion with a teacher about her recent issues in which dark magic bursts out of her, she thinks this, “With that statement, he confirmed it. I had dark powers.” Like, yeah, the tattoo from Satan and the dark magic you keep strangling people with weren’t clues enough for you? At every turn, Brielle is reminded about the stakes of their war and why she needs to work so she can help their efforts. The humans/angels are basically losing the war and they desperately need help. Yet, she always gets sucked into meaningless drama or starts complaining about how hard things are or whatever other excuses she can find to make jokes and take nothing seriously. Toward the beginning of the book, Brielle goes into the war zone and sees how people are suffering there. She thinks, “A deep purpose was growing within me; I was having a total paradigm shift.” First of all, it’s hilarious that it is written this way. No one would ever think to themselves, “hey, I think I’m having a total paradigm shift”. It just happens and usually not all at once. However, even if someone did say it like that, usually it would mean they would change how they behave, but not Brielle. She has this same kind of paradigm shift multiple times in this book, after having multiple in the last book too, but do we see any actual change from her? No. She never learns, never improves, never seems to care any more about the people who need her help. I wouldn’t call it a paradigm shift if it leads to business as usual right after.
The other characters aren’t much better. All of Brielle’s friends are either mostly absent in the book or continue to be offensive stereotypes. Lincoln gets a couple of new and terrible character traits, most notably rampant sexism. Lincoln’s mom “always” told him to “wait for a strong woman and she’ll raise strong daughters”, which apparently meant that she “was kind of a raging feminist.” Apparently that “feminism” was passed down to him too. When Lincoln is confronted with the possibility of Brielle’s mom coming to live with them in Angel City, his first thought is excitement over the fact that she will cook for him. You’re telling me that they plan for free a woman who has been enslaved for years, only to force her to cook for him? He complains that Brielle never cooks for him. He keeps talking about not allowing Brielle to do things, as if her agency (what little agency she has) is not her own. I’m getting a very slight instinct that the author might not actually know what feminism is… Furthermore, Lincoln’s weird living situation (namely, living in the parking lot of the college in an RV) gets even weirder when it is revealed that he had the option to live in a two bedroom apartment provided for free by the army, but he just didn’t for some reason. He and his terrible poetry can just walk right out of my life and I would only shed tears of joy.
But all of my complaints pale in comparison to my biggest gripe with this series: the world-building. In the last book, I was begging for details about what on earth could be going on in the rest of the world. This book provided a single paragraph to explain what it looks like out there, but it only proceeded to unlock about a thousand more questions, these ones much more desperate and confused. Brielle explains, “It reminded me that we were a small part of a very big problem that extended all over the world. Every major city, in every state, in every country was divided—Angel City on one side and Demon City on the other.” When I read that sentence, my jaw dropped. What on earth?????????????? How??????????? The first book made it seem like Brielle’s city was only divided like that because it was where the angels and demons fell to earth during the initial battle that gave everyone powers. Why would anywhere else in the world have divided cities like that? It hardly even made sense for one city to be divided. It also doesn’t make sense when half of America seems to be a demon-run war zone. Why aren’t those major cities divided? If all four of the archangels live in Brielle’s city, who is running all of these Angel cities? Anyway, it is a baffling concept. I am also convinced that the Angel side is trying to lose the war given how they operate. For some reason, they aren’t trying to rescue people out of the war zone to bring them into the safe city, even though they know that if they don’t, those people could be pressured into becoming slaves or servants of the demons. According to their intelligence, Satan is creating hundreds of demons per day, so he should’ve overrun every angel city by now. With those kinds of numbers, you would think the Angel side would be begging for new recruits to their army and doing anything in their power to bring as many people to their save zones as possible. But no, apparently they don’t want to ruin their city’s pretty facade. Brielle says, “with the shelters full and Angel City against seeing homeless tent cities…it’s not enough.” Why don’t they cram the city full of people? Why are teenagers running the war? Lincoln and his friends are all leaders of the army. Where are the adults? Why aren’t they letting everyone join? Why would they be against tent cities in the middle of a war where every person counts? Maybe it’s not that ethical to force anyone who enters the city to serve in the war, but it’s better than the alternative of struggling to survive as a demon’s slave. Lincoln has access to a two bedroom apartment all to himself and other students at the school get full apartments after their first year. Why aren’t the leaders having them share space to make room for more people? It’s a complete waste of the recourses they have. What are they doing with all that space? Because as far as I’ve seen, they have a drug donut shop, a nightclub, a tattoo parlor and a bunch of underpopulated housing. Also, Brielle mentions at the very beginning of the book that the army takes half her salary as well as making her pay for all her clothes and stuff. What are they doing with all that money? Because as far as I can see, it’s practically nothing. All the angels seem to have is a tiny school of horny, brainless 20-somethings, not a real army against the literal devil. It’s a miracle they haven’t lost yet, but it’s like they’re not even trying.
Finally, to top it all off, here is a list of my favorite sentences from the book, just to give you a picture of what I suffered through.
- “Did Grim—Shea’s boss, who I’d almost killed and was now my mom’s boss—attack Mikey?”
- “…he hadn’t winked once the whole time we’d been in Demon City.”
- “He spent his parents’ death money on me.”
- “My ovaries did somersaults at Lincoln’s nice gesture toward my little brother.” (The “nice gesture” in question was Lincoln calling him “bro”)
- Lincoln’s poetry: “eyes like the sky, they behold mighty power/ hair like the sun, I want to stay warm forever/ her love fills me up, fills me up”
- The most immature and unnecessary phrasing imaginable: “We totally just had a quickie in his trailer, so he was trying to tuck his shirt in his uniform, hiding the evidence.”
- “Pushing out of my seat, I beelined it for my boyfriend. My drill sergeant. My asshole, who was about to tell me I couldn’t go inside.”
- “My heart burst into tiny emoji hearts that floated around his head.”
- “His dark lashes framed his crystalline blue eyes, making them pop and look arresting.”
- “Donnie turned to my gay bestie, then.”
- “The expression in her face told me she’s been through something, and I should trust her.” (IN her face makes me laugh as much as the whole sentence)
- “A sexy angel wink was like two Lincoln winks.”
- “This wasn’t Angel City we were going to, it was Demon City. Home of the rule breakers, risk takers, and stab you in the backers.”
- “He was a twenty-four-year-old guy who hated demon slaves, and yet he was willing to live with my mom who was one.”
- “I’d made a half-good, half-evil orb, then wussed out and flew away.”
January 5, 2026
Rating- 3/3.5 stars
(Physical Book)
I feel like I am being really generous giving this book the rating. This was not great at all 😔
The book started off right where the last book had started. It was fast, moving from scene to scene. Again at times, there was loads of words that were just cringe. For a twenty year old MC it did not fit. Her internal thoughts were just werid and off and did not fit someone her age. They sounded like they had come off Wattpad. It was so embarrassing at times. It was nice to see her brother joining the Academy in a way and saving her mother too.
This book was pretty short and for the series, there is such a mismatch in how long these books are. It just feels like the author just want to add scenes that she wants for each book and calling it a year. For a Academy, there wasn't much happening eg lessons. Inconstiences were present though the entire book. Plot holes were everywhere. The magic system was a joke- How on earth do you write about someone seeing the future and not being able to tell their prophecies as they would change yet the same thing would led at the end?
Not much character development really happened either. Lincoln was much more tolerable and a bit too flashy with money at times. Both Brielle and Lincoln both acted like they had known each other much longer than two years and was already promising each other to marry? At that point I zoned out. And don't get me started on the way the author used "mommy juice" when Brielle saved Lincoln from danger when she used her wings to get him away. Just 🤢
There is nothing making this book series stand out. There's no stakes, no danger nothing that keeps me on the edge of my seat. It just feels like the author wants to get to the next scene as quickly as possible with no emotions at all.
(Physical Book)
I feel like I am being really generous giving this book the rating. This was not great at all 😔
The book started off right where the last book had started. It was fast, moving from scene to scene. Again at times, there was loads of words that were just cringe. For a twenty year old MC it did not fit. Her internal thoughts were just werid and off and did not fit someone her age. They sounded like they had come off Wattpad. It was so embarrassing at times. It was nice to see her brother joining the Academy in a way and saving her mother too.
This book was pretty short and for the series, there is such a mismatch in how long these books are. It just feels like the author just want to add scenes that she wants for each book and calling it a year. For a Academy, there wasn't much happening eg lessons. Inconstiences were present though the entire book. Plot holes were everywhere. The magic system was a joke- How on earth do you write about someone seeing the future and not being able to tell their prophecies as they would change yet the same thing would led at the end?
Not much character development really happened either. Lincoln was much more tolerable and a bit too flashy with money at times. Both Brielle and Lincoln both acted like they had known each other much longer than two years and was already promising each other to marry? At that point I zoned out. And don't get me started on the way the author used "mommy juice" when Brielle saved Lincoln from danger when she used her wings to get him away. Just 🤢
There is nothing making this book series stand out. There's no stakes, no danger nothing that keeps me on the edge of my seat. It just feels like the author wants to get to the next scene as quickly as possible with no emotions at all.
June 25, 2019
4.5 Stars. Holy crap, that ending!!! OMG now I have to start book 3 immediately so I can find out what happens next. I would be really upset if book 3 wasn't already out.
I really enjoyed this book. It is totally captivating and full of action. There is a good mix of friends, family, love, adventure, and fighting. It is fast paced and keeps you on your toes.
Audible: The narrator did a really good job. I enjoyed listening to her read.
I really enjoyed this book. It is totally captivating and full of action. There is a good mix of friends, family, love, adventure, and fighting. It is fast paced and keeps you on your toes.
Audible: The narrator did a really good job. I enjoyed listening to her read.
September 24, 2021
Deuxième tome toujours aussi bourré d’action et d’humour grâce à Sera. Je conseille d’avoir le tome 3 sous la main haha
October 19, 2023
Was für ein krasses Ende... Menno ich brauche unbedingt das 3. Jahr!
June 19, 2025
3/5 stars✨
(no spoilers)
I think this series has a lot of great potential but it is so obviously a YA book. Don’t get me wrong I love a good YA book, this one just felt too young for me.
The actual storyline is a really cool concept and I wish the books were longer and written with more detail. I understand it’s nice to read a quick book with just enough detail and a set ending, however I appreciate longer books with immense amounts of details so this just may not be a good series for me.
That being said, I really do love Brielle and Lincoln and their love story is adorable. I also love Shea and Brielles friendship. I just am not enticed enough to finish the rest of the series right now.
Thanks for reading this all the way through❣️Let me know what you thought if you’ve read this too!
- Ella D🌷
(no spoilers)
I think this series has a lot of great potential but it is so obviously a YA book. Don’t get me wrong I love a good YA book, this one just felt too young for me.
The actual storyline is a really cool concept and I wish the books were longer and written with more detail. I understand it’s nice to read a quick book with just enough detail and a set ending, however I appreciate longer books with immense amounts of details so this just may not be a good series for me.
That being said, I really do love Brielle and Lincoln and their love story is adorable. I also love Shea and Brielles friendship. I just am not enticed enough to finish the rest of the series right now.
Thanks for reading this all the way through❣️Let me know what you thought if you’ve read this too!
- Ella D🌷
March 24, 2019
Whew that ending.. I am super loving this series, its pretty fast paced and has like a million one liners that I'm going to pick up for future use! The humor is a little raunchy, maybe a tad immature, and a lot sarcastic which means I'm basically in heaven lol. Our story continues basically right around where book 1 left off. This book does have skip forwards at times, weeks.. sometimes but it never really detracts from the story. In fact I'm grateful, I'd much rather do a skip forward than the lets drag this hour into a month.
This year starts off with more bad news from demon city. Brielle's little brother has been getting beat up and needs a place to hide out until his own ceremony, and her mom is getting jipped of her wages and barely making ends meet. Brielle of course feels responsible after last years showdown, but with no jobs and Brielle barely making it on her own fallen army pay how can she help, and save her family. As if sent from heaven the answer appears, fight night at the demon academy winner takes 1 million $. The answer to her prayers...or so she thinks. As she prepares herself for the big day, and her schooling involves more dangerous missions Brielle's competing light and dark magic become a confusing mess and Brielle starts losing the fight to keep her balance.. just trying to survive. It also seems that ole snatch has been keeping a very close eye on Brielle and her developing powers. Not only that but there may be a different interpretation of the prophecy.. her old seer friend has seen her training with Lucifer not killing him. What to believe, and what choices would she make to save her friends and family?
That ending though.. bad news lol! I'm ready to dive right into book three, but I think I saw a really yummy cover for 2.5 floating around in KU probably going to have to check that one out first!
This year starts off with more bad news from demon city. Brielle's little brother has been getting beat up and needs a place to hide out until his own ceremony, and her mom is getting jipped of her wages and barely making ends meet. Brielle of course feels responsible after last years showdown, but with no jobs and Brielle barely making it on her own fallen army pay how can she help, and save her family. As if sent from heaven the answer appears, fight night at the demon academy winner takes 1 million $. The answer to her prayers...or so she thinks. As she prepares herself for the big day, and her schooling involves more dangerous missions Brielle's competing light and dark magic become a confusing mess and Brielle starts losing the fight to keep her balance.. just trying to survive. It also seems that ole snatch has been keeping a very close eye on Brielle and her developing powers. Not only that but there may be a different interpretation of the prophecy.. her old seer friend has seen her training with Lucifer not killing him. What to believe, and what choices would she make to save her friends and family?
That ending though.. bad news lol! I'm ready to dive right into book three, but I think I saw a really yummy cover for 2.5 floating around in KU probably going to have to check that one out first!
March 6, 2022
Der 1. band habe ich geliebt letztes Jahr deswegen waren meine Erwartungen relativ hoch. Es hat mich dann aber schon sehr überrascht wie anders ich den 2. Band empfunden habe als den 1. der schreibstil war sehr einfach und hat sich manchmal ein wenig gestellt angehört. Nichts desto trotz ist das Buch wieder mal sehr humorvoll gewesen. Für Anfänger beim lesen ist es ideal aber für Dauer Leser nicht wirklich geeignet. Ich werde die Reihe trotzdem weiter lesen, weil der Cliffhänger am Ende schon sehr gemein war.
March 6, 2019
The thing you have to know about these books is that they’re addictive, cheesy and addictive. As long as you know those two things I think you’ll like it just fine. I wouldn’t put it on pedestal because it isn’t going to reach it. I still really enjoy these and they really are the perfect read when you need some quick and easy. Entertaining to say the least.
December 24, 2018
Great
This poor girl keeps getting hit by more and more crap. It’s amazing that she hasn’t fallen apart yet. She has a good support system now and that’s probably what does it.
This poor girl keeps getting hit by more and more crap. It’s amazing that she hasn’t fallen apart yet. She has a good support system now and that’s probably what does it.
February 23, 2019
2.5 stars
Every chapter is "3 months later..." and this book is kind of everywhere without much happening at all. I'm still waiting for her to be a bad ass....
Every chapter is "3 months later..." and this book is kind of everywhere without much happening at all. I'm still waiting for her to be a bad ass....
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