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Academy Arcanist

Astra Academy Series, Book 1

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Academy Arcanist

By: Shami Stovall
Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
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Hopes. Dreams. And literal nightmares out to kill a young boy.

Gray Lexly, son of a candlemaker, wants to escape his life of old-world technologies and study at the prestigious Astra Academy, a school for arcanists—those who can wield magic. But Gray has a major problem. Every night, as he sleeps, he's visited by monsters. When they injure Gray in his dreams, he wakes with the same wounds in real life . . .

On the night Gray might finally die in his nightmares, he is saved by the kind and mysterious Professor Helmith, a powerful arcanist. She offers to protect Gray and invites him to attend Astra Academy.

Before that can happen, Gray must bond with a mystical creature to become an arcanist himself. Will he bond with a unicorn? A pegasus? A kitsune? Whatever he bonds with will determine his magical abilities, so he must choose wisely.

And when trouble finds Professor Helmith, Gray must become powerful enough to help her and fend off the terrible nightmares, before it's too late . . .

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Found author on tiktok. The book was amazing! I can't wait to start book 2!

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Brilliant story

His Dark Materials meets Harry Potter in a story that's wonderfully original all its own. A brilliant cast of characters brought to life by the narrator, this is a really wonderful story. if youre on the fence, buy it!

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fun

it's a fun listen. I feel the end was rushed but overall I enjoyed it. I love the world Shami created. I cannot wait for more of this story to unfold

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Great story

I didn't know this was all part of a much larger story this was so good I have to go back and read all the rest of the story!

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Great book!

If Harry Potter and Pokémon had a baby? Loving the series. Can’t wait to begin the second book.

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Characters pull you along with the story

Likes: CHARACTERS!! The environments were diverse and well thought out. The mythology was well read and followed as much as possible for the animals. Story was good but you could tell it was setting up for many books ( not a bad thing).

Dislikes: Villains, I felt there needed to be more with the story for the villains. They were just there. The main characters had alot going on, villains on the other hand; not so much.

Overall: I would recommend

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book one is okay. don't waste your time with the rest of the series.

The only impressive thing about this series is how accurate a 15 year Mc would is written . Just wow. Also how accurate the teachers ineptitude and vague sex pest energy is portrayed is breath taking. As if the author was trying to say "yea there magical teachers but are still bottom rung of their society "

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Another series in the same world?!

Wow what a story, I loved how it was a sequel to the Frith chronicles and that we get to see how Adelegius and Thane are doing.
Being brought back to the world we all loved to see the advances the people have made was incredible. I'm a big fan of how the new arcanists now goto school to learn how to use magic instead of being thrown straight into a guild for work, it really shows the times after Volke and the gang saved the world.

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A very enjoyable read!

Inevitable to compare this series to HP, but with notable differences. The character development is a bit more detailed. The conflict begins much sooner in the storyline. Overall, the reader is drawn in to the Arcanist world. Looking forward to the next book in this series!

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arcanist

I enjoy every part of this story I can't wait to listen to the next 1 this is also my first time hearing this on a aduble book on my mom's account, I love every minute and choose this over my games!

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