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A destiny uncovered...a hidden world...and dragons.
After a car accident left my only parent - my father - in the hospital, I was swept away to the Dragon Born Academy by my estranged grandmother. If I had to be there, I'd be an observer of this place with its rituals and superstitions.... After all, everyone's made it clear I don't belong.
But then it happened...and Ashe Carrick - my impossibly irresistible bond-mate - happened. Being cracked open changed everything.... Who I thought I was, what I thought I was....
Dragon born.
The words alone bring to mind monsters and princesses in castles.
I am the princess and the monster they locked away. However, my story has no damsels in distress, waiting to be rescued.
It's self-rescue time, and I'm done playing nice.
©2020 T.L. Christianson (P)2021 TantorListeners also enjoyed...
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This academy's gone to the gods. I'm Penelope DeLuna, and I'm a demigod. I didn't think half bloods were real, until a sexy-as-sin guy showed up with a three-headed dog and kidnapped me to a world of magic. After my powers emerged, I discovered I'm the daughter of a goddess. To join my family, I'll have to prove my worth at an academy for preppy mythological heroes and fight my way up Mount Olympus. If I'm lucky, no one will find out I had a naughty hook-up with the totally off-limits son of Hades...
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Wonderful
- By Sher on 07-27-24
By: A. K. Thorne
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Summoned by Magic
- Drexel Academy, Book 1
- By: Lexie Scott
- Narrated by: Sarah L. Colton
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
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I always knew I was different; I just didn’t realize I belonged with the characters from horror movies. It turns out my abnormally accurate intuition is a bit more than that. I’m a psychic. And a witch. And the people that raised me? Not my biological parents. I would have loved a second to absorb this information, but the night I’m told the truth I get shipped off to a school for people like me...and shifters...and vampires (because they exist in real life, too).
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Books 1 - 3 without spoilers
- By Listener on 09-09-22
By: Lexie Scott
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Surviving Year One
- Grim Reaper Academy, Book 1
- By: Cara Wylde
- Narrated by: Kelsey Navarro
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
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Just like all little girls, I hoped I was special and that one day my powers would be revealed. My parents would be bewildered, my friends would equally worship and envy me, and my bullies would run away in terror! Nothing happened when I turned 10. I didn't grow wings at 12, still wasn't able to make things move with my mind at 14, and at 16, I was already too old to believe in such nonsense. Well, what do you think happened the day I turned 18? I got the confirmation that I was only human. In the mail! Oh, and also an invitation to apply to the Grim Reaper Academy.
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Bully Romance
- By Nichole on 05-29-20
By: Cara Wylde
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Academy for Misfit Witches Series 1
- Academy for Misfit Witches
- By: Tara West
- Narrated by: Stephanie Rose
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
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After my magical academy is razed by my grandfather's mages, I'm left with no choice but to trust my life to three rebel dragon shifters with a penchant for mischief and devastating smiles. But how can I learn to trust them when everyone I've ever loved has betrayed me? And even if our mutual attraction overcomes the test of immortal prejudice, we still need to survive the advancing witch army, whose wands are armed with the unbreakable curse. Hopefully, I can figure out how to unlock the powerful siren voice inside me before it's too late.
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So Graphic It Ruins The Story
- By Shea Gerrian on 10-23-20
By: Tara West
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The Sorcery Trial
- Faerie Race, Book 1
- By: J.A. Armitage, Claire Luana
- Narrated by: Ann Marie Gideon
- Length: 6 hrs and 2 mins
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Fame. Fortune. Your most extravagant wish granted. These are the prizes promised to the team that wins the Faerie Race, the first and only reality television show to venture into the dangerous realm of the fae. But that's not why Jacqueline Cunningham wants in. She's after any sign of her sister - who vanished without a trace into the faerie world two years ago. Jacq thought getting into the race would be the hard part. But she didn't count on the other competitors - who will stop at nothing to finish first.
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Very addictive
- By droodles on 12-02-19
By: J.A. Armitage, and others
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Cursed
- Enchanted Gods, Book 1
- By: K.K. Allen
- Narrated by: Rose Dioro
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
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Katrina Summer knows she's different. Her fiery temper seems to perpetually land her in hot water, making her an outcast among her peers. When tragedy strikes and she's sent to live with her only remaining family in the tiny coastal town of Apollo Beach, Katrina starts counting down the days to her eighteenth birthday. As Katrina learns the legends of her Ancient Greek ancestors, secrets from her heritage are exposed—secrets that her mother purposefully concealed. Katrina can't escape the evocative world of mythological enchantment and evil prophecies that lurk around every corner.
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Absolutely delightful
- By April-D on 04-07-25
By: K.K. Allen
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Oberon Academy: The Complete Series
- By: Wendi L. Wilson
- Narrated by: Heather Costa
- Length: 23 hrs and 26 mins
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Get all four books in the Oberon Academy series! In a world where dark faeries have stepped in to save the planet from humanity's mistakes, seventeen-year-old December Thorne is nothing but a shadow. Offered a scholarship to the prestigious Oberon Academy, December finds herself living in a whole new world.
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Cute story with a lot of gaps
- By Michael2A on 04-19-25
By: Wendi L. Wilson
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Rare Form
- Descended of Dragons, Book 1
- By: Jen Crane
- Narrated by: Dara Rosenberg
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Fiery redhead Stella Stonewall can't decide between a margarita and a manhattan. The rest of her life? Please. Stella has never really fit in, and her pretty world comes crashing down when she learns it was never her world at all. Rowan Gresham is domineering, brooding, and as sexy as chocolate-dipped sin. When he transports Stella to the magical realm of her parents, she recognizes her rightful place immediately. Gresham's motivations are less clear.
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good story
- By Melanie Hope on 01-18-17
By: Jen Crane
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Spells of Iron and Bone
- Tarot Academy Series, Book 1
- By: Sarah Piper
- Narrated by: Stephen Dexter, Nicole Poole
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
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Sure, I heal faster than most, and I've got a sixth sense for brewing tea that can fix just about any problem, but my cafe isn't exactly a hotbed of paranormal activity. At least it wasn't...until some psycho attacked me and woke up the freaky, forbidden magick inside, earning me a one-way ticket to jail. Now, a covert magickal university is offering me a deal: my freedom in exchange for help with the Tarot prophecies - cryptic predictions they believe hold the key to stopping a deadly apocalyptic plot.
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Snarky heroine ftw.
- By Mizorei on 05-08-20
By: Sarah Piper
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Fae: Lost
- Lost Royal Series, Book 1
- By: Eva Blackwing
- Narrated by: Em Eldridge
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
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Mor has spent her entire life trying to make her miserable family happy until a chance conversation while working in her brother's coffee shop costs Mor her job and home in one go. Luckily, the man who instigated the upheaval of her life offers her a place to fall. Moving in with four sexy guys and getting out from under her loathsome family Hell, yes! The guys all thought they were saving a damsel in distress. No one expected her to save them right back.
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It’s okay
- By Christina on 04-25-21
By: Eva Blackwing
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Shattered Birthright
- By: Kate Seger
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 14 hrs and 8 mins
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For twenty-one years, Zarielle trained to rule. Across Draethera’s crumbling streets, her twin, Sorelle, learned to survive. Neither knew the other existed—until the dragons returned. Their arrival awakens powers neither sister can control. Zari commands storms. Relle burns with wildfire. But Draethera is unraveling. Dragon-touched children vanish. The temple’s grip weakens. An ancient darkness stirs. One sister fights to save the realm. The other to burn it down. But some winds won’t be tamed. Some fires won’t die. And some destinies refuse to be divided.
By: Kate Seger
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A Hellish Year One
- Academy of the Devil, Book 1
- By: Eva Brandt
- Narrated by: Lauren Sweet
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
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For as long as I can remember, I've been the girl who didn't fit in, the girl who collapsed in the middle of class, just because my brain decided to turn on me. I can't really complain, though. We don't live in the Middle Ages, so I have yet to be subjected to an exorcism. I can get treatment for my condition. Epilepsy aside, I can mostly be a normal person and have a normal life. There's just one problem. I'm not a normal person. I never have been. And the first time I find this out is upon receiving an exclusive invitation to The Academy of the Devil.
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A review after reading 3 books in the series
- By BoysenberryBaby on 08-14-20
By: Eva Brandt
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A Dance with Darkness
- Otherworld Academy Series, Book 1
- By: Jenna Wolfhart
- Narrated by: Stephanie Rose
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
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I've always felt like an outsider. Until my 18th birthday, I didn't know how true that was. First, I started seeing strange things. Then, the tips of my ears began to shift. Now, even touching something made of iron makes me sick. Am I losing my mind? When four mysterious fae males corner me in the street, they bring terrifying news: I'm not human. I'm a changeling, a fae swapped at birth.
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Hate her voice!!
- By Billi on 10-04-18
By: Jenna Wolfhart
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- KBbagg
- 05-09-22
Just Couldn’t
Tired of seeing YA books that are 16 year olds that are destined for the older guy and blah blah.. just couldn’t make it further than like little over an hour in .. the whole concept annoyed me..
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- KAT
- 06-06-24
Creative... Dragon tattoo
I thought the story was very interesting and original. I enjoyed the book although I did find the age difference between the main character and her soul mate to be a bit much, especially considering she was only 16
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- Kathy M.
- 02-02-25
Poor choice of love interest
16 yo in love with a 23 yo… very difficult to get past this. The world building was also subpar
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- A. James
- 05-01-21
Disappointed
SPOILERS....
I had this on my wish list for a few months. I was very disappointed. The synopsis made the FMC sound like a tough, no nonsense young woman who takes on the dragons. What you get is a scared, emotional 16 year old girl who is thrown into the river of Dragonborn without a boat. The adults around her leaves her in the dark about her people even though everyone knows she didn't know squat. She sinks and swims on her own and with a couple of good friends. The part of the story I really didn't like (SPOILER COMING) is that she is bonded to a 23 year old man. You can see the difference in maturity levels and it made me cringe. I actually felt sorry for her and how the adults around her treated her.
This is definitely geared to the preteen, teenage crowd.
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- Joshua Saul
- 03-12-25
Underage age gap
I couldn’t get over the age gap she’s 16 and he’s 23.
The author keeps mentioning her age and how she’s done soooo much in her life so she doesn’t feel 16 🙄
There was even a mention of when she was 15 and kissed a 19-year-old and when he found out her age he freaked out. It made it seem like she didn’t understand why he would freak out. I would have freaked out if I was him. The author would have been better making this girl 18 years old.
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