Zodiac Academy: Origins of an Academy Bully

By: Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

Narrated by: Jake Bordeaux

Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins

Publisher's summary

Dark magic is forbidden at Zodiac Academy. That’s why I hide it so well. But now, I’m supposed to mentor Darius Acrux, the son of the most ruthless dragon shifter in Solaria. If he’s caught using blood magic, he’ll lose his claim to the throne. The problem is? Our families are up to something, and we’re determined to find out what. No matter what dark power we must turn to....

Welcome to Zodiac Academy, where your star sign defines your destiny. As the Fae of the future, you will soon learn the merciless way to claim your power. Life among the vampires, shifters, and sirens is no easy ride, but if you can make it through your exams, you might just be able to harness your inner strength and earn your place among the elite.

This is a prequel novella set five years before Zodiac Academy: The Awakening, the first book in the Zodiac Academy series.

©2019 Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti (P)2023 Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

Definitely have to read!!

Lionel is the worst!!! I feel like he is only going to get worse as the series goes on. I loved getting a glimpse into Darius and Lance's relationship and can't wait to see how it affects the rest of the books!

Not necessarily a "must"

First of all, Letting a narrator with a voice too deep to read a 14's point of view, it was a ｗ𝓮ἱ𝚛ď choice, I won't ட𝖏ǝ.
I recommend that if you want to try this novella then you should 𝑔𝖏Ⅴǝ 𝚞𝗉 on the audio version because it really ന𝞉ⅾē നē 𝚛О𝞘𝞘 ന𝒚 ē𝒚ēຮ
because it's 𝚛ÍⅾÍ𝗖𝖚𝞘О𝖚ຮ, no 14 years old boy sounds like that.
All in all, It was fine nothing more than that, it was a fine start for the series, but in general I'm not a fan of novelas... I'll start the first one soon.

Intense

This was such an intense opening into the world of The Zodiac Academy and the origins of Darius Acrux & Lance Orion. It definitely leaves you needing answers.

The narration was overly dramatic.

I’ve heard so much about this series so decided to start with this novella. To see if I would like it. I wanted to stop it several times because of the narration. A 14 y/o boy doesn’t have a voice like that. It was all distracting to the story line and often times overly dramatic.

Can’t get enough

I absolutely loved this!!! Hearing Darius and Lance when they still had hope and were not wrapped up in the things that come later in the series is both heartwarming and heartbreaking. Love the authors love the narrators, I am 100% a twisted sisters groupie at this point.

Eating it up!

I will devour anything the sisters put out with enthusiasm. This was no different. Solaria is such an incredible place.

An amazing book

love the prequel story that this story tells which gives us a greater appreciation for our Dragon and Starboy 😍😍

Zodiac Academy: Origins of an Academy Bully (Supernatural Bullies and Beasts Book 0.5) Novella

Zodiac Academy: Origins of an Academy Bully (Supernatural Bullies and Beasts Book 0.5) Novella This book was spectacular!!! I couldn’t put this book down and I read / listened 🎧 to it in one sitting, just wish I started it earlier because it’s 2:00 am & I have to get up at 6:00 !! lol 😂
I LOVED 🥰😍😘❤️this book, so much going on that it keeps you engaged in the book, not wanting to put it down...now I need to start the next book 1.
Caroline Peckham has done it again.... just love ❤️ all her books!!!
I just purchased all of the audible books to this series, now have to wait for the last one to be on audible …
I would definitely recommend this book 📖, a million times over - so glad I was actually able to lay down and enjoy my book 📚, after a stressful summer, I needed it....

Great Prequel

While you eventually learn about all the information presented in the book in the actual series, it is still a great way to learn about Orion and Darius. It goes more into depth of the night they got their bond and the night Lance’s sister died.

love it

I absolutely love the narration for this book Jake did an amazing job bringing this story to life for us. I love how he was able to show Orion the way he was before the rest of the series how we know him to be. This book gives such an amazing insight into the events before the ZA world we know and love❤️❤️