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Frosthaven Academy #1
Arctic Bonds
My mother died with secrets on her lips. Now those secrets are trying to kill me.
I came to Frosthaven Academy for a fresh start. What I found was a world I didn't know existed—and a body that's changing in impossible ways.
I heal instantly. I'm stronger than I should be. And when certain men touch me, my skin ignites with heat.
Luca, my RA, knows what I need before I do. His touch feels like coming home.
Professor Tomlinson watches me with barely controlled hunger, then pushes me away because wanting me could destroy his career.
Ash, the professor's reckless brother, makes me laugh for the first time since Mom died—and eases a grief I thought would drown me.
But these aren't just crushes. These connections are fated—ancient magic that's supposed to be rare.
And I'm manifesting bonds that shouldn't be possible.
The Council watches my every move. The headmaster wants me gone. Fifteen students before me have vanished without a trace. And everyone keeps telling me I'm dangerous—but no one will tell me why.
When my abilities explode during a fight, I'm forced into private training with a mysterious investigator who looks at me like I'm prey.
Or maybe like I'm something else entirely.
My mother kept me hidden for eighteen years. Now I'm uncovering the truth she died protecting.
Because in a world where bonds are power and being different means being hunted, some secrets are buried for a reason.
Perfect for fans Zodiac Academy, Rejected Mates, Pack Darling, Brutal Birthright
Fated Mates • Why Choose Romance • Shifter Academy • Forbidden Student/Teacher • Touch Her and Die • Found Family • Hybrid FMC • Possessive Alphas • Grief to Hope • Spicy
I came to Frosthaven Academy for a fresh start. What I found was a world I didn't know existed—and a body that's changing in impossible ways.
I heal instantly. I'm stronger than I should be. And when certain men touch me, my skin ignites with heat.
Luca, my RA, knows what I need before I do. His touch feels like coming home.
Professor Tomlinson watches me with barely controlled hunger, then pushes me away because wanting me could destroy his career.
Ash, the professor's reckless brother, makes me laugh for the first time since Mom died—and eases a grief I thought would drown me.
But these aren't just crushes. These connections are fated—ancient magic that's supposed to be rare.
And I'm manifesting bonds that shouldn't be possible.
The Council watches my every move. The headmaster wants me gone. Fifteen students before me have vanished without a trace. And everyone keeps telling me I'm dangerous—but no one will tell me why.
When my abilities explode during a fight, I'm forced into private training with a mysterious investigator who looks at me like I'm prey.
Or maybe like I'm something else entirely.
My mother kept me hidden for eighteen years. Now I'm uncovering the truth she died protecting.
Because in a world where bonds are power and being different means being hunted, some secrets are buried for a reason.
Perfect for fans Zodiac Academy, Rejected Mates, Pack Darling, Brutal Birthright
Fated Mates • Why Choose Romance • Shifter Academy • Forbidden Student/Teacher • Touch Her and Die • Found Family • Hybrid FMC • Possessive Alphas • Grief to Hope • Spicy
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November 5, 2025
Ever have vegetarian meat? Like you know what it's supposed to be, and you can kind of see it, but it just isn't?
spoilers ahead.
I think this author had a pretty good idea in mind. She has the set up at school, the secrecy and the bonds. The unknown past, the super special naive main character and hot dudes. Then the depth ends there and it's why I just didn't get into this book.
let's start with main character:
She talks about her mother's death and we see some sadness but we end the depth there. No real sorrow, not a lot of context, no clue about any other portion of her life. We only get exactly what's happening in front of her face and for a single pov book that is not enough. She also sort of knows something is happening from the beginning and then boom everything is happening and for some reason she may be expelled and have her life ruined? How did that progress make any sense, but let's jump to plot.
plot:
Okay, another academy romance here for that. Then we toss in that nothing adds up. You can't talk about mates, wolves, powers etc. but the mean girls do and loudly. You can't talk about it, but the only class we see talks all about it? We can't talk about it but everyone at school is madly in love and showing open affection in supernatural ways. We can't talk about it, but there are wolves everywhere. It lacks consistency. Why would the main character who knows nothing be in so much trouble when they plan on them not knowing they have powers? It just makes the plot ridiculous.
Then the faculty and council telling her to stay clear of her mates also bugged me. I feel like not a single one of her mates was trying hard enough for neing fated. She just does what she wants and they just don't really try and it all falls apart. Where is the passion? The I have to have my mate? Arent these men wolves? Nothing?
Now our guys!:
Honestly could've benefitted from dual pov because they lack even more depth than our main character. Luca. I guess he is filling the empath role, because the 3 conversations we see that's what he is doing. Ash, is funny and a playful guy? Professor is the story teller then there is cafeteria guy, and Kane. and I'm guessing more? since the legend has more? How can we have like 7 dudes when we don't even get to know the three you've thrown at us in 186 pages? Again, we see the tropes they are there the guys are fitting into the harem roles that are well established but they stop after those roles. we know zero about them after that. The conversation the professor has with her about his future, his work, how they can never work it's that go to discussion for that trope and just didn't add anything.
Overall, we get 180+pages of what could be good but just falls flat. I wanted to like this I wanted a new series but setting up this many love interests and a plot line on actual speed? I am out.
spoilers ahead.
I think this author had a pretty good idea in mind. She has the set up at school, the secrecy and the bonds. The unknown past, the super special naive main character and hot dudes. Then the depth ends there and it's why I just didn't get into this book.
let's start with main character:
She talks about her mother's death and we see some sadness but we end the depth there. No real sorrow, not a lot of context, no clue about any other portion of her life. We only get exactly what's happening in front of her face and for a single pov book that is not enough. She also sort of knows something is happening from the beginning and then boom everything is happening and for some reason she may be expelled and have her life ruined? How did that progress make any sense, but let's jump to plot.
plot:
Okay, another academy romance here for that. Then we toss in that nothing adds up. You can't talk about mates, wolves, powers etc. but the mean girls do and loudly. You can't talk about it, but the only class we see talks all about it? We can't talk about it but everyone at school is madly in love and showing open affection in supernatural ways. We can't talk about it, but there are wolves everywhere. It lacks consistency. Why would the main character who knows nothing be in so much trouble when they plan on them not knowing they have powers? It just makes the plot ridiculous.
Then the faculty and council telling her to stay clear of her mates also bugged me. I feel like not a single one of her mates was trying hard enough for neing fated. She just does what she wants and they just don't really try and it all falls apart. Where is the passion? The I have to have my mate? Arent these men wolves? Nothing?
Now our guys!:
Honestly could've benefitted from dual pov because they lack even more depth than our main character. Luca. I guess he is filling the empath role, because the 3 conversations we see that's what he is doing. Ash, is funny and a playful guy? Professor is the story teller then there is cafeteria guy, and Kane. and I'm guessing more? since the legend has more? How can we have like 7 dudes when we don't even get to know the three you've thrown at us in 186 pages? Again, we see the tropes they are there the guys are fitting into the harem roles that are well established but they stop after those roles. we know zero about them after that. The conversation the professor has with her about his future, his work, how they can never work it's that go to discussion for that trope and just didn't add anything.
Overall, we get 180+pages of what could be good but just falls flat. I wanted to like this I wanted a new series but setting up this many love interests and a plot line on actual speed? I am out.
January 3, 2026
I’ve read a book exactly like this. Same exact plotline and prophecy stuff except not in the arctic. I read that book in 2022 and this one just came out in 2025, so it seems like this author was highly “inspired” by that book.
Also, it wasn’t good either lol
Also, it wasn’t good either lol
December 13, 2025
Fast paced shifter RH that reminded me a lot of Kit Davenport and Phoenix Rising. Things are happening so fast and there’s not much development so isn’t one that I had a strong connection too but it was entertaining.
Overall: 2.5
Overall: 2.5
December 19, 2025
DNF - i read chapter one and couldn’t go any further. Author has a great premise but doesn’t execute it very well. So much happens in that first chapter, it really should have spanned 5 chapters. Give me more info so i can get to know these characters! She’s on her way to the frozen north, her mom has died, she meets her fated mate and her new BFF…. All in chapter one!!!! Slow down! This reads like a rough draft to lay down the plot. PLEASE go back and fill in all the details! This could be a really great story….
February 13, 2026
It’s a silly little predictable vacation for your brain.
There’s no real preamble to anything.
Without my prior knowledge of the genre, I know I’d spend most of the time confused why everyone is kind of an ignorant idiot.
I still did that anyway.
We don’t really know why she’s chosen this school, nor why she possesses some observational skills yet no power of deduction.
She has that stereotypical instant best friend who’s obnoxiously amenable, irritating, and utilized as a plot driving device.
I’ve never punched anyone in the face before (regrettably), but for her, I’d try.
The writing cadence is very much like she’s telling the story without allowing us to be fully in it.
It’s distant and strange, but it matches the content.
The introduction to spice felt icky.
The FMC is so infantile and naive in her general perceptions of the world, that it just seemed incongruous for her to have informed consent in such an adult act, despite the reader expecting it to happen eventually.
And she brought sleep shorts to wear while out traversing an Alaskan tundra?
Too stupid to live, methinks.
“Something was happening here,” she deduces 33% in.
Definitely not there on an academic scholarship, I’ll tell you that much.
The guys are caricatures.
The broody professor broods broodily, etc.
‘Eyes’ are mentioned 118 times.
And if you think they’re constantly meeting/locking onto/ getting lost in each other’s depths, then you’re catching on.
So much interrupted eavesdropping.
It’s the only way we’re able to learn anything!
Why can’t anyone just let a girl spy on people in peace? Sheesh.
It was intermittently good like a toxic relationship.
The end was silly but increasingly better written.
Corny, but much a better quality of it.
She speaks of all her training leading to this impending cliffhanger, when she just sparred recreationally for maybe a week.
Whatever.
I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone that I wanted to respect me, but it’s fine for what it is.
There’s no real preamble to anything.
Without my prior knowledge of the genre, I know I’d spend most of the time confused why everyone is kind of an ignorant idiot.
I still did that anyway.
We don’t really know why she’s chosen this school, nor why she possesses some observational skills yet no power of deduction.
She has that stereotypical instant best friend who’s obnoxiously amenable, irritating, and utilized as a plot driving device.
I’ve never punched anyone in the face before (regrettably), but for her, I’d try.
The writing cadence is very much like she’s telling the story without allowing us to be fully in it.
It’s distant and strange, but it matches the content.
The introduction to spice felt icky.
The FMC is so infantile and naive in her general perceptions of the world, that it just seemed incongruous for her to have informed consent in such an adult act, despite the reader expecting it to happen eventually.
And she brought sleep shorts to wear while out traversing an Alaskan tundra?
Too stupid to live, methinks.
“Something was happening here,” she deduces 33% in.
Definitely not there on an academic scholarship, I’ll tell you that much.
The guys are caricatures.
The broody professor broods broodily, etc.
‘Eyes’ are mentioned 118 times.
And if you think they’re constantly meeting/locking onto/ getting lost in each other’s depths, then you’re catching on.
So much interrupted eavesdropping.
It’s the only way we’re able to learn anything!
Why can’t anyone just let a girl spy on people in peace? Sheesh.
It was intermittently good like a toxic relationship.
The end was silly but increasingly better written.
Corny, but much a better quality of it.
She speaks of all her training leading to this impending cliffhanger, when she just sparred recreationally for maybe a week.
Whatever.
I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone that I wanted to respect me, but it’s fine for what it is.
January 16, 2026
like the concept. writing is weak. read similar stories told better. shifter academy, fmc has hidden powers more than any other in centuries, evil wants her power, she fights to save herself.
February 14, 2026
Pretty mid. The beginning is absolute garbage. It didn’t get better at 60%. Imma keep going bc why not
December 5, 2025
Short
I dont think this series is for me personally. There was time jumps and it seemed to be moving too fast from the beginning but also slow at the same time..
I dont think this series is for me personally. There was time jumps and it seemed to be moving too fast from the beginning but also slow at the same time..
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January 15, 2026like the theme and stories
But the character development needs to go deeper. What does she even look like? Why didn't she question being homeschooled? Lots of empty spots in character dev
But the character development needs to go deeper. What does she even look like? Why didn't she question being homeschooled? Lots of empty spots in character dev
October 22, 2025
solid premise, execution is lacking
The story has great ingredients, but the telling of it feels rushed. Very little depth to the characters. Not sure why it wasn’t edited to allow for more fleshing out of ideas, especially since it kicks off a series. Dnf
The story has great ingredients, but the telling of it feels rushed. Very little depth to the characters. Not sure why it wasn’t edited to allow for more fleshing out of ideas, especially since it kicks off a series. Dnf
January 3, 2026
Decent
Spoilers Alert!
This was a different spin on an academy romance. It focus’s mainly on mate bonds. I didn’t particularly like it very much personally but someone else may love it.
Rae our female lead character heads to this academy, she got in with good grades, and being in “good health”. She needed to have blood tests done before being accepted. Flying in to this remote area up north she feels a strange feeling wave over her. As the reader, I know it’s because she passed some kind of barrier. She’s faster, has more endurance, picks up defense quickly. The classes are weird though, they focused mainly on history of the area and the historical local legends on how they survived so far north. A medicine woman with multiple men who supported her with their own types of trades. This is foreshadowing for the rest of the book. They do an overnight hike and get snowed in at a cabin. Thankfully, her companions are mostly guys she’s “extremely” attracted too, unfortunately one of them is her professor. Some fooling around happens in the same room as the professor and they (Luca and herself) act like nothing happened. Rae and the professor never talk about it. It seems tho, when she meets each guy that will eventually be in her bond, there’s a severe static and “zing” plus some weird markings that light up her wrist before disappearing almost immediately. Of course there’s a mean girl, and they get paired during PE defensive training. This is where for me, it went downhill. This woman is really doing her best to kick her butt, but they are evenly matched. This woman says some mean stuff about staying away from Luca because he’s hers (blah blah blah) and has her pinned. This is when a feeling of anger and rage spills out and she tosses this girl like 20 feet, in full view of the other students. It pisses the woman off and she pulls out a knife and cuts her really good. It’s then that she heals almost instantly. In full view of everyone else. That’s when SHE (Rae) gets called to the headmasters office. Who lays into her… the council will be called and she may get kicked out. At this point, she has no idea there’s a supernatural world out there, but knows healing instantly is not normal, also the strength she felt when she tossed that woman across the training field. She’s suspended until the Council decides what to do with her. She’s ordered to her room until she’s called to see the council. That’s when the professor and the other guys, pull her out in the dead of night and explain that the whole wolf shifters are real, and that everyone at the academy is latent and they are trying to slowly bring out their abilities. Unfortunately, she exposed the supernatural world to everyone, and she’s being blamed for it…. When the council arrives, they tell her to stay away from her mates, mates 2 and higher are not allowed because they are a “liability”. Rogues are a very real thing and they worry she’s a rogue because she’s never met her dad. Her mom didn’t explain this, on top of her mom moving the every few years (Rae realizes this was to hide her, from the council or the rogues we don’t know because her mom passed 5 months prior to her going to the academy). Additionally, the female councilwoman and her 3 mates tell her that, they Earned to be together so it’s alright for her to have 3 mates but she shouldn’t even get close to her own potential bond mates. They order her to be trained by their man Kade, who reports back on her progress. She’s learning control, more defensive techniques than she would during school because she advances so rapidly in her power and defensive moves… it basically ends with her getting kidnapped by Kade and his twin Kane who are rogues who tell her the council wants to control powerful shifters, break mate bonds because it threatens their power structure. The twins give her a choice to go back to campus and potentially be forcefully seperated from her mates or stay. It’s assumed that the mates still at school would also be there with her. I mean, the book was really good, but the times where it focused on how she broke rules that were never told to her, and being expelled to the wilderness to fend on her own (headmaster told her this), or to have her memories removed, etc… it pissed me off royally. How is she in trouble for something no one explained to her? It drove me batty. Also the council asked her about anyone telling her to leave the academy, she didn’t say anything about the headmaster. Like I was screaming in my head at her! Tell them the headmaster threatened to boot her from the academy and leave her to fend in the wilderness on her own… they advised that 15 students never made it home that were rejected from the academy for some reason… so Rae worries she will be next… the whole forced separation bugged me to no end, no compassion for her not knowing about the supernatural world. I’m unsure if I want to read further…. Maybe you will like it better than I did!? Give it a try!
Spoilers Alert!
This was a different spin on an academy romance. It focus’s mainly on mate bonds. I didn’t particularly like it very much personally but someone else may love it.
Rae our female lead character heads to this academy, she got in with good grades, and being in “good health”. She needed to have blood tests done before being accepted. Flying in to this remote area up north she feels a strange feeling wave over her. As the reader, I know it’s because she passed some kind of barrier. She’s faster, has more endurance, picks up defense quickly. The classes are weird though, they focused mainly on history of the area and the historical local legends on how they survived so far north. A medicine woman with multiple men who supported her with their own types of trades. This is foreshadowing for the rest of the book. They do an overnight hike and get snowed in at a cabin. Thankfully, her companions are mostly guys she’s “extremely” attracted too, unfortunately one of them is her professor. Some fooling around happens in the same room as the professor and they (Luca and herself) act like nothing happened. Rae and the professor never talk about it. It seems tho, when she meets each guy that will eventually be in her bond, there’s a severe static and “zing” plus some weird markings that light up her wrist before disappearing almost immediately. Of course there’s a mean girl, and they get paired during PE defensive training. This is where for me, it went downhill. This woman is really doing her best to kick her butt, but they are evenly matched. This woman says some mean stuff about staying away from Luca because he’s hers (blah blah blah) and has her pinned. This is when a feeling of anger and rage spills out and she tosses this girl like 20 feet, in full view of the other students. It pisses the woman off and she pulls out a knife and cuts her really good. It’s then that she heals almost instantly. In full view of everyone else. That’s when SHE (Rae) gets called to the headmasters office. Who lays into her… the council will be called and she may get kicked out. At this point, she has no idea there’s a supernatural world out there, but knows healing instantly is not normal, also the strength she felt when she tossed that woman across the training field. She’s suspended until the Council decides what to do with her. She’s ordered to her room until she’s called to see the council. That’s when the professor and the other guys, pull her out in the dead of night and explain that the whole wolf shifters are real, and that everyone at the academy is latent and they are trying to slowly bring out their abilities. Unfortunately, she exposed the supernatural world to everyone, and she’s being blamed for it…. When the council arrives, they tell her to stay away from her mates, mates 2 and higher are not allowed because they are a “liability”. Rogues are a very real thing and they worry she’s a rogue because she’s never met her dad. Her mom didn’t explain this, on top of her mom moving the every few years (Rae realizes this was to hide her, from the council or the rogues we don’t know because her mom passed 5 months prior to her going to the academy). Additionally, the female councilwoman and her 3 mates tell her that, they Earned to be together so it’s alright for her to have 3 mates but she shouldn’t even get close to her own potential bond mates. They order her to be trained by their man Kade, who reports back on her progress. She’s learning control, more defensive techniques than she would during school because she advances so rapidly in her power and defensive moves… it basically ends with her getting kidnapped by Kade and his twin Kane who are rogues who tell her the council wants to control powerful shifters, break mate bonds because it threatens their power structure. The twins give her a choice to go back to campus and potentially be forcefully seperated from her mates or stay. It’s assumed that the mates still at school would also be there with her. I mean, the book was really good, but the times where it focused on how she broke rules that were never told to her, and being expelled to the wilderness to fend on her own (headmaster told her this), or to have her memories removed, etc… it pissed me off royally. How is she in trouble for something no one explained to her? It drove me batty. Also the council asked her about anyone telling her to leave the academy, she didn’t say anything about the headmaster. Like I was screaming in my head at her! Tell them the headmaster threatened to boot her from the academy and leave her to fend in the wilderness on her own… they advised that 15 students never made it home that were rejected from the academy for some reason… so Rae worries she will be next… the whole forced separation bugged me to no end, no compassion for her not knowing about the supernatural world. I’m unsure if I want to read further…. Maybe you will like it better than I did!? Give it a try!
February 5, 2026
This starts off horribly almost a DNF. The story ends up being okay but the writing is never good. The h (Rae, 18yo) recently lost her mother and is now on her way to school, a new academy in far flung Alaska. Immediately you'll notice that pacing is too fast and the character connections are badly formed. Rae is on a plane, then she’s at school, then she meets a mate, gets a room, finds a potential BFF, and sees a second mate all inside chapter 1. This author needs to invest a lot more time on writer's craft.
A million weird little details will irk you about this book. The worst of them being that the author clearly didn’t do a plot schematic. So the sequencing and logistics are bad. For example: after the h arrives, she goes for walk to clear her head. There’s no mention of snow or cold weather (gravel crunches underfoot), only afterward does the harshness of the climate and her lack of appropriate clothing become a topic and she needs to borrow warm clothes. So is that a tourism gimmick? “welcome to Alaska all first walks are temperate” lolz. Or in another scene, how does a whole ass university go on a meet n’ greet team-building hike, with one faculty member to every six students. Is this the smallest university in the world? Or is the faculty to student ratio the best on the planet? Or when the h finds she doesn’t have an appropriate sleeping bag and her professor encourages her to zip in with the hot guy ‘for warmth’. Later that night, said hot guy brings her to orgasm (with 3 peers and a professor in earshot) and we're told the h is in “sleep shorts” shouldn't she be wearing everything she owns, since body temps are such an issue? Then there are all the repeating devices like the h constantly meeting people by crashing into them, or constantly overhearing important information ... and on and on and on...
Anyway, somewhere around the 25% mark the story began to intrigue just enough for me to stop nitpicking all the loose ends and bad writing. I actually wanted to see the mates united. But, towards the end, as the professor/student trope was heating up, the author abandoned it in favour of adding new mates. *sigh*
A million weird little details will irk you about this book. The worst of them being that the author clearly didn’t do a plot schematic. So the sequencing and logistics are bad. For example: after the h arrives, she goes for walk to clear her head. There’s no mention of snow or cold weather (gravel crunches underfoot), only afterward does the harshness of the climate and her lack of appropriate clothing become a topic and she needs to borrow warm clothes. So is that a tourism gimmick? “welcome to Alaska all first walks are temperate” lolz. Or in another scene, how does a whole ass university go on a meet n’ greet team-building hike, with one faculty member to every six students. Is this the smallest university in the world? Or is the faculty to student ratio the best on the planet? Or when the h finds she doesn’t have an appropriate sleeping bag and her professor encourages her to zip in with the hot guy ‘for warmth’. Later that night, said hot guy brings her to orgasm (with 3 peers and a professor in earshot) and we're told the h is in “sleep shorts” shouldn't she be wearing everything she owns, since body temps are such an issue? Then there are all the repeating devices like the h constantly meeting people by crashing into them, or constantly overhearing important information ... and on and on and on...
Anyway, somewhere around the 25% mark the story began to intrigue just enough for me to stop nitpicking all the loose ends and bad writing. I actually wanted to see the mates united. But, towards the end, as the professor/student trope was heating up, the author abandoned it in favour of adding new mates. *sigh*
January 18, 2026
This was a fun read
⭐️ Plot: 4/5
🌶️ Spice: 3,75/5
📖 Genre: Paranormal Romance
🏞️ Setting: Alaska
🗣️ POV: Single
🛏️ Tropes:
- Young and innocent student FMC
- Professor MMC, RA MMC, STUDENT MMC, GROUNDSKEEPER MMC
- Dealing with grief
- Shifters
- Overbearing Governing Body
- Leaning what she is
Rae is getting over the loss and grief of her mother’s passing. She’s enrolled at Frosthaven University and the moment she gets close to the property, she begins to start feeling…different.
Her healing is remarkable, her stamina and physical strength and endurance are not what they usually were.
Better. Everything was better.
Then there were the men she met…Luca, who she felt an immediate connection with, Professor Tomlinson, whom she also felt a connection with. Ash, his brother, who caused her to blackout upon touchigg by for the first time…and then there was Kade. The mysterious groundskeeper who also shared a spark with Rae.
As all these strange things were happening in Rae’s life, unfortunately others were noticing too…The council were called in to deliberate over whether or not she is a threat to “everyone’s existence”.
Rae doesn’t know what any of this means, only that something monumental was happening, and she didn’t know who to trust.
⭐️ Plot: 4/5
🌶️ Spice: 3,75/5
📖 Genre: Paranormal Romance
🏞️ Setting: Alaska
🗣️ POV: Single
🛏️ Tropes:
- Young and innocent student FMC
- Professor MMC, RA MMC, STUDENT MMC, GROUNDSKEEPER MMC
- Dealing with grief
- Shifters
- Overbearing Governing Body
- Leaning what she is
Rae is getting over the loss and grief of her mother’s passing. She’s enrolled at Frosthaven University and the moment she gets close to the property, she begins to start feeling…different.
Her healing is remarkable, her stamina and physical strength and endurance are not what they usually were.
Better. Everything was better.
Then there were the men she met…Luca, who she felt an immediate connection with, Professor Tomlinson, whom she also felt a connection with. Ash, his brother, who caused her to blackout upon touchigg by for the first time…and then there was Kade. The mysterious groundskeeper who also shared a spark with Rae.
As all these strange things were happening in Rae’s life, unfortunately others were noticing too…The council were called in to deliberate over whether or not she is a threat to “everyone’s existence”.
Rae doesn’t know what any of this means, only that something monumental was happening, and she didn’t know who to trust.
November 18, 2025
It’s only 186 pages, but I just couldn’t finish it. It’s very surface level and contrived. I thought I could finish it. It’s a short book. But when Headmaster Twilson (yes, that’s his actual name) calls her into his office to ask which guys she likes because she needs to stay away from them or she’ll be expelled, I had to call it because that’s actually ridiculous.
I wish there was more meat to these characters. Even our FMC - she’s grieving her mother, but you forget all about that until the author explicitly states it.
Also, I know this is picky of me, but I hate when people meet each other and then within a couple of days they’re referring to each other as “best friends”. Is nothing sacred? You don’t even know each other. Saying “you’re my best friend” to someone you meet two weeks ago is a little clingy.
As for the romantic relationships, the author took a risk having the characters fall into in-the-text archetypes by framing it in the folklore. If you’re going to state, in the text, what roles the parties are going to fall into, then those characters need to be fleshed out so they don’t read as a checkbox with a name and broad shoulders.
I wish there was more meat to these characters. Even our FMC - she’s grieving her mother, but you forget all about that until the author explicitly states it.
Also, I know this is picky of me, but I hate when people meet each other and then within a couple of days they’re referring to each other as “best friends”. Is nothing sacred? You don’t even know each other. Saying “you’re my best friend” to someone you meet two weeks ago is a little clingy.
As for the romantic relationships, the author took a risk having the characters fall into in-the-text archetypes by framing it in the folklore. If you’re going to state, in the text, what roles the parties are going to fall into, then those characters need to be fleshed out so they don’t read as a checkbox with a name and broad shoulders.
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December 22, 2025
I enjoyed the premise, but the writing was not good. Clunky and repetitive - often repeating things said on the previous page nearly word for word. Constantly using the phrase/ some version of since my mom died (again often within a page of each other). One chapter Rae is going to sleep hearing her roommate snore then having a dream, and then the next chapter she’s also going to sleep hearing her roommate snore.
The MMCs seemed like the same person “in the act.” If you understand my meaning. Luca and Ash were basically the same person - only let’s keep pointing out how safe and cared for Luca makes Rae feel and how playful Ash is (that why we understand they are different).
Additionally, everything felt rushed. Insta besties, insta love/lust. It was a lot of telling and not showing especially in the first quarter of the book. They go on the hike out of nowhere and then we get told leading up to Rae and Luca’s moment all the things he had been doing for her. Like we didn’t we see that instead of getting told now to make this moment make sense…
With all that said😅 I am going straight into book 2 though.
The MMCs seemed like the same person “in the act.” If you understand my meaning. Luca and Ash were basically the same person - only let’s keep pointing out how safe and cared for Luca makes Rae feel and how playful Ash is (that why we understand they are different).
Additionally, everything felt rushed. Insta besties, insta love/lust. It was a lot of telling and not showing especially in the first quarter of the book. They go on the hike out of nowhere and then we get told leading up to Rae and Luca’s moment all the things he had been doing for her. Like we didn’t we see that instead of getting told now to make this moment make sense…
With all that said😅 I am going straight into book 2 though.
November 25, 2025
⭐️☆☆☆☆ (1.5 stars) – Wanted to Love It, but It Fell Apart Fast
Frosthaven Academy started off as a quick, fast-paced read that seemed like it could grow into something fun, but it just never delivered. The moment the headmaster drama kicked in at Book 1, the plot stopped making sense, and everything spiraled from there.
The FMC and her mates never develop - if anything, they get worse. The guys are all basically trash, and the relationships feel shallow, rushed, and repetitive. I kept waiting for some growth or emotional depth, but it never came.
The story really needed more fleshing out and a lot more thought behind the worldbuilding and character arcs. Instead, it felt like a draft of a much better book that never got the revision it needed.
Honestly, I was especially disappointed because I wanted a compelling age-gap romance woven into a shifter academy setting - but this didn’t come close. A promising idea that ultimately went nowhere.
Frosthaven Academy started off as a quick, fast-paced read that seemed like it could grow into something fun, but it just never delivered. The moment the headmaster drama kicked in at Book 1, the plot stopped making sense, and everything spiraled from there.
The FMC and her mates never develop - if anything, they get worse. The guys are all basically trash, and the relationships feel shallow, rushed, and repetitive. I kept waiting for some growth or emotional depth, but it never came.
The story really needed more fleshing out and a lot more thought behind the worldbuilding and character arcs. Instead, it felt like a draft of a much better book that never got the revision it needed.
Honestly, I was especially disappointed because I wanted a compelling age-gap romance woven into a shifter academy setting - but this didn’t come close. A promising idea that ultimately went nowhere.
December 30, 2025
Definitely have me interested.
I was skeptical at first. This kind of book is usually right up my alley but I don’t know why i was hesitant.
But once I got into the book, I really got into it lol
Rae is on a new mission in life. Starting at an Academy after her mother has passed away. Trying to come to grips with that whilst also learning about who she is now.
She never expected the weird feelings this school is giving her. Especially three of the occupants. Two students & a teacher.
But she tries her best to keep moving. Until during a sparring class, someone attacks her for real & something awakens to defend her.
Now she’s under the spotlight of the shifter council because yeah she’s a latent wolf.
But now she has to deal with the council & her new bonds that she tries to ignore to protect them.
But that ending with Kane….yeah now I’m really curious to see how this all plays out.
Great job!
I was skeptical at first. This kind of book is usually right up my alley but I don’t know why i was hesitant.
But once I got into the book, I really got into it lol
Rae is on a new mission in life. Starting at an Academy after her mother has passed away. Trying to come to grips with that whilst also learning about who she is now.
She never expected the weird feelings this school is giving her. Especially three of the occupants. Two students & a teacher.
But she tries her best to keep moving. Until during a sparring class, someone attacks her for real & something awakens to defend her.
Now she’s under the spotlight of the shifter council because yeah she’s a latent wolf.
But now she has to deal with the council & her new bonds that she tries to ignore to protect them.
But that ending with Kane….yeah now I’m really curious to see how this all plays out.
Great job!
February 20, 2026
Dnf
The idea that these students are sent to a latent shifter school that cant talk about it and aren't told about and even worse aren't even WARNED about it is ludicrous.
The fmc experiences bonding twice in 1 day- 3 times in 2 days (the 3rd time makes her faint & she ends up in the clinic) and she thinks thrre is something wrong with her.
When a OTT jealous girl attacks her in gym her body naturally protects itself (supernaturally) when the girl stabs her with a knife the FMC naturally heals itself.
Somehow this makes the FMC in the wrong - but NOT the girl who attacked & tried to stab her & now the fmc has to await council decision to see if she & her potential mates are in trouble.
Up until this point poor girl had zero idea any of this was possible. It's beyond stupud. And the story & all the bonds are moving way to fast.
The idea that these students are sent to a latent shifter school that cant talk about it and aren't told about and even worse aren't even WARNED about it is ludicrous.
The fmc experiences bonding twice in 1 day- 3 times in 2 days (the 3rd time makes her faint & she ends up in the clinic) and she thinks thrre is something wrong with her.
When a OTT jealous girl attacks her in gym her body naturally protects itself (supernaturally) when the girl stabs her with a knife the FMC naturally heals itself.
Somehow this makes the FMC in the wrong - but NOT the girl who attacked & tried to stab her & now the fmc has to await council decision to see if she & her potential mates are in trouble.
Up until this point poor girl had zero idea any of this was possible. It's beyond stupud. And the story & all the bonds are moving way to fast.
October 18, 2025
Novella length academy story, pnr, bonds, rh. Spoilers: the FMC is a college freshman whose single mother died five months before the story begins. She was raised as a human child but we don't get much information about her background or how she ended up at a school in Alaska. Strange things happen to her, like extra strength and stamina, plus she gets electric shocks when she touches certain fellow students. Turns out this school is for latent wolf shifters who are recruited some unexplained way? Our heroine exhibits her abilities way too quickly and attracts the suspect Council, who imply she's a rogue plant. The storyline is quite interesting but the writing is over dramatic throughout. The series appears scheduled for fast release so I'll probably continue.
January 13, 2026
Feeling lost and alone since her mother’s death, Rae starts at university out in the Arctic wilderness. Rae is hopeful for a fresh start but as soon as she arrives things aren’t as they seem. Rae is experiencing odd feelings and then begins learning of ancient myths but starts to wonder if there is truth to any of it. Fated mates, political unrest, discovery of oneself. The story is appealing and the way it ended made me want to go straight into the next book to see what is coming. That said, the pacing felt uneven. Some sections linger a bit too long, while others—especially moments that could have benefited from deeper exploration—move too quickly. A few plot developments felt predictable, and certain conflicts resolved a little too neatly to be fully satisfying. A solid 3.5 star read.
December 21, 2025
3.5 stars
Good idea and concept. We are just dropped into the middle of the story in a fast paced way with no background information on Rae. I understand the need for secrecy but the fact they expect students that know diddly squat about the hidden world to know to keep/control their new abilities immediately secret and then punish them when they fail is totally ludicrous. But I guess that totally plays into the explanation we get in the last chapter.
Other than that, a little more world development and character building would have made this book stronger. I still liked it for what it is though and will continue on to book 2.
Good idea and concept. We are just dropped into the middle of the story in a fast paced way with no background information on Rae. I understand the need for secrecy but the fact they expect students that know diddly squat about the hidden world to know to keep/control their new abilities immediately secret and then punish them when they fail is totally ludicrous. But I guess that totally plays into the explanation we get in the last chapter.
Other than that, a little more world development and character building would have made this book stronger. I still liked it for what it is though and will continue on to book 2.
January 20, 2026
I’m not sure if it’s worth the time
There’s just something off about this book. I can’t get over the fact that they spend so much time blaming for outing herself, threatening to expel her, and she doesn’t once say anything about the fact that she can’t be blamed because she had no clue? The logic is not logicking and I lost complete interest after this most glaring error in the whole book. “You exposed yourself without knowing you had anything to expose” is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. Makes it even worse when he’s supposed to be the headmaster. I literally was so annoyed, I DNFd right then and there.
There’s just something off about this book. I can’t get over the fact that they spend so much time blaming for outing herself, threatening to expel her, and she doesn’t once say anything about the fact that she can’t be blamed because she had no clue? The logic is not logicking and I lost complete interest after this most glaring error in the whole book. “You exposed yourself without knowing you had anything to expose” is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. Makes it even worse when he’s supposed to be the headmaster. I literally was so annoyed, I DNFd right then and there.
January 21, 2026
okay.
I really wanted to like this book because I love the whole going to school and the bonds what I don’t like was her immaturity during certain parts of the book and I didn’t like how it didn’t explain more what was happening. They just blamed her right away then things took a complete spiral. I really wish it was thought out more maybe a little bit longer to explain some details. It just jumped straight to her, noticing certain things, and then jumping straight to her, getting bullied by some girl in the midst of the council.
But it was a fun simple read, definitely turned my mind off and read the book within a day. Fast easy love.
I really wanted to like this book because I love the whole going to school and the bonds what I don’t like was her immaturity during certain parts of the book and I didn’t like how it didn’t explain more what was happening. They just blamed her right away then things took a complete spiral. I really wish it was thought out more maybe a little bit longer to explain some details. It just jumped straight to her, noticing certain things, and then jumping straight to her, getting bullied by some girl in the midst of the council.
But it was a fun simple read, definitely turned my mind off and read the book within a day. Fast easy love.
January 28, 2026
It wasn’t a bad book per se. The plot was interesting, there were elements that I haven’t seen in other books so that’s on a plus side.
The reason I gave it 2 stars is just because I felt like a read a summary of the book. It was very rushed, some important moments were skipped entirely and then there was a sentence stating that there happened. It was also tough for me to get through the constant repetition of some facts. We don’t need to read every couple lines that she’s the medicine woman - memory is not that bad, thank you very much.
Overall, it was quite nice, quick read. Would I read I again tho? Probably definitely not.
The reason I gave it 2 stars is just because I felt like a read a summary of the book. It was very rushed, some important moments were skipped entirely and then there was a sentence stating that there happened. It was also tough for me to get through the constant repetition of some facts. We don’t need to read every couple lines that she’s the medicine woman - memory is not that bad, thank you very much.
Overall, it was quite nice, quick read. Would I read I again tho? Probably definitely not.
January 6, 2026
Ooo interesting
This one has an interesting twist!! Its giving early 2000s dystopian vibes and I love it. This book made me swoon and it also made me angry. The romance here is swoon worthy but the plot? Oo those guys can get punched in the face hahaha like I'm so ready for them to have the day they deserve. This is a found family (which is stated), hidden powers, teacher x Student, RH, myth and lore, he trains her, bestie roomier, mate bonds, orphaned fmc, and a lot more! I'm excited to see how this plays out!!
This one has an interesting twist!! Its giving early 2000s dystopian vibes and I love it. This book made me swoon and it also made me angry. The romance here is swoon worthy but the plot? Oo those guys can get punched in the face hahaha like I'm so ready for them to have the day they deserve. This is a found family (which is stated), hidden powers, teacher x Student, RH, myth and lore, he trains her, bestie roomier, mate bonds, orphaned fmc, and a lot more! I'm excited to see how this plays out!!
February 18, 2026
cute story, but felt rushed and repetitive.
Slight spoilers ahead that don’t relate to specific plot lines:
I liked the book and the plot, while not all together new, was a fun read. That said, the story felt rushed with a month passing in what felt like a blink of an eye. Because of this, the characters didn’t seem to really have time to build on their bonds, leaving the relationships feeling shallow. Add to that the seemingly copied and pasted steamy scenes with very repetitive pillow talk… it was a nice, easy read, but only three stars for me.
Slight spoilers ahead that don’t relate to specific plot lines:
I liked the book and the plot, while not all together new, was a fun read. That said, the story felt rushed with a month passing in what felt like a blink of an eye. Because of this, the characters didn’t seem to really have time to build on their bonds, leaving the relationships feeling shallow. Add to that the seemingly copied and pasted steamy scenes with very repetitive pillow talk… it was a nice, easy read, but only three stars for me.
January 3, 2026
Different..
This was not the usual shifter fated mate type of plotline instead it focused on bond forming with the council being against it. Don't get the idea of how the bond forming is the angst and how the heroine was clueless. The OW attacking the heroine as being an ex maybe wasn't explained. Could not connect with the characters or hold my interest. Boring and lots of telling type of read in my opinion.
This was not the usual shifter fated mate type of plotline instead it focused on bond forming with the council being against it. Don't get the idea of how the bond forming is the angst and how the heroine was clueless. The OW attacking the heroine as being an ex maybe wasn't explained. Could not connect with the characters or hold my interest. Boring and lots of telling type of read in my opinion.
January 15, 2026
I liked this well enough. It felt rambly at times and the first few chapters felt like a lot of waffle with not much substance. There were things that were referenced that seemed to have been edited out. Overall I think it was missing detail in places that could use some more embellishing and then waffled about things that really weren't that important. I am intrigued by the characters. Rae seems to be a bright girl with some spark to her. The potential bonds Vince, Ash, Luca, and the other two who i will leave a surprise. All have facets of interesting bits. I'm happy that she is at least college age so the age gap romance isn't crossing a bad line. Seriously PLL messed me up for that. I'm excited to see where things go next.
January 15, 2026
3 1/2 ***
Fmc doesn’t know what is happening at the new academy she’s attending. She’s left alone, no family with her anymore. Joins an academy of shifters (has no knowledge of shifter life, thinks she’s human). Automatically feels all the pulls of mate bonds and powers. Very fast paced but was actually pretty good. I read it within a few hours and I plan on reading the next one as well. Found family. Fated mates. Plot twists. Short reads.
Fmc doesn’t know what is happening at the new academy she’s attending. She’s left alone, no family with her anymore. Joins an academy of shifters (has no knowledge of shifter life, thinks she’s human). Automatically feels all the pulls of mate bonds and powers. Very fast paced but was actually pretty good. I read it within a few hours and I plan on reading the next one as well. Found family. Fated mates. Plot twists. Short reads.
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