Meeting Sang: Kota

The Ghost Bird #1.1

by C.L. Stone

From the USA TODAY bestselling The Academy: Ghost Bird series, comes a different look at the very beginning. Read Introductions with a whole new perspective--the boys'. 

Kota Lee has been trying for weeks to get the girl up the street to notice him. She's beautiful and intriguing, but seems incredibly shy. Too shy. Every time he tries to get close, she dodges him, like a skittish little bird, flittering away out of his reach. 

Troubled by her haunted looks, he's tried to give her some space, respect her need for solitude. Still, he can't forget those eyes that are haunted and--he thinks--maybe hiding secrets. 

One dark night as thunderclouds are rolling in, he's driving home late and spots her standing in the road. It's too late for her to be out for a walk and the pack on her back tells him what she's doing: she's about to run away. 

She could get hurt, or worse, disappear forever. He can't let her go; he'd never forgive himself if he did.

Genres: Young Adult, Romance, Contemporary, Fiction, High School, Short Stories, Novella

38 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 24, 2015

About the author

C. L. Stone likes :chocolate_bar: and #findingburiedtreasure. Her books are about :revolving_hearts: and @dark_themes and #chocolatechippancakes.

If lots of book boyfriends scare you...run. Run now.

Reviews

[Pao · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kota, Kota, Kota♥...

[Bella · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well this was a pleasant surprise! Every now and then I wish for a new dose of these Academy guys, so I was stoked to see this short story existed. Even better was the fact it was in Kota's POV - I love reading things from the guys POV (even if they're only short!). Please keep em coming, C.L. Stone.

[Alaina · Rating 5 out of 5]

RTC <3

[WhyteOwl · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wish it had go on longer.
It was great though. I loved reading from the guys perspective. Thank you very much for sharing your talent with us

[Dania · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kota

I love it. Can’t wait to read everyone else point of view. C.L stone out done herself once again. Allowing us to be able to see different point of view of each characters help us have a better understanding of how each of them. Can’t wait to read the next meeting Sang chapter!!!!!

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[Angel · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's cute but I hate that it's third party.

[Kristi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute! I can't wait to read the others.

[Aarti Mira · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely love and adore all the books in the academy or by C.L stone. Please please please read this you will not be disappointed. The Academy owns my life that's how much I love it

[Kae · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved viewing things from Kota's side. I honestly didn't want it to end as quickly as it did!

[Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

I cannot believe I haven't read these novellas yet. But I guess it is also a good thing, because this way I can "hang out" with the characters while waiting for the next book in the series to come out.
And it was interesting to see the same events happening from a different perspective. I was just remembering how apologetic Kota was about Max jumping on Sang. If only she new the truth back then, right? It could've changed everything.
But anyway, I am quite enjoying these little throwbacks to the past.

[Kate H · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have gotten very into reading Reverse Harem novels lately becasue of this series. It's super hard to find decent ones that don't just read like fan fiction and this series is quite good actually. This series is really good though, it is slow to develop but that allows for more books in the series which is a good thing. Both the characters and the story are fully fleshed out and well written. I'm enjoying becoming invested in this world and pleased that I discovered this author.

[Autumn Miller ~ autumnbookreads · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this novella. I liked getting a deeper look into Kota and what he is like. We rarely get chapters in the ~A~ section in his point of view. This novella showed how much of a sweetheart he is and how much he was willing to do to help Sang even though he didn’t really know her. After reading it, I just wish we got more chapters in Kota’s point of view more often.

[Matilde Damkier · Rating 2 out of 5]

Kota is not my favorite guy. I had also hoped this shortstory would be more... personalized. Instead it seemed pretty generic. Like this could be just about any guy going all ga-ga over a pretty girl.

[Searcy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Honestly, you have to be an addict to read the POV shifts that re-hash the boys' first meeting of Sang. Or a masochist. Or both.

But I guess I am, because I kinda loved 'em. *sigh* So disappointed with myself.

[Makenzie K. · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was cute. I love Kota and his dorky-ness. And I’ve missed Sang. I wish it had gone further then the first meeting though. I wanted to see him falling for her and while this book explains some of that, it only talks about the very beginning.

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love getting inside Kota's head and understanding better what he's thinking upon meeting Sang.

[Alicat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kota

I am glad that I got to read Kota's point of view. I knew his dog Max didn't 'acciedently' knock Sang over, now my suspicions have been confirmed.

[Aparna · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is so much better than the first book, it's actually relieving.

[Tamika · Rating 4 out of 5]

I so glad she wrote this to go along with the series. Wish it was in first person though

[MGaby P-M · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed it

I like being able to know what Kota was thinking and can't wait to read about the other boys. It's interesting and I wish it was longer

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great!

So awesome to get insight into Kota's thoughts! I would love it if the whole series was retold from the guys point of view:)

[Kewpified · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the series but recommend buying the books 1-4 bundle to save money.

[Maria M · Rating 4 out of 5]

❤️

[Ashley Willburn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love it.

I loved hearing kota’s side of the story. The way he caught on that something was wrong with her without even talking to her. Kota is pretty amazing.

[Tanya · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was great to get Kota's side of what happened when he and Sang met.

[Katherine Broussard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Seriously anything CL Stone writes i'm in love with!

[Laura Sorensen · Rating 5 out of 5]

loved hearing the beginning through Kota's eyes! It is interesting to find out what he was thinking and compare it to what Sang was thinking. Love this idea!

[Chloe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute novella

Cute short story from Kota's point of view. He's even more adorable inside his own head rather than just from Sang's perspective.

[Bradi · Rating 1 out of 5]

If you read the series, you've read this book.