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Arcane Mysteries
Secrets, Magic, and Betrayal…all in the first semester!
Zoey is a witch, but she's not very good at it.
That is until she's taken to a secret school of mages. There, she discovers a whole new world of a different kind of magic, one that she seems to excel in.
She and three fantastically hot boys who are "keeping her safe" are trying to figure out how she escaped their world in the first place and why her parents hid her.
And they'd better hurry because something is trying to kill her.
Welcome to the Magic Guardian Academy where supernatural creatures try to keep the world safe even on the days that suck.
Warning: This is a steamy reverse harem paranormal romance that will leave you addicted.
Zoey is a witch, but she's not very good at it.
That is until she's taken to a secret school of mages. There, she discovers a whole new world of a different kind of magic, one that she seems to excel in.
She and three fantastically hot boys who are "keeping her safe" are trying to figure out how she escaped their world in the first place and why her parents hid her.
And they'd better hurry because something is trying to kill her.
Welcome to the Magic Guardian Academy where supernatural creatures try to keep the world safe even on the days that suck.
Warning: This is a steamy reverse harem paranormal romance that will leave you addicted.
- GenresWitchesParanormal
171 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 16, 2019
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October 13, 2020
This is book one of the Magic Guardian Academy series and the main character is young and untrained witch Zoey, who attends a normal high school. After catching the school bully beating up a guy, she intervenes, but as usual her magic goes haywire and the fire spell she unleashed on him, continues burning far longer than it should have. She races away and gets pulled into an empty classroom by a guy she has never seen. His name is Reed and he is a wizard. She worries that he will tell on her, but he disappears almost as quickly as he came. She skips the rest of the school name and rushes home to see her mother. When she arrives, she finds this Reed fella there and her mother packing a case for her! It seems he has come to take her to a magic school for her safety and for that of her mother. Zoey thinks they can just move again, but soon realises that she has to leave. She is taken out to a car which has another two young wizards onboard, Jasper and Kento, who seem to all be friends.
When she arrives at the Magic Guardian Academy, the home of the Arcane, she is told by Headmistress Olsen that she will start testing in the morning, as to whether she can even stay at the school. No clues are given and she begins to worry about what this might mean. She knows if someone goes bad or hurts another, they can have their magic striped off of them, and she doesn’t want to face that future. She may not have exactly been trained much by her mother and her father died about five years ago, so she has problems controlling her magic on a good day. There are others after her for her magic, dark mages who are after her powers and her strong magic, however uncontrollable it is. The first test seems rather outlandish and totally out of her league, but the other students have been learning how to do these sorts of spells since they were five, she knows nothing about spells at all!
Matters go out of control during this test, as the usual spells don’t seem to be working against the creature they are to banish, and students are being injured. Then it is her turn to try and the dark magic creature tries to entice her to join their side of the fight, whispering ideas to her. Anything she tries seems to only feed the power of the creature and others try to stop her. That is until something deep within her bursts forth and the creature is gone. The next day she is given some mentors, who turn out to be the three young men who picked her up from her home. The first one takes her to the place of the first test, which should now be a safe location, to get her to focus and use her magic to simply light a match. When she finally manages, of course, something else goes wrong and another student is badly burnt. The only way to heal her is for her and Zoey to be forever bound together!
Not exactly the way Zoey thought her future and learning of magic would turn out. Her three companions or guards, mentors or whatever she should call them, are now to watch her 24/7, but a bad feeling about her mother makes her break the rules and go home. It seems someone or something is coming for her and her mother is in danger as well as her. Dark mages are appearing in the school and trying to get her to join them and there is something inside of her, which feels tempted when she feels her magic responding. If she allows this side of her to overtake her, then she will be lost and will definitely lose her place in the academy, as well as her three hunky companions, who she is getting growing feelings about. A question has to be asked as to why she has not been taught any magic and why her parents tried to hide her away, always moving.
A nice start to the series, but one that doesn’t give many answers to Zoey’s questions about magic and why it was hidden from her for so long. She has gone from being in a human high school where she spent her time trying to avoid others and keeping her magic under wraps, to a new school, where other students laugh at her lack of magical knowledge and her magic continues to go haywire whenever she uses it, causing many others to fear her! Not the greatest of starts in a new location, but at least she has three good looking guys always at her side, even if she doesn’t want them there! She has many challenges to face and may have lots of questions, but she will have to survive first, in order to get anything solved. An interesting character, chucked into a whole new world, with a good bit of magic, spells and romance. I look forward to reading the next book in the series, Arcane Studies.
When she arrives at the Magic Guardian Academy, the home of the Arcane, she is told by Headmistress Olsen that she will start testing in the morning, as to whether she can even stay at the school. No clues are given and she begins to worry about what this might mean. She knows if someone goes bad or hurts another, they can have their magic striped off of them, and she doesn’t want to face that future. She may not have exactly been trained much by her mother and her father died about five years ago, so she has problems controlling her magic on a good day. There are others after her for her magic, dark mages who are after her powers and her strong magic, however uncontrollable it is. The first test seems rather outlandish and totally out of her league, but the other students have been learning how to do these sorts of spells since they were five, she knows nothing about spells at all!
Matters go out of control during this test, as the usual spells don’t seem to be working against the creature they are to banish, and students are being injured. Then it is her turn to try and the dark magic creature tries to entice her to join their side of the fight, whispering ideas to her. Anything she tries seems to only feed the power of the creature and others try to stop her. That is until something deep within her bursts forth and the creature is gone. The next day she is given some mentors, who turn out to be the three young men who picked her up from her home. The first one takes her to the place of the first test, which should now be a safe location, to get her to focus and use her magic to simply light a match. When she finally manages, of course, something else goes wrong and another student is badly burnt. The only way to heal her is for her and Zoey to be forever bound together!
Not exactly the way Zoey thought her future and learning of magic would turn out. Her three companions or guards, mentors or whatever she should call them, are now to watch her 24/7, but a bad feeling about her mother makes her break the rules and go home. It seems someone or something is coming for her and her mother is in danger as well as her. Dark mages are appearing in the school and trying to get her to join them and there is something inside of her, which feels tempted when she feels her magic responding. If she allows this side of her to overtake her, then she will be lost and will definitely lose her place in the academy, as well as her three hunky companions, who she is getting growing feelings about. A question has to be asked as to why she has not been taught any magic and why her parents tried to hide her away, always moving.
A nice start to the series, but one that doesn’t give many answers to Zoey’s questions about magic and why it was hidden from her for so long. She has gone from being in a human high school where she spent her time trying to avoid others and keeping her magic under wraps, to a new school, where other students laugh at her lack of magical knowledge and her magic continues to go haywire whenever she uses it, causing many others to fear her! Not the greatest of starts in a new location, but at least she has three good looking guys always at her side, even if she doesn’t want them there! She has many challenges to face and may have lots of questions, but she will have to survive first, in order to get anything solved. An interesting character, chucked into a whole new world, with a good bit of magic, spells and romance. I look forward to reading the next book in the series, Arcane Studies.
March 30, 2020
The beginning of a new series, with the promise to go far. I enjoyed this book, the heroine, Zoey was a likeable but bratty outsider, not willing to follow the herd. She is scared at being torn from everything she knows, and frustrated by the evasion of her questions, by her three men, as if there is a huge secret! This leads to a series of unfortunate incidents and a lack of thought that just sets her at odds with everyone. I did get annoyed with Zoey lack of thought by the end of the book, but as the series is only beginning she has time to mature.
July 9, 2020
A new heroine that has tremendous magical capabilities but lacks the training and guidance to effectively use this power. Furthermore, the lure of the dark pass beckons her forth plus physical attractions for a teenager makes for an entertaining read. The pacing of the book keeps you engage and considering the age of the characters, the use of profanity is not excessive.
I hope to read more development of the characters and the story in the future.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I hope to read more development of the characters and the story in the future.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
June 9, 2021
Message to all self published authors: Y’all still need editors. Within the first 3 chapters, a dude’s name changed from Daemon to Daemin and then back again. Zoey’s magic went from activating at 13 to down to 3. This has soooo many spelling and grammar error. Honestly, I don’t know what the plot was. I didn’t care about the characters. The magic system was lacking and I don’t think there were any commas! #justiceforcommas
November 2, 2022
Story was good. Plenty of emotion, magic, mystery, conspiracy and treachery. I liked the characters although Zoey does come across a bit whiney. There are a few continuity errors that were missed in editing but overall Rebecca is a good writer. Meg Price does an excellent job with narrating the story. I look forward to reading more of these. I received a complimentary copy of the Audio book and am leaving a honest voluntary review
October 5, 2020
Arcane Mysteries is a excellent start to a new series. Zoey's untested magic makes for an interesting time as she dives into terrible situations. The storyline is well paced and keeps the readers engaged. Can't wait to see how her magic and relationships with the boys progresses.
January 21, 2021
No complaints about content, first time reading this type of book not for me won't be reading a follow up
September 1, 2021
Loved it
And now onto book two of this series, so far I have loved the story so and the direction it has taken to get me to here. So here goes, read it and love it too
And now onto book two of this series, so far I have loved the story so and the direction it has taken to get me to here. So here goes, read it and love it too
July 11, 2022
Interesting
Interesting and enjoyable. A little emotional and some intrigue thrown in. Will more than likely read the next book in the series, just to see what will happen.
Interesting and enjoyable. A little emotional and some intrigue thrown in. Will more than likely read the next book in the series, just to see what will happen.
January 18, 2023
academy
What happened to classes and timely events? Seemed the whole book takes place in a matter of a few days.
What happened to classes and timely events? Seemed the whole book takes place in a matter of a few days.
February 18, 2020
While this was jam packed with non-stop action, lots of fantastic and dangerous magic and some stolen sexy moments, I feel a little like the world building was lacking. We are dropped right into the story, with Zoe the main character getting whisked away to magic school with no answers- for her or me. Next thing I know, she is battling some serious nasties and using new kinds of magic, but the details of the world were all very hazy and felt a little bit like it was being made up as the book went along. That being said, this is just the first book in the series so more world building may come in the next book (and hopefully it won't be as sad either, because this was not an uplifting read). I am for sure interested to see what will happen and I am invested in learning more about Zoe and her three hot protectors.
I will admit that Zoe drove me absolutely batty with her inability to think anything through, instead she plunged into one terrible situation after another- easily risking her own life as well as those around her. I hope that as the series progresses she learns how to rationalize and plan better, or she probably won't live past a second book.
I 100% love this narrator! She gave Zoe so much personality that I feel like she was a real person and her voices for the other characters were all so distinct and unique so I always knew who was talking. This was so well done as an audiobook I was sucked into the story and binged it in one day. I would love to listen to this same narrator read the rest of the Magic Guardian Academy.
I will admit that Zoe drove me absolutely batty with her inability to think anything through, instead she plunged into one terrible situation after another- easily risking her own life as well as those around her. I hope that as the series progresses she learns how to rationalize and plan better, or she probably won't live past a second book.
I 100% love this narrator! She gave Zoe so much personality that I feel like she was a real person and her voices for the other characters were all so distinct and unique so I always knew who was talking. This was so well done as an audiobook I was sucked into the story and binged it in one day. I would love to listen to this same narrator read the rest of the Magic Guardian Academy.
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