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Spearwood Academy #0.5
Outcast Magic: Prequel
OUT OF PRINT
Now Included in Outcast Magic: Summer Season
When a trip into the city goes wrong, Avalon must find the courage to help a stranger.
Avalon Clementine was born from dragon blood, but having just turned fifteen, she’s still struggling to master even a small part of her air magic.
When she ventures into the city with her friend, Jericho, to watch a match between the hellhounds and white tigers, nothing goes right.
Instantly, they’re separated, and Avalon finds herself alone in a place she’s not familiar with. But a helpful stranger comes to her aid, so when he’s attacked, Avalon can’t just stand by. But with her unpredictable magic going haywire, can she help him, or will she just get herself in trouble, too?
A prequel to the longer series that begins with Outcast Magic: Summer Season
Now Included in Outcast Magic: Summer Season
When a trip into the city goes wrong, Avalon must find the courage to help a stranger.
Avalon Clementine was born from dragon blood, but having just turned fifteen, she’s still struggling to master even a small part of her air magic.
When she ventures into the city with her friend, Jericho, to watch a match between the hellhounds and white tigers, nothing goes right.
Instantly, they’re separated, and Avalon finds herself alone in a place she’s not familiar with. But a helpful stranger comes to her aid, so when he’s attacked, Avalon can’t just stand by. But with her unpredictable magic going haywire, can she help him, or will she just get herself in trouble, too?
A prequel to the longer series that begins with Outcast Magic: Summer Season
50 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 10, 2020
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61 books173 followersLili Black is the young adult/new adult, paranormal romance pen name of authors LA Kirk and Lyn Forester.
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January 15, 2021
I loved the original spearwood academy books and this looks like it will be even better. We get out first look at avalon and Jericho and their world. Can't wait until the first book comes out!
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November 6, 2020Outcast Magic: Prequel (Spearwood Academy)
by Lili Black, LA Kirk, Lyn Forester
Forward by A.S. Oren
Releases: November 10th
Blurb:
When a trip into the city goes wrong, Avalon must find the courage to help a stranger.
Avalon Clementine was born from dragon blood, but having just turned fifteen, she’s still struggling to master even a small part of her air magic.
When she ventures into the city with her friend, Jericho, to watch a match between the hellhounds and white tigers, nothing goes right.
Instantly, they’re separated, and Avalon finds herself alone in a place she’s not familiar with. But a helpful stranger comes to her aid, so when he’s attacked, Avalon can’t just stand by. But with her unpredictable magic going haywire, can she help him, or will she just get herself in trouble, too?
A prequel to the longer series that begins with Outcast Magic: Summer Season
by Lili Black, LA Kirk, Lyn Forester
Forward by A.S. Oren
Releases: November 10th
Blurb:
When a trip into the city goes wrong, Avalon must find the courage to help a stranger.
Avalon Clementine was born from dragon blood, but having just turned fifteen, she’s still struggling to master even a small part of her air magic.
When she ventures into the city with her friend, Jericho, to watch a match between the hellhounds and white tigers, nothing goes right.
Instantly, they’re separated, and Avalon finds herself alone in a place she’s not familiar with. But a helpful stranger comes to her aid, so when he’s attacked, Avalon can’t just stand by. But with her unpredictable magic going haywire, can she help him, or will she just get herself in trouble, too?
A prequel to the longer series that begins with Outcast Magic: Summer Season
November 11, 2020
Avalon was born from dragon blood, an outcast, and struggling to control her air magic. She has spent her 15 years at the Orchard basically hidden from the world. When she goes to the city with her bestfriend, Jericho, to watch a shifter soccer match between the hellhounds and white tigers it turns into an adventure she wasn't expecting. Separated from Jericho, she meets a handsome young man who goes out of his way to help her, so when he's attacked, she returns the assist. Honestly, spending time with her new friend is better than the exciting game. But when it comes time to return home, she feels she is forgetting something...
I can't tell you how excited I was when I realized this was the prequel to the Spearwood Academy series. I enjoyed the stories about Avalon, the first female dragon in centuries. I liked the challenges she faced and the male dragons she attracted. The story was so engaging. Avie being the only female, created such an interesting dynamic, full of pros and cons. But the series wasn't quite enough. The books were novellas and by the final one, I was left wanting more. I always felt like there was more story there and I am thrilled with this return. I'm not sure if it will be a reimagining or a parallel storyline but I am here for it no matter what!
I can't tell you how excited I was when I realized this was the prequel to the Spearwood Academy series. I enjoyed the stories about Avalon, the first female dragon in centuries. I liked the challenges she faced and the male dragons she attracted. The story was so engaging. Avie being the only female, created such an interesting dynamic, full of pros and cons. But the series wasn't quite enough. The books were novellas and by the final one, I was left wanting more. I always felt like there was more story there and I am thrilled with this return. I'm not sure if it will be a reimagining or a parallel storyline but I am here for it no matter what!
November 13, 2020
I would especially like to thank L & L Literary Services, LLC and Booksprout for allowing me to read this prequel to the series: "Spearwood Academy".
I think this book cover is beautiful.
It all starts on a trip to the city where Clementine Avalon has to help a stranger. Clementine was born under the blood of a dragon and at just fifteen years old she masters very little of her aerial magic.
She was on her way to town with her friend Jericho to go to a game and they ended up separating and Avalon found herself in an unknown place and a stranger came to help her except that he was attacked and Avalon with her beginnings in magic was going to manage to get out of it?
A book read in one go, so much so that I hooked on the story so captivating, addictive, full of suspense and twists and turns with endearing characters. Can't wait to read more.
I think this book cover is beautiful.
It all starts on a trip to the city where Clementine Avalon has to help a stranger. Clementine was born under the blood of a dragon and at just fifteen years old she masters very little of her aerial magic.
She was on her way to town with her friend Jericho to go to a game and they ended up separating and Avalon found herself in an unknown place and a stranger came to help her except that he was attacked and Avalon with her beginnings in magic was going to manage to get out of it?
A book read in one go, so much so that I hooked on the story so captivating, addictive, full of suspense and twists and turns with endearing characters. Can't wait to read more.
November 19, 2020
This is a short prequel and first book in the Spearwood Academy series and sees the main character Avalon Clementine travelling into the city for a shifter game. Her friend and childhood neighbour Jericho has just turned sixteen and the tickets were what he wanted for his birthday a few months before. Her dad drops them off outside the stadium as they were running late for the Los Angeles Wildcats and the Chicago Cerebus soccer match. Avalon and Jericho live in an orchard, a few hours from Seattle where the exhibition game is being played, in an attempt to have more teams interested in the game. The shifters can change from their human to animal forms during the game, to best suit their needs. Cerebus are Fire users, whilst the Wildcats are Earth users. Avalon herself is a dragon shifter and an Air user like Jericho. But Dragon shifters aren’t very welcome by the main shifter communities and often find it difficult to master their full shifting capability.
Her father was unable to pass his final test and was stripped of his magic powers and thus became an Outcast. If any of the crowd find out she is from an Outcast family, never mind a dragon shifter one, they could both be in danger. Jericho came into his powers before Avalon and has some control over them, so is attending Spearwood Academy, but never tells her anything about his classes there. Her father hopes that she will fail the magic user test and be declared a Null, thus not having to even attempt to apply to Spearwood Academy. There are crowds of people behind the scenes in the stadium and fights start to erupt between groups of opposing fans, so she tries to keep ahold of Jericho’s shirt as he pushes his way through. When even more people start pushing into them, they turn around and Avalon is leading, but when she gets to the first tunnel to the seating areas, he isn’t behind her anymore!
She has lost him and someone else in in their seats. He has no cell phone and they only arranged somewhere to meet after the game, in case they got separated, which isn’t helping. Avalon runs into another man’s chest, whilst looking for him. The man is called Kearn and he also says he has lost whoever he was supposed to be meeting and walks around with her to help. He has two different coloured eyes and is quite striking in his looks, which makes Avalon get a bit tongue tied. When she loses him as well, she goes to her seat and manages to at least watch the second half of the game. On leaving, she is looking for an attendant, when she sees Kearn running away from a group of men. When she tries to help him out, her magic triggers, but not in any controlled way!
They run off from the men together and he takes her to the bus station, where she will wait and see if Jericho turns up. One minute he was there and the next he is gone and so is most of her memories! One thing this encounter has done, is to give her a bit more confidence in her magic and herself and she is determined to try and apply to Spearwood Academy, once she returns home, no matter what her dad says. The only school for someone of dragon blood, even if as a female she can never shift fully, due to a curse put on dragon females over a thousand years ago. She will always be stuck in her human form, but at least she might reach a certain level of Air magic use and not be wiped of her magic like her father. She will have to fight her father at every step. I can’t wait to see what happens in the next book, hopefully one that is a lot longer than this prequel. It may have been short, but has given just enough of a tease to make me interested in the next book. I received an ARC copy of this book from BookSprout and I have freely given my own opinion of the book above.
Her father was unable to pass his final test and was stripped of his magic powers and thus became an Outcast. If any of the crowd find out she is from an Outcast family, never mind a dragon shifter one, they could both be in danger. Jericho came into his powers before Avalon and has some control over them, so is attending Spearwood Academy, but never tells her anything about his classes there. Her father hopes that she will fail the magic user test and be declared a Null, thus not having to even attempt to apply to Spearwood Academy. There are crowds of people behind the scenes in the stadium and fights start to erupt between groups of opposing fans, so she tries to keep ahold of Jericho’s shirt as he pushes his way through. When even more people start pushing into them, they turn around and Avalon is leading, but when she gets to the first tunnel to the seating areas, he isn’t behind her anymore!
She has lost him and someone else in in their seats. He has no cell phone and they only arranged somewhere to meet after the game, in case they got separated, which isn’t helping. Avalon runs into another man’s chest, whilst looking for him. The man is called Kearn and he also says he has lost whoever he was supposed to be meeting and walks around with her to help. He has two different coloured eyes and is quite striking in his looks, which makes Avalon get a bit tongue tied. When she loses him as well, she goes to her seat and manages to at least watch the second half of the game. On leaving, she is looking for an attendant, when she sees Kearn running away from a group of men. When she tries to help him out, her magic triggers, but not in any controlled way!
They run off from the men together and he takes her to the bus station, where she will wait and see if Jericho turns up. One minute he was there and the next he is gone and so is most of her memories! One thing this encounter has done, is to give her a bit more confidence in her magic and herself and she is determined to try and apply to Spearwood Academy, once she returns home, no matter what her dad says. The only school for someone of dragon blood, even if as a female she can never shift fully, due to a curse put on dragon females over a thousand years ago. She will always be stuck in her human form, but at least she might reach a certain level of Air magic use and not be wiped of her magic like her father. She will have to fight her father at every step. I can’t wait to see what happens in the next book, hopefully one that is a lot longer than this prequel. It may have been short, but has given just enough of a tease to make me interested in the next book. I received an ARC copy of this book from BookSprout and I have freely given my own opinion of the book above.
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December 22, 2020
The beautiful cover immediately caught my eye. It is one of my favorites from September to December 2020.
The synopsis made me want to read this prequel. We discover a little this world where there are shifters. I like dragons shifters.
.It was too short. We don't have time to get to know the characters well. I want more because there are already several questions that I ask myself. I wait impatiently for book one.
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The synopsis made me want to read this prequel. We discover a little this world where there are shifters. I like dragons shifters.
.It was too short. We don't have time to get to know the characters well. I want more because there are already several questions that I ask myself. I wait impatiently for book one.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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November 15, 2020
A good action packed prequel, great introduction to interesting characters and worldbuilding. Well written with a fun and engaging storyline setting the scene nicely for the Spearwood Academy series of which I am really looking forward to reading. Lili Black is a new to me author, love their writing style from this sample I have read, cannot wait to read more books by this fantastic author.
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
November 17, 2020
Simple, easy to read fantasy short story that would appeal to young teens. Avalon is a dragon shifter of mediocre talents, or is more skilled than she appears? Though I think this would be best for a younger audience it was interesting enough that I would read the next book in the series.
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
November 28, 2020
Avalon is a dragon shifter and wants to go to spearwood with her friend Jericho but her dad wont let her. This was kind of a cute little prequel. Her dad went and he was outcast and now she is in the family of an outcast and looked down on for it. It was slow but cute.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
May 4, 2021
A great prequel to the YA/NA academy paranormal romance urban fantasy “Spearwood Academy” series by Lili Black, that introduces Avalon Crementine, a young paranormal with Dragon blood, but that being a female is not able to shift. Nevertheless Avalon's greatest dream is to attend Spearwood Academy, even if it seems unattainable.
November 16, 2020
I was so excited when I found out that Spearwood was getting redone.
I devoured this book and Avalon is amazing, she is the first with dragonblood and she is still learning to control her Air magic.
Im so excited to see where this goes
I devoured this book and Avalon is amazing, she is the first with dragonblood and she is still learning to control her Air magic.
Im so excited to see where this goes
November 17, 2020
I enjoyed this prequel to a new series. Just enough a story to make me bite that hook. Already questions are forming in my mind due to these pages. No spoilers but i am definitely ready for the first book!
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
July 22, 2021
Avalon and her friend Jericho get separated within a stadium. While looking for her friend she accidentally runs in Kearn who wants to help her friend her friend. then she loses sight of him and she is alone again again. Will they meet again. An interesting start to the series.
November 18, 2020
This is a great short introduction/prequel to the new series. Characters are intriguing and the story is exciting. This is an engaging read and I can't wait to read where this story goes.
November 18, 2020
The series prequel introduction featuring a young adult with emerging powers and a trip gone wrong. I voluntarily received this book for an honest review.
February 11, 2021
I love dragon shifters! This was a great short prequel to what is looking like a great series. I am excited for more to come!
August 2, 2021
Thank you for another amazing book
I always enjoy the books by this author. Keep writing them and I will read them. I cannot wait for my next book from this amazing author.
I always enjoy the books by this author. Keep writing them and I will read them. I cannot wait for my next book from this amazing author.
November 20, 2020
What a teaser!
Lili gives us just enough to engage with the MC yet leaves us with so many questions and wanting answers! I can't wait for the first book to find out more about the MC and this unusual world.
Lili gives us just enough to engage with the MC yet leaves us with so many questions and wanting answers! I can't wait for the first book to find out more about the MC and this unusual world.
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