Night School: The Short Stories

by C.J. Daugherty, Jasmine Aurora (Illustrator)

If you loved the international bestselling Night School series by CJ Daugherty, this book is for you. It's filled with short stories, out-takes, prequels, early editions and more, all set in the world of Cimmeria Academy. None of these has ever been published before. Included is an excerpt from an early paranormal version of Night School, complete with immortals and ghosts. See the original vision for the series, and read chapters from the perspective of Carter and Sylvain. Get inside their heads. With illustrations by Jasmine Aurora, and introductions to each section by CJ Daugherty, filled with gossipy information about how the books and characters came to be.

191 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 24, 2020

About the author

International bestselling author CJ Daugherty is a former newspaper reporter and crime writer. Her Night School series has been translated into 24 languages, and has been a bestseller in multiple countries. She also writes The Echo Killing crime series under the name Christi Daugherty.

Find out more on her website: www.ChristiDaugherty.com on www.facebook.com/CJAuthor and on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CJ_Daugherty

Reviews

[Annie Bookworm · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excitement is an understatement when it comes to describing how I felt when this book was released. Night School is one of my favorite series that I revisit the most.

This bundle or "quilt" (as the author mentioned) of short stories was well worth the wait. Some of the most iconic scenes were rewritten in different perspectives and it gave us a little more insight into our favourite boys' (whether you were team Sylvain or team Carter) minds, and I found it thoroughly enjoyable. She also gave us a VIP pass into her previous drafts, outtakes and prequels.

I did, however, wish that there was a little more scenes written from the guys' (like Allie and Carter's first meeting) or even Jo's or Rachel's perspectives and a little less of the scrapped paranormal version of Night School. One of the main reasons why I like the world of Night School, was because of the natural aspects of the story, the probability that the whole story might be possible. That somewhere there could be a school or conspiracy happening under our noses. That it wasn't just another Vampire/Witch/Angel YA plot.

In the end, I am so thankful for C.J. Daugherty for time and effort she took to compile this "quilt" and her dedication to her fans.

[annikasplatzindieserwelt · Rating 1 out of 5]

Damn, this was so boring AND problematic.
Reading about Sylvain romanticising his victim blaming after assaulting Allie made me hate him even more.
Not my cup of tea.

[Common_reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

First things first I HATE THAT GOODREADS did not provide any description or the number of pages of the book and just directly gave the publication date. Just because a book is underrated and is not a Cassandra Clare or SJM book does not mean it should be treated differently.

Other than that, this book, of course, was GREAT!!

i am always ready for extra Night School content 😍

[Rini · Rating 5 out of 5]

5 Stars!
This series sure as heck deserve MORE hype!
I LOVED the short stories, being in the heads of Sylvain and Carter, or Isabel was so good!
I adore the Series.
This book makes me want to reread the entire Series all over again.

[Svenja · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book gives some glimpses behind the fassades of some night school characters like Carter and Sylvain. Especially, to dive into Cimmeria by the time Isabelle, Allie's mom and Raj attended the school thereselves as students was kind of completing the picture of cimmeria you get in the original series. I didn't want that story line to end, it definetly has the potential for an own series. I would have loved to read more about cimmeria back then!

Unexpectedly also the paranormal version of night school turned out to be very special and got me after some time. The paranormal story is both, similar to the original version and completely different and unique at once.

I got curios after nearly each chapter how the story it kept would continue, which is a bit frustrating. But still it's pretty cool to get an insight on so many thoughts of cj around the night school world!

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

It‘s been some time since I read it but I juat recently discovered good reads, but as much as I remember it was a good idea of the author to make these short stories. You saw other perspectives of other characters in certain scenes and there also were completely new scenes and even some where the characters in Cimmeria academy have supernatural powers. It was real fun to read . It was no real book but a very interesting ending to the series!!

[Daisy :) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this so much! The Night School books hold such a dear place in my heart. The parts from Carter and Sylvain's point of views are brilliant, and it was awesome to get a little insight into Allie's life before Cimmeria.

[Dawn Cruikshank · Rating 5 out of 5]

Night School: Short Stories

WOW! This book wants to make you re-read the Night School series. I enjoyed these little snippets of what could have been. It is a very interesting collection of short stories. FANTASTIC job C.J.! I would recommend this book!

[Samantha Glass · Rating 4 out of 5]

Odds and ends, buts and pieces of the Night School world that may have been, if things were different. Behind-the-scenes commentary from the author as well as some favorite scenes from differing povs. Good for the fans who wants to know more.

[aileenlucia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had to skip Sylvain's POV and the story about Carter and Jules, but Night School 1987 and the original paranormal idea were really good. I would totally buy Night School 1987 but I am happy that Night School didn't end up being a paranormal book bc it had some details too similar to other books.

[Jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved revisiting the Night School world and I had no idea that it was originally going to be a paranormal serious. Now that I’ve read these stories I’ll probably reread the series again. Thank you CJ for the Night School world🫶🏻

[Liv · Rating 5 out of 5]

so cool to see what didn't make it to the original books. it helps that its really pretty :)

[blizardandrain · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this so much!!
I am so glad that i got the opportunity to dive into this world again. I loved reading the popular scenes in other perspectives. I also loved that we got to read about Isabelle when she was young.
I was so happy but also sad reading this because as a teenage girl i loved this story with my whole heart.

I must say that i'm glad this wasn't mad into a supernatural story. I mean, Sylvain and Carter as Vampires?! That would be like twillight all over again.

[Σοφια Τσακιριδου · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like the stort stories.It a good addition to the series and you get to see the pov of some other characters such as carter(whom i love).I would suggest you to read the short stories from the website of the author and don't actually buy it if you don't want to spend money.The book has only three or four extra stories(that aren't uploaded on the site of the author).