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Curses & Charm
Welcome to Larchwood Academy: Corrective School for Supernaturals.
Make no mistake: This is no academy. It’s a prison.
High school hadn’t worked out so well for Paige Masset, and when she breaks her third supernatural law and is sent to the Larchwood Academy, she quickly learns it’s anything but a preparatory academy. It’s barely a continuation school. Very unhappy with the two-year sentence, or as they call it, commitment, she figures she’ll try to make the best of it.
Determined to stay out of trouble and just do her time, Paige learns the temptations at the Academy are going to hold her back from toeing the line and keeping her points low so she can get a weekend pass. She tells everyone—including herself—that she just wants to get out for a free weekend, away from the stuffy Academy. But what she really wants is to find out who’s behind her beloved grandmother’s death. So, until she behaves and gets her points down low enough to get a pass, she has to contend with a smoking hot dragon shifter, an irresistible, broody vampire, and the school’s sexy warlock headmaster—who likes to enforce rules that he himself loves to break.
Curses & Charm is book 1 in the Larchwood Corrective Academy series, and is for readers 18+.
Larchwood Corrective Academy Series (must be read in order):
Curses & Charm
Magic & Monsters
Runes & Rituals
Make no mistake: This is no academy. It’s a prison.
High school hadn’t worked out so well for Paige Masset, and when she breaks her third supernatural law and is sent to the Larchwood Academy, she quickly learns it’s anything but a preparatory academy. It’s barely a continuation school. Very unhappy with the two-year sentence, or as they call it, commitment, she figures she’ll try to make the best of it.
Determined to stay out of trouble and just do her time, Paige learns the temptations at the Academy are going to hold her back from toeing the line and keeping her points low so she can get a weekend pass. She tells everyone—including herself—that she just wants to get out for a free weekend, away from the stuffy Academy. But what she really wants is to find out who’s behind her beloved grandmother’s death. So, until she behaves and gets her points down low enough to get a pass, she has to contend with a smoking hot dragon shifter, an irresistible, broody vampire, and the school’s sexy warlock headmaster—who likes to enforce rules that he himself loves to break.
Curses & Charm is book 1 in the Larchwood Corrective Academy series, and is for readers 18+.
Larchwood Corrective Academy Series (must be read in order):
Curses & Charm
Magic & Monsters
Runes & Rituals
171 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 1, 2021
About the author
C.J. Pinard
101 books487 followersC.J. is a USA Today bestselling author living in Colorado but wishes she was someplace warmer. She loves the SF 49ers and has a weakness for expensive shoes. She’s the author of over 40 novels and short stories that contain both fantasy and paranormal romance with kickass heroines and strong alphas. Having recently retired from a twenty-year career in federal law enforcement, she's looking forward to the next chapter in life.
She can be found on Facebook, Instagram, and on her website, cjpinard.com.
You can also find billionaire romance under her pen, Carolyn Delaney.
Reading order:
URBAN FANTASY/ROMANCE:
Enchanted Immortals 1
Enchanted Immortals 2: The Vortex
Enchanted Immortals 3: The Vampyre
Enchanted Immortals 4: The Vixen
BSI: Bureau of Supernatural Investigation
Enchanted Immortals Box Set: 4 Books + Novella
PARANORMAL ROMANCE:
Unscathed (A paranormal romance novel with Tim O'Rourke)
Soul Rebel (Death's Kiss #1) FREE
Soul Redemption (Death's Kiss #2)
Soul Release (Death's Kiss #3)
Kovah: Soul Seeker (A Death's Kiss Novel #4)
Lotus (Daughter of Darkness) Lotus's Journey Part I FREE
Watcher (Daughter of Darkness) Lotus's Journey, Part II
Guardian (Daughter of Darkness) Lotus's Journey, Part III
The Lunar Effect (The Ayla St. John Chronicles, #1) FREE
The Lunar Curse (The Ayla St. John Chronicles, #2)
The Lunar Secret (The Ayla St. John Chronicles, #3)
The Lunar Magic (The Ayla St. John Chronicles, #4)
The Lunar Promise (The Ayla St. John Chronicles, #5)
The Lunar Light (The Ayla St. John Chronicles, #6)
Viper (Nighthawks MC #1)
Shadow (Nighthawks MC #2)
Phoenix (Nighthawks MC #3)
Venom (Nighthawks MC #4)
Face (Nighthawks MC #5)
REVERSE HAREM FANTASY:
Four Princes (Rothhaven Trilogy, #1)
Four Kings (Rothhaven Trilogy, #2)
Four Heirs (Rothhaven Trilogy, #3)
CONTEMPORARY/MILITARY ROMANCE
Duty & Desire Series:
Patriotic Duty
Tour of Duty
Boots Beneath My Bed
Playing the Field
Imperfect Heroes Series:
Antihero
Above Protection
Beneath Broken
Beyond Love
CONTACT INFO
Find me: http://cjpinard.com/
Like me: https://www.facebook.com/CJPinardAuthor
Follow me: https://www.instagram.com/c.j._pinard
Tweet me: https://twitter.com/CJPinard
Join me: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CJPin...
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She can be found on Facebook, Instagram, and on her website, cjpinard.com.
You can also find billionaire romance under her pen, Carolyn Delaney.
Reading order:
URBAN FANTASY/ROMANCE:
Enchanted Immortals 1
Enchanted Immortals 2: The Vortex
Enchanted Immortals 3: The Vampyre
Enchanted Immortals 4: The Vixen
BSI: Bureau of Supernatural Investigation
Enchanted Immortals Box Set: 4 Books + Novella
PARANORMAL ROMANCE:
Unscathed (A paranormal romance novel with Tim O'Rourke)
Soul Rebel (Death's Kiss #1) FREE
Soul Redemption (Death's Kiss #2)
Soul Release (Death's Kiss #3)
Kovah: Soul Seeker (A Death's Kiss Novel #4)
Lotus (Daughter of Darkness) Lotus's Journey Part I FREE
Watcher (Daughter of Darkness) Lotus's Journey, Part II
Guardian (Daughter of Darkness) Lotus's Journey, Part III
The Lunar Effect (The Ayla St. John Chronicles, #1) FREE
The Lunar Curse (The Ayla St. John Chronicles, #2)
The Lunar Secret (The Ayla St. John Chronicles, #3)
The Lunar Magic (The Ayla St. John Chronicles, #4)
The Lunar Promise (The Ayla St. John Chronicles, #5)
The Lunar Light (The Ayla St. John Chronicles, #6)
Viper (Nighthawks MC #1)
Shadow (Nighthawks MC #2)
Phoenix (Nighthawks MC #3)
Venom (Nighthawks MC #4)
Face (Nighthawks MC #5)
REVERSE HAREM FANTASY:
Four Princes (Rothhaven Trilogy, #1)
Four Kings (Rothhaven Trilogy, #2)
Four Heirs (Rothhaven Trilogy, #3)
CONTEMPORARY/MILITARY ROMANCE
Duty & Desire Series:
Patriotic Duty
Tour of Duty
Boots Beneath My Bed
Playing the Field
Imperfect Heroes Series:
Antihero
Above Protection
Beneath Broken
Beyond Love
CONTACT INFO
Find me: http://cjpinard.com/
Like me: https://www.facebook.com/CJPinardAuthor
Follow me: https://www.instagram.com/c.j._pinard
Tweet me: https://twitter.com/CJPinard
Join me: https://www.facebook.com/groups/CJPin...
Add me: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
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March 11, 2022
Curses& Charms
Holy shiznet!!! What a gr8 story. It ends in a cliffhanger, but I kinda figured that. I'm looking forward to reading the next book. I recommend this read. 5 Thumbs up
Holy shiznet!!! What a gr8 story. It ends in a cliffhanger, but I kinda figured that. I'm looking forward to reading the next book. I recommend this read. 5 Thumbs up
February 2, 2021
This book has it all!!! Magic, every paranormal creature you can think of, bad girls, even badder boys, drama and hotness!!! Love all the characters especially the foul mouthed, snarky lead...Paige. Another captivating, new twist on paranormal from one of my favorite authors. Be prepared to stay up half the night reading this one. Absolutely will not want to put it down!!!
January 29, 2021
You ever read a book and want more? Well this will definitely be one of those books. I didn’t want it to end. I need to know what’s going to happen next. Why can’t this book be the whole trilogy in one? Lol
I really like all the characters in this book! Paige, Jory, Brecken, Astrid, Griggs, Jaxon.
They all bring their own entertainment to this story!!!
I have so many questions about what happens next to these characters. I cannot wait for book 2 to release so I can get some answers!! Amazing story CJ Pinard!!!
I really like all the characters in this book! Paige, Jory, Brecken, Astrid, Griggs, Jaxon.
They all bring their own entertainment to this story!!!
I have so many questions about what happens next to these characters. I cannot wait for book 2 to release so I can get some answers!! Amazing story CJ Pinard!!!
February 1, 2021
Omg I couldn't get enough. The main character Paige is a hoot ...
I couldn't stop laughing.... and damn it I want more...this is the book where if your gonna read you don't want to stop and just want to get lost and live in this world
I couldn't stop laughing.... and damn it I want more...this is the book where if your gonna read you don't want to stop and just want to get lost and live in this world
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June 11, 2021
This book has issues.
First, nothing actually happens; no plot, no conflict, no climax, meaning no resolution or growth. It's about a girl who attends remedial school with some hot guys, argues with a mean chick, and wants to bang the headmaster (well, and the hot guys obvi)
Which leads me to issue #2. Intercourse with a teacher/headmaster. It's one thing for the student to have wayward fantasies, it's another for those desires to be reciprocated and acted upon.
And, without revealing too much, how the hell did Paige qualify to end up at this place? Two characters reveal the crimes that landed them at the Academy included manslaughter. Paige made a chick think she had food poisoning. Not seeing how those two very different crimes can have the same consequences ...
Lastly, several scenes could have been written better (see my highlights), which lead to the characters and world being under developed. That may just be my personal preferences, but I don't like it when a book talks at me. I have a good imagination, let me use it.
First, nothing actually happens; no plot, no conflict, no climax, meaning no resolution or growth. It's about a girl who attends remedial school with some hot guys, argues with a mean chick, and wants to bang the headmaster (well, and the hot guys obvi)
Which leads me to issue #2. Intercourse with a teacher/headmaster. It's one thing for the student to have wayward fantasies, it's another for those desires to be reciprocated and acted upon.
And, without revealing too much, how the hell did Paige qualify to end up at this place? Two characters reveal the crimes that landed them at the Academy included manslaughter. Paige made a chick think she had food poisoning. Not seeing how those two very different crimes can have the same consequences ...
Lastly, several scenes could have been written better (see my highlights), which lead to the characters and world being under developed. That may just be my personal preferences, but I don't like it when a book talks at me. I have a good imagination, let me use it.
October 27, 2024
Fantastic Story!!!!!!
This is my first book by C.J. Pinard and I throughly enjoyed the story. It has a lot of moments that just had me laughing so hard. We meet Paige and let me tell you she is sassy and has a mouth on her that she really has trouble keeping closed. But, the stuff that comes out is hilarious at times. We meet Jory and Breckon and these two are definitely very sure of themselves and go after what they want. Then there is the roommate Astrid. I love her as a side character. She has her fantastic moments that blend perfectly with Paige. Finally we have the headmaster Griggs. He is a definite mystery. I really hope we learn more about him in the next book. The story is well written and developed. It does end in a cliffhanger and has me excited for the next book.
This is my first book by C.J. Pinard and I throughly enjoyed the story. It has a lot of moments that just had me laughing so hard. We meet Paige and let me tell you she is sassy and has a mouth on her that she really has trouble keeping closed. But, the stuff that comes out is hilarious at times. We meet Jory and Breckon and these two are definitely very sure of themselves and go after what they want. Then there is the roommate Astrid. I love her as a side character. She has her fantastic moments that blend perfectly with Paige. Finally we have the headmaster Griggs. He is a definite mystery. I really hope we learn more about him in the next book. The story is well written and developed. It does end in a cliffhanger and has me excited for the next book.
January 23, 2023
Corrective academy
This is the first book in the Larchwood Corrective Academy series.
Paige is a headstrong young witch.
She is sent to Larchwood Corrective Academy for getting her third strike when she breaks the paranormal rules.
While there she makes great friends with her room mate. But also makes enemies with a red-haired succubus.
Though the school is co-ed no students may have intimate relations with other students.
This does not stop Paige and she has feelings for two students a dragon shifter and a vampire.
It was a super quick read, that a really enjoyed.
Cant wait to read the rest of the books!.
This is the first book in the Larchwood Corrective Academy series.
Paige is a headstrong young witch.
She is sent to Larchwood Corrective Academy for getting her third strike when she breaks the paranormal rules.
While there she makes great friends with her room mate. But also makes enemies with a red-haired succubus.
Though the school is co-ed no students may have intimate relations with other students.
This does not stop Paige and she has feelings for two students a dragon shifter and a vampire.
It was a super quick read, that a really enjoyed.
Cant wait to read the rest of the books!.
July 11, 2021
So this book is most definitely page turner. Finished the book in 1 day. The magic, the badass women, and then even hotter guys, it leaves you wanting more. But has the worse ending ever “to be continued”. Clearly, this is an introductory book and spends time when character development but plot line is pretty flat. I got to the end of the book wondering “so what was the book about?” To be honest, I have no idea. But I guess, that’s what the second book is for.
June 21, 2026
YA
This book is definitely for the young Adult. It’s very juvenile in its writing style..This book was free with unlimited but I cannot believe I would have to pay for the rest of them..I don’t mind paying for a good series but not worth it for me..Don’t particularly like any of the characters, or the storyline in this book…very drawn out for nothing to happen..found it very boring..
This book is definitely for the young Adult. It’s very juvenile in its writing style..This book was free with unlimited but I cannot believe I would have to pay for the rest of them..I don’t mind paying for a good series but not worth it for me..Don’t particularly like any of the characters, or the storyline in this book…very drawn out for nothing to happen..found it very boring..
July 8, 2026
This book just got more and more interesting as you kept on reading. I've got so many questions that require answers and what do you mean it ends with the built-up to one of the like most pressing ones dammit. On another note the sarcasm that ozes out of the pages and the fmc's total badness and utter lack of worry for not being brave as well as her inquisitive curiousity is the utter hook, line and sinker of this book - it hooks you and keeps on pulling you deeper and deeper into the story.
August 10, 2021
I wasn't really a fan of this book. While the main character and her best friends were very well written and had clear, distinct personalities it seemed very little else going for it. I have read many books with academies just like this who do it better but it picked up a bit at the end of the book plotwise so I will read the next book out of curiosity.
February 23, 2024
I don’t understand why so many rh books are set in high school. This whole series could had everyone slightly more mature and older. Instead, the dialogue reads very juvenile. The jumps between chapters also was odd and erratic and the book ended super quickly and randomly. Despite this, I’ll try the second book and hope it’s better.
February 22, 2025
A Good Start
This book is a good start to a story, and abruptly ends without an actual ending or even a good cliffhanger. I feel like I was gipped after reading this book. I admit that the characters are all very interesting, but as a book this story is lacking. Hopefully the continuing books in this series don't follow suit.
This book is a good start to a story, and abruptly ends without an actual ending or even a good cliffhanger. I feel like I was gipped after reading this book. I admit that the characters are all very interesting, but as a book this story is lacking. Hopefully the continuing books in this series don't follow suit.
December 22, 2025
Fun and quick read. Paige is sent to “reform school” after her third magical infraction. There’s some really good banter, mostly on the lines of the not swearing rule. And then there’s the no sexual contact rule. So no making out behind the bleachers. Can’t wait to figure why Jory & Breckon need a third. Cuz it’s obvious it’s gonna be Mr. Griggs
August 13, 2026
Lots of magic!
She’s a witch that has gone a little wild. She lost her grandmother and her dad had a secret family with younger siblings. He left her and her mother for them. After 3 strikes with the law she ends up in a supernatural school. Where she gets hit and heavy with the headmaster, a vampire and a dragon.
She’s a witch that has gone a little wild. She lost her grandmother and her dad had a secret family with younger siblings. He left her and her mother for them. After 3 strikes with the law she ends up in a supernatural school. Where she gets hit and heavy with the headmaster, a vampire and a dragon.
February 3, 2021
Good read
This was a good read, honestly only because I liked the characters. Paige is freaking hilarious but there was no action, suspense, or anything to tell what this series is really going to be about. It was just their backstories, a little bit of heat, and mean girls.
This was a good read, honestly only because I liked the characters. Paige is freaking hilarious but there was no action, suspense, or anything to tell what this series is really going to be about. It was just their backstories, a little bit of heat, and mean girls.
March 23, 2021
Very enjoyable great reading
I really enjoyed this book and loved the characters and how they came together. I can't wait to see what will happen next for them and see how things work for them.
I really enjoyed this book and loved the characters and how they came together. I can't wait to see what will happen next for them and see how things work for them.
May 27, 2021
Unsure
I started reading this book but it felt like I had missed some of the book as it didn't feel like the beginning, the story is okay. Like the characters, probably won't read the next.
I started reading this book but it felt like I had missed some of the book as it didn't feel like the beginning, the story is okay. Like the characters, probably won't read the next.
June 7, 2021
Entertaining
Great taste of the story. Characters are interesting. I don't really know if there's a bigger underlying plot, but I'm interested enough to read the next book to find out.
Great taste of the story. Characters are interesting. I don't really know if there's a bigger underlying plot, but I'm interested enough to read the next book to find out.
February 8, 2024
book 1
Well I wasn’t following C.J Pinard and well now I am 😜
What can I say, what an absolute little treat this start to a fun, exciting and quirky series. The FMC is just so much fun, has a fab sense of humour and has the best attitude for not giving a fudge
Highly recommend
Well I wasn’t following C.J Pinard and well now I am 😜
What can I say, what an absolute little treat this start to a fun, exciting and quirky series. The FMC is just so much fun, has a fab sense of humour and has the best attitude for not giving a fudge
Highly recommend
September 13, 2024
Pretty decent mindless read it hooked me but I think because it's just a mash of Zodiac Academy and Bonds That Tie.
Time jumps all over over the place and unfortunately make zero sense.
The boys (I refuse to say men because 2 of em sure as shit ain't men) are sooooo bland.
Time jumps all over over the place and unfortunately make zero sense.
The boys (I refuse to say men because 2 of em sure as shit ain't men) are sooooo bland.
March 11, 2025
Good book
The idea of supernatural school for delinquents is a good idea.
The main female character is very funny with balls.
Love the story and cant wait to find out what happens next.
The idea of supernatural school for delinquents is a good idea.
The main female character is very funny with balls.
Love the story and cant wait to find out what happens next.
February 22, 2021
I would have given this 4 stars but it didn't feel like a complete book. I'm okay with cliff hangers, but usually something gets resolved.. idk.
I will read book 2 though
I will read book 2 though
July 10, 2022
This book was captivating. More comprehensive review coming. 😉
August 12, 2022
Meh. Nothing really happens and based on the dialog/ actions of the characters you'd never guys these were adults in not sure what the point of the story was but it was ok
August 19, 2022
I’m not sure what I expected when I read this but I was expecting THAT 😂. It was very witty, spicy, and entertaining. Few typos that need to be addressed though
April 27, 2024
I feel like some brain cells have died from reading this - but am I reading the series …why yes I am 😂
August 10, 2024
Easy read
I didn't think I'd enjoy reading this but I actually found myself laughing out loud. From what I've read its not a serious book but it managed to pull me in and kept me engaged.
An easy 4 stars purely for the entertainment value.
I didn't think I'd enjoy reading this but I actually found myself laughing out loud. From what I've read its not a serious book but it managed to pull me in and kept me engaged.
An easy 4 stars purely for the entertainment value.
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