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  • The Trials of Blackbriar Academy

  • Blackbriar Academy, Book 1
  • By: Olivia Ash
  • Narrated by: Amanda Dolan
  • Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (254 ratings)
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By: Olivia Ash
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Summary

I shouldn’t be here, and everyone knows it.

Blackbriar Academy is an enchanted school on a magical island, and everyone wants in. It’s a home away from home for the most advanced mages in the world - and only the absolute best of the best are given an invitation.

By some freak accident, I managed to get one.

If I pass the trials, I get to stay. With nowhere else to go, Blackbriar is my one shot at having a real life, and I won’t let anyone take this from me.

But there’s a catch.

It turns out the people on this island are being trained to hunt the darkness - basically, they’re being trained to hunt me.

To survive, I have to hide what I am. As a half-mage, I shouldn't have any magic at all. And yet, my natural abilities are almost impossibly powerful - and incredibly illegal. Over history, magic like mine has corrupted the souls of those who were born with it. They’ve all gone dark - razing towns and murdering hundreds of thousands throughout history.

All but me, and I have no idea why.

As the trials get more and more challenging, it’s clear I’m being hunted. If I’m caught - I die.

At Blackbriar Academy, nothing is ever as it seems...but I have nowhere else to go.

Nothing, and no one, will stand in my way.

The Trials of Blackbriar Academy is a full-length novel with a powerfully magical heroine, a riveting story line, and an alternative relationship dynamic that supports our badass heroine's right to choose more than one man. Get ready for a heart-pounding story filled with an academy fantasy romance unlike anything you’ve listened to before.

Buckle in for heart-pounding action, breathtaking magic, deadly assassins, four drop-dead gorgeous leading men, lots of toned muscles, and most importantly - a young woman’s journey of justice, self-discovery, and freedom.

Warning: The Blackbriar Academy saga is a reverse harem series with explicit scenes and is meant for mature listeners who enjoy spellbinding stories with a few very steamy, fan-your-face moments in their fantasy fiction.

Includes a special bonus note from the author.

©2019 Olivia Ash (P)2019 Podium Publishing

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Not a review more a note to the idiots...

For those concerned with the main characters age. You clearly missed what's actually gone on... At age 6 her parents died/disappeared. At age 14 trolls kidnapped her. 6 years later she attended Blackbriar. Do the math before claiming the book is some pedo dream, do you honestly think it would be published that being the case... Honestly, some people.

Interesting story. Not sure about the 5 way going on. I'll definitely keep reading though.

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Good first book. Great storyline.

I really liked this book. Great storyline. It does have a bit if graphic adult content but it does warn readers in the description of this so I didn’t mind. I’d like to point out the other reviewer saying that Wren is 14 years old is wrong. She is meant to be 20. It says it at the start that something happened to her at 14 and she’s still there 6 years later. Although is it a little confusing as Blackbriar’s is referred to as a school. But it’s more of a university it says this maybe once in the entire book so I understand why the other reviewer might have missed it.
Overall I really liked the pace and idea of this alternative world. Wren is a good female lead if a little irritating at times. The idea of her magic reacting to certain people is very interesting and I hope we get to understand it more in the other books.
The narration in this isn’t great unfortunately. You need to be paying full attention otherwise you don’t know which character is talking as the narrator doesn’t do a great job at distinguishing the different characters. Despite this I still really enjoyed it.

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Poor plot, rubbish character development

Poorly written prose. Repetitive, irrelevant sentences. Poor grammar and syntax. Why this heroine is so adored by all these ‘gorgeous’ men is hard to fathom. She certainly has a high opinion of herself. It’s as well it was free, or I’d have had to return it, and I hate to do that.
Poor plot. Undeveloped, one dimensional characters. Unlikeable heroine.

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Grown up harry potter

this is an interesting take on the Magic school idea thatbis floating around at the moment but it is not a kids book.

a more adult twist of a classic idea.

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Lead character doesn’t ring true

I maybe wrong as I only got an hour in… but the comments like “needing to read the small print” isn’t consistent with someone who’s been a guest of trolls for 6 years.

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Astounding

This book is an amazing magical story written beautifully and performed amazingly, it’s both amusing and exciting, the story has twist and turns that keep you guessing what is happening next, after finishing I immediately bought the next book in the series.

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She's freaking pissed and horny as hell.

This was ridiculously repetitive, it felt like the author was trying to increase the length of the book by using slightly reworded sentences to the previous sentence.
The lead character only has three modes angry, freaking pissed or horny. The background characters lack personality apart from also being bland and horny, and the world created is just a poundshop version of Hogwarts.

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A great introduction to a fantasy genre

Its a interesting story that give an easier introduction to a magical world/ school while still offering mystery and wonder, The protagonist has charm and grit with a few steamy romances.

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amazing

omg this book had me laughing, the interactions wren has with her boys especially sorren is intense I can't wait to get stuck into book 2

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Enjoyable

There is lacking some depth and or quality to this story and it is not very believable therefore to me, but it was enjoyable enough for me to continue.

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