Friday, September 6, 2019

CRYSTALWING ACADEMY by Marty Mayberry


Title:  CRYSTALWING ACADEMY

Series:  Outling #1

Author:  Marty Mayberry

Publisher:  Marty Mayberry

Publish Date:   08.31.2019

Category /Genre:  YA

Recommended for:  12 – 18

Grammar/editing:  A – near perfect

Received from:  Marty Mayberry (as an ARC gifted copy)

Goodreads link: Crystalwing Academy

Date completed: 09.05.2019



Description from the publisher:

Welcome to CrystalWing Academy, where the magical Elite reign…and Outlings are an endangered species.

Magic doesn't exist in the human world.  As far as I know.  But when I fling a fireball at a bully, my horrified Mom dumps me at CrystalWing Academy, a place straight out of my favorite fantasy books.

They tell me I’m an Outling, a wizard born from non-magical parents.  Mom’s human.  Dad?  I don’t exactly know who he is.…

One thing I do know is I’m not an Elite—descendants of the original six families who split from the Fae ages ago.  At seventeen, their children and despised Outlings like me attend the Academy to learn to control our power. 

I’m barely on campus when I’m targeted by a mean girl.  Figures.  Thankfully, the Academy’s not all bad.  My pixie roommate’s awesome.  I score a coveted moonstone during Stone Selection.  And let’s not forget Donovan, a cute guy who seems to like me, not the mean Elite girl who’s determined to win him.

Except something’s luring students into the forest and draining their power, leaving only shriveled husks behind.

The Headmistress warns me not to investigate, but the killer goes after Donovan.  Big mistake.  My magical skills may be untrained and wild, but if a power-sucking vamp thinks he can harm my kinda-sorta boyfriend, he’s about to discover I’m a wizard unlike any other.


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CRYSTALWING ACADEMY is the first book in the Outling series.  These will need to be read in the order of release.



I’ll admit, I was one of those people standing in line (with my very young son) waiting for each of the Harry Potter books as they were released – and then arguing with said son over who got to read it first.  This will be that type of series for the next generation.  It is full of magic, teenage drama, a touch of romance, adventure, and secrets just waiting to be discovered.



Fleur has to learn about magic from the ground up since she is an outling, a child born of human parents.  Luckily, we get to learn with her and that makes us root for her even more.  Bullies, mean-girls, and evil in the woods along with a new academy, new magic, a new maybe-boyfriend, new roommate, and so many new discoveries – is it any wonder Fleur has a team of dragonflies taking up residence in her stomach!? 



I’m ready for the next book now!  The line forms behind me.



Note:  While I received this book as a gifted ARC via Booksprout, my opinions are my own and are given freely.



The Outling series:

1.      Crystalwing Academy

2.      Dragonsworn

Also from Author:

The Janie Davis Mystery series:


2.      Beware the Ruins (coming soon)


















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