Review: Academy and Charity
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 6, 2013
First off, I want to say that I think it's pretty great that the author is donating proceeds to Doctors Without Borders.I haven't been into fantasy since my early teens, but I've been getting back into it recently after enjoying Harry Potter and the Hunger Games recently. "The Academy" by Chad Leito is in a similar vein. It's essentially about a criminal organization called 'The Academy' that kidnaps 15 year olds, mutates them, and then puts them through lethal, difficult tasks to weed out the 'weak ones.' The Academy is trying to build an army, but in the first book, the reader is unaware what the army is for. The first book follows Asa Palmer's first semester through this 'weeding out' program.Initially you might wonder what direction the book will go in if you weren't aware of the general preface, but if you stick with it for just a few chapters, you get the idea quickly.If you enjoyed Harry Potter, Battle Royale, or the Hunger Games, you would probably like this as well.