Review: This "Book" is "2" good to pass up!  @badwordplay
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 4, 2014
Science fiction / dystopian future stories are all the rage now.  I enjoy that kind of story, but there’s so much out there, it’s hard to tell when something is actually worth reading, and what can be skipped.  After reading the latest in The Academy series, this is one that is definitely worth reading.Basically, the plot reminded me a little bit of Harry Potter.  The Academy is like Hogwarts, if Hogwarts were more secretive of their actual intentions, like the Illuminati, or Free Masons, or whoever steals like one sock at a time from your laundry… And instead of you getting an owl to be invited to Hogwarts, you are forcibly removed from where you live, and are forced to be a student at The Academy.  It centers around Asa Palmer, who is trying to survive his second semester at The Academy, that is cultivating their own army, for their own purposes.This is a really interesting premise for a story, that I really enjoyed.  The fact that The Academy is so powerful, that even though everyone knows that a bunch of teenagers are kidapped every 6 months “like clockwork”, no one is aware that they exist, and no one can do anything about it, is kind of a crazy premise.  I like stories that involve a secret organizations like that, and this book was done really well.  Asa was a very well written, realistic character, and his struggles have been rough so far.  I really enjoyed this story, overall, and can’t wait for the next one!