By: Caroline Peckham
The shadows are in my blood.
I can feel them crawling through me, slithering under my skin and taking me hostage.
But the darkness within me, isn’t nearly as bad as the darkness that lives around me.
The four heirs will stop at nothing to destroy the lives of me and my sister.
But they haven’t figured out yet, we’re the strongest creatures they’ve ever known…
Zodiac Academy: Shadow Princess is the fourth book in Caroline Packham and Susana Valenti’s Beasts and Bullies series, and it takes you on a wild ride with the Vega twins – Darcy and Tory – alongside The Heirs – Darius, Seth, Max, and Caleb – and their awesome Cardinal Magic Professor (who’s also Darius’s loyal guardian) – Lance Orion. Picking up from the gripping events of the last book, Darcy and Tory now have some totally new connections with Darius and Orion. While the dark secrets they’re hiding make things tricky, they end up bringing everyone closer, even with their old rivals. As they go through this adventure, they create strong bonds and deepen friendships, weaving a colorful web of relationships in this magical Zodiac Academy tale.
SPOILERS TILL THE END BEWARE
Scenes that I loved the most:
1, The throne room scene, had my brain chemistry altered because it was so hot like the way it was written was actually so good that I devoured it.
2, The spring pool scene because it was so sudden and the way it took place had me screaming.
3, The pool room scene post halloween where Tory and Darius were talking at the edge of the diving ledge and I just found that moment so pure and care free for them ;(
4, Every single moment that BlueLance had because they can do no wrong I am telling you they had me screaming at pitch black darkness. (I have never felt more single)
5, The snowball fight scene was so fun to read, I actually loved it, it reminded me a lot of the one from ACOFAS (A Court of Frost and Starlight) but this one had more fun and more page-time.
6, The guardian bond between Darius and Lance and the casual flirting that went on between them was so funny.
7, The part where Lance kisses Tory accidentally had me howling because that scene was actually so funny, my jaw was hanging but I was also laughing because omgggg 😭😭😭
8. Orion forcing Tory into cheerleading. it was so funny XDDDD
Now to the part that I am most dreading:
WHAT WAS THIS? SUSAN? CAROLINE? WHAT HAVE I EVER DONE TO YOU? WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME? WHY ARE YOU TREATING ME LIKE THIS? LIKE IS ASKING FOR TORYDARIUS THAT HARD? AND DID YOU REALLY HAVE TO DESTROY DARIUS’S HEART LIKE THAT? MY MAN WAS ON HIS KNEES ON THE VERGE OF TEARS BEGGING TORY AND WHAT THE HECK DID SHE DO? SHE LEFT HIM. I WAS SO MAD YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HARD I HAD TO RESIST THROWING MY COMPUTER AGAINST THE WALL SO I JUMPED UP AND DOWN AND SCREAMINED INTO MY PILLOW BECAUSE THERE WAS JUST NO WAY THAT HAPPENED. ALSO I am not that worried about Lance because he must be alright RIGHT?? HE BETTER BE!
ALSO LIKE WHY?!?! NOW IS TORYDARIUS EVEN HAPPENING?? BECAUSE IF IT ISNT AND IF SHES GONNA GO TO CALEB AD ACT LIKE DARIUS DIDNT UNRAVEL HIMSELF BEFORE HER I WILL LITERALLY MURDER HER BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY I HAVE BEEN ROOTING FOR THEM SINCE THE FIRST ENCOUNTER OMG. YOU TWINS BETTER FIX THIS ISTG.
ALSO JUST MAKE GERALDINE AND MAX HAPPEN LIKE DONT TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME and alsooo are Caleb and Seth going to be a thing (I think im excited for it?)
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
FOR GODS SAKE LEMME.CATCH A BREAK. IM BEGGING.
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F𝗮𝘃 𝗤𝘂𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀:
“𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐠𝐨 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠. ”
~CRYINGGGG
“𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐬?”
~LMAOOOO
“𝐘𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬.”
~helpp mehhhh
“𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙤…𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨?”
~THIS MAN IS JUST *chef’s kiss* 💕💕
“𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚r𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐝 𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐥?” 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐭 𝐮𝐬.
~he’s a savage and I love him sm 🦋💕💗♥️💞💘
“𝐈 𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐞, 𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞’𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞.”
~MY HEART ACHES I’M CRYING SO HARD STAWP
“𝐒𝐨, 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠,” 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐲.
“𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐠𝐨 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐫𝐲,” 𝐈 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝.
~ I’m cackling bahahhahha
“𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭.”
“𝐖𝐡𝐲?”
“𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄’𝙢 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪.”
~and just like that, I have no solid organs left thanks
“𝐈 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐱 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐡.”
~sobbing
“𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐟𝐟?” 𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝.
“𝐘𝐞𝐬,” 𝐈 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐝.
“𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙢𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝,” 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘂𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱.
~DYING FOR THIS MAN
“𝙄 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥!”
~CRYING SCREAMING SHOUTING PULLING MY HAIR NONONONONONONO PLEASE I’M BEGGING
“Kiss me again with the stars overhead and let our story begin anew here.
~imgonnadieimgonnadieimgonnadieimgonnadieimgonnadieimgonnadieimgonnadieimgonnadieimgonnadieimgonnadieimgonnadieimgonnadieimgonnadieimgonnadieimgonnadieimgonnadieimgonnadieimgonnadieimgonnadieimgonnadie
IM. GONNA. DIE.
HE RIPPED HIMSELF OPEN FOR HER. AND WHAT DID SHE DO?!??!?! SHE FREAKING REJECTED HIM!?!?!? AND NOW THEY’RE STAR-CROSSED!?!??! WHYYYYY????
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Note to self: ✍️ DO NOT go batshit-crazy over the cliffhanger I’ve been PROMISED will bring emotional damage to my soul.
*nods head to make it stick* (SPOILER ALERT: it doesnt stick)
I can’t wait to find out what happens next. If something happens to my man I’m going to invent a whole new Order and flip out🙃
XOXO
Aaradhyaa
#ImDead
#ThatEndingIsTheMurderer
#TheVegas
