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Shadows of Ash and Gold

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Time 8h 18m

Avaryn Alastors life couldn't possibly get any worse. 

That's what she told herself the second her feet crossed the threshold of Crestwood Academy. But boy, was she wrong. 

She'd never wanted to attend the most prestigious stuck-up school only made for the rich and the smart. She'd never even wanted to apply. But tragedy struck her family and it had always been her moms dream. 

The first day she's there she makes a fool out of herself in front of the most popular group in all of Crestwood. And to make matters worse one of them is her roommate!

They call themselves the Devara. (Stupid, she knows). 

And yet she can't help but feel drawn to them. Drawn to everything about them. 

So Avaryn does what she does best, she investigates. Only what she finds is a whole other dangerous world. A world of secrets and pain and even magic. 

The Devara is supernatural. They come from a whole other world. Not only that but they are heirs to this world. They are royalty. 

And with royalty comes enemies ...

And now these enemies want Avaryn. 

And the only way she'll survive is sticking with the Devara. 

That is ... 

If she doesn't kill them first. 

Mystery, romance, death, lies. A plot twist you won't see coming. 

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Five Star Reviews for Atlantis Academy: "Omg this book was amazing I couldn't put it down or stop reading. I carried it with me open on my phone while I did everything just to keep reading. I need more of all of this. Epic story, epic content, epic visuals, just epic. LOVE THIS!" "Once I got into this story, I did not stop reading it. This is a beautiful story about a very awkward girl who is riven with so much pain and angst and yet... this makes her who she is and shapes her into the person she will become. The world she finds herself awakened to is magical and yet filled with the all-too-familiar cliques and tribes of the very human people who inhabit it. One word to describe the story: beautiful!" "The story pulls you headlong to the end and leaves you wanting to shout "No! Not yet!" ...If there were 6 stars, I would have given it that." *** Humanity is one secret society away from extinction. The children of Atlantis use magic to keep us safe. If they make it through the Academy. Hi, I'm Lyric. And I'm kind of a mess. ADHD, that's me. I'm a high school drop-out, late everywhere I go, and one screw-up away from being homeless. I'm a loner, and I like it that way. Who needs friends when you have a Redwood forest nearby? Trees never bully me like the kids did at school. Or get drunk and throw things at my head. After my mom died, I figured life couldn't get much worse. I thought it might even get better. Ha. The universe has a great sense of humor. I should've listened to the rumors about evil spirits. About the angry, ancient magical creatures haunting our small Oregon Coast town. But did I? No. That was my first mistake. And it might be my last. 'Cause now I'm in a battle for my life. A whole new world has opened up... a magical world I don't understand. And the blood in my veins says I belong here. But I have to prove myself to save myself. And when have I ever done that?

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𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐄𝐈𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊 𝐇𝐄𝐑, 𝐎𝐑 𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐇𝐈𝐌 𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 ♚ ♚ ♚ This tells the tale of a girl born of a flame. With gold in her teeth and a smile full of murder, destined to be Queen. This tells the tale of a boy born of ice. With a smile made of sunshine and a head covered in frost, destined to smother the flame and become King. This is the tale of the shadows' arrival after years of damnation, returning from the darkness to reclaim what was once theirs. This is the story of how the shadows will rise as an army for a war waged by their mistress, in her vengeance and grief. This tale is of ice and flame, elements once tethered and whole, now broken and torn apart. This is the dance between frost and fire where they destroy and heal each other. Love and hate one another. And one where they rule over a blood-soaked world, together. Banding House with House And enemy with enemy To fight a war, they have no hope to win. 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐒 𝐀 𝐉𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑'𝐒 𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐍

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