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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Fans of Gossip Girl will love this!
medium-paced
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
It’s move-in day at Tiffin Academy, and this year not only brings the new ranking as second-best boarding school in America by America Today but also a new fifth year student. Charley Hicks.
Charley Hicks is an outcast- she’s a book worm, confident in her self (and old school style) and is not interested in making friends.
As the year progress so does the rumors. Friendships and relationships and secrets are made and broken.
I’ve read most of Elin Hildebrand’s work, and while I’m excited she’s taking a soft retirement approach- I still wanted a little more from this book.
This book definitely has a Hilderbrand book feel- lots of different characters and their POV. With each POV of view we get a hint at secret or backstory. Typically, we see the resolution with these dangled carrots, but not in this book. I didn’t realize when I started this book that it was part of a series which ultimately left me disappointed at the end. There was so many secrets building up but not resolution.
This book definitely has a Hilderbrand book feel- lots of different characters and their POV. With each POV of view we get a hint at secret or backstory. Typically, we see the resolution with these dangled carrots, but not in this book. I didn’t realize when I started this book that it was part of a series which ultimately left me disappointed at the end. There was so many secrets building up but not resolution.
UGH, I want to know what’s on that email attachment.
Thank you to Netgalley and Little, Brown and Company for this ARC in return for my honest review.
Thank you to Netgalley and Little, Brown and Company for this ARC in return for my honest review.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an opportunity to read The Academy in exchange for an honest review. I have been an Elin Hilderbrand fan for years and was disappointed when she announced her retirement from the beach read. This book felt absolutely Elin to me but focused towards a much younger audience as she co-writes with her young adult daughter.
Tiffin Academy is a prep school in New England that is starting the school year enjoying a wholly different ranking in the who’s who of boarding schools moving to the #2 spot from #19. But why? The tale follows the lives of the youth of the co-ed academy, coming from all walks of life - from scholarship student to billionaire social media darling. In all cases it is rigorous academically but not surprisingly, even more so socially. We learn how the kids cope.
New girl Charley finds her footing and her popularity soars in a Mean Girl sort of way as she is taken under the wing of troubled but socially top of the heap Davi Banjeree, leaving several of Banjeree’s former clique in the dust. Charley also makes a connection with the campus’ most eligible bad boy, Andrew Eastman, whose dad also finances almost of the extras Tiffin can offer, all to keep East in school. There are a patchwork of other students and teachers, all with problems. It’s a familiar story with new characters.
Things get exciting when an app, ZigZag, starts releasing students’ secrets anonymously, who’s behind it? Everyone wants to know.
I enjoyed the book, it felt very Elin in that the narrator sometimes has a side conversation with the reader, as well as the top notch descriptions of how the upper echelon of society lives, the snacks, the clothes, the “things”.…and the names, she is so good at.naming the characters aptly if not a little over the top.
Tiffin Academy is a prep school in New England that is starting the school year enjoying a wholly different ranking in the who’s who of boarding schools moving to the #2 spot from #19. But why? The tale follows the lives of the youth of the co-ed academy, coming from all walks of life - from scholarship student to billionaire social media darling. In all cases it is rigorous academically but not surprisingly, even more so socially. We learn how the kids cope.
New girl Charley finds her footing and her popularity soars in a Mean Girl sort of way as she is taken under the wing of troubled but socially top of the heap Davi Banjeree, leaving several of Banjeree’s former clique in the dust. Charley also makes a connection with the campus’ most eligible bad boy, Andrew Eastman, whose dad also finances almost of the extras Tiffin can offer, all to keep East in school. There are a patchwork of other students and teachers, all with problems. It’s a familiar story with new characters.
Things get exciting when an app, ZigZag, starts releasing students’ secrets anonymously, who’s behind it? Everyone wants to know.
I enjoyed the book, it felt very Elin in that the narrator sometimes has a side conversation with the reader, as well as the top notch descriptions of how the upper echelon of society lives, the snacks, the clothes, the “things”.…and the names, she is so good at.naming the characters aptly if not a little over the top.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Eating disorder, Suicide