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The AcademyWhere things are not always as they seem My name is Kris Jameson and I m a student at the Royal Academy I m at the top of all my classes, what they call a model student There s only one problem the Academy is an all boys school and I m a girl.It started as a prank when I took my brother s place But things got complicated when I caught Broward, the school bully, in a compromising position They got even worse when I was assigned my roommate the handsome but enigmatic North who saved me several times from the bully s attacks.Now the consequences of my deception are coming back to haunt me The penalty for fraud at this exclusive school is much worse than simple expulsion I could lose a hand Worse, so could my beloved brother.With so much at stake, it s imperative that I keep my secret safe And the person I m closest to, North, is the one I have to be most wary of.The trouble is, I think I m falling in love with him Read The Academy by Emmaline Andrews – kino-fada.fr Actual Rating 3.5 starsI can see myself as a teenager absolutely loving this book I wish I could have read it back then, it would have been one of my favorites, so I am giving it 4 stars mostly, to honor that Right now, I see many places where the story could have been improved, madedramatic and...this book is reminded me of HANA KIMI, very much I love it.it s Just that the bully actions thing was disturbed me so much.how could Broward done such a thing to Kris even tho he already knew that Kri...Damn, this book is made of pure awesome This is one of those days wherein I get to thank my goodreads friends again because I never would ve found out about this book without them soooo. thanks Reading THE ACADEMY has it s perks Here are some of them A girl posing as a guy Come on Tell me you re not at least a bit interested in that There s sci fi partsThere s medieval times parts historical or something You get to read about an all boys school I don t see many books with this kind of Damn, this book is made of pure awesome This is one of those days wherein I get to thank my goodreads friends again because I never would ve found out about this book without them soooo. thanks Reading THE ACADEMY has it s perks Here are some of them A girl posing as a guy Come on Tell me you re not at least a bit interested in that There s sci fi parts There s medieval times parts historical or something You get to read about an all boys school I don t see many books with this kind of setup Scenes are just soooo cute you could just squeal The girl may not be kickass, but she s smart So you know, it makes up for her lack of strength You root for the girl err...This book was awesome It reminded me of She s the Man I had everything that I like in a book, romance, science fiction and fantasy The characters were well written in the beginning I didn t really like North because he was really mean to Kristina AKA Kris, but after knowing his background I started to like him Kristina was a strong, loyal and brave character, which you don t really find in novels these days I totally did not like the mean characters but what s to like about them, they are This book was awesome It reminded me of She s the Man I had everything that I like in a book, romance, science fiction and fantasy The characters were well written in the beginning I didn t really like North because he was really mean to Kristina AKA Kris, but after knowing his background I started to like him Kristina was a strong, loyal and brave character, which you don t really find in novels these days I totall...Take Alanna 5 stars Take out all the worldbuilding 1 star Take out all the plot 1 star Fill in all that space with crushes and romance and swoon 1 star The Academy is roughly what s left.What a disappointment The premise is that the heroine takes her brother s place at a quasi military academy because she doesn t want to get married yet and he doesn t want to fly spaceships Okay, so far so good The charactersAlthough there are a handful of side characters, only four Take Alanna 5 stars Take out all the worldbuilding 1 star Take out all the plot 1 star Fill in all that space with crushes and romance and swoon 1 star The Academy is roughly what s left.What a disappointment The premise is that the heroine takes her brother s place at a quasi military academy because she doesn t want to get married yet and he doesn t want to fly spaceships Okay, so far so good The charactersAlthough there are a handful of side characters, only four characters get any real space Kristina, aka Kris Masquerading as male, which mostly means binding her chest and gasping that she can t possibly be expected to shower with other people and scream...I loved this book It was sweet, with a lot going on I loved Norths character he s loyal, passionate, caring, considerate he helped and protected Kris even before he knew the truth about her Kris was my second favorite she also is loyal, smart, caring, and a good person with goals and aspirations Her father is a complete pick, the character you love to hate I think the only thing I might have liked, is the book to have gone into life on the ship a bit, along with their lives together I loved this book It was sweet, with a lot going on I loved Norths character he s loyal, passionate, caring, considerate he helped and protected...This is a love story about a girl, whose love and devotion to her twin brother lead her to pose as a boy in all boys school in a futuristic world very similar to our own Some previous unknown tragedy lead people from earth to abandoned their plant and seek out an existance in another solar system Through this move women seemed to have lost their rights or standing in society and backslid into aVictorian existence where women could be viewedas property and corporal punishment seem This is a love story about a girl, whose love and devotion to her twi...To start, the author has decided to set the story in the future and in space a bizarre choice to say the least I actually thought it was really unnecessary, I mean she had a lot going with the idea of a girl going into an all boys schooloh well.The other thing that you may notice is that there are many elements from Japanese anime and manga The story itself is like Hana kimi in which a girl also moves into an all boys school A lot of the insults are known ones from anime The surprises, To start, the author has decided to set the story in the future and in space a bizarre choice to say the least I actually thought it was really unnecessary, I mean she had a lot going with the idea of a girl going into an all boys schooloh well.The other thing that you may notice is that there are many elements from Japanese anime and manga The story itself is like Hana kimi in which a girl also moves into an all boys school A lot of the insults are known ones from anime The surprises, events and especially the ...Welcome to a hard review for me THE ACADEMY is basically a futuristic version of TWELFTH NIGHT or for the non Shakespearean fans, SHE S THE MAN starring Amanda Bynes, which I love to pieces don t you say anything bad about it The thing is that aside from some cool tech mentions and scifi trappings Andrews made Kris tina , our main character, come from a province that adheres to Victorian principles They re even referred to that way Modesty, chastity, women can t do cool things like fly a Welcome to a hard review for me THE ACADEMY is basically a futuristic version of TWELFTH NIGHT or for the non Shakespearean fans, SHE S THE MAN starring Amanda Bynes, which I love to pieces don t you say anything bad about it The thing is that aside from some cool tech mentions and scifi trappings Andrews made Kris tina , our main character, come from a province that adheres to Victorian principles They re even referred to that way Modesty, chastity, women can t do cool things like fly a ship, women are the property of their fathers husbands, etc etc.This felt a bit like a cop out to me I can see why Andrews would ...Kris Jameson has a family name to uphold Admiral Jameson expects his child to graduate from the prestigious Royal Academy and enlist in the military as generations of Jameson s have always done Things seem simple as Kris is a top notch student who consistently has high honors Graduation should be a breeze if the school bully and Ice Prince roommate don t have Kris leaving first.This is a YA read that goes to the top of my list in terms of story line presentation and development with a Kris Jameson has a family name to uphold Admiral Jameson expects his child to graduate from the prestigious Royal Academy and enlist in the military as generations of Jameson s have always done Things seem simple as Kris is a top notch student who consiste...

The Academy
  • English
  • 20 July 2018
  • Kindle Edition
  • 244 pages
  • Emmaline Andrews
  • The Academy