Blurb: An untrained witch. An orphan. A teenager looking for her place in the world that’s a lot larger than she ever realized…
Sixteen-year-old Mirella’s life changes forever when a werewolf sniffs her out one night. Turns out that all the weird incidents that happened over the years when Mirella got upset or angry is actually because she has magic. She’s a witch, and she’s been recruited for the Magical Hunters Academy.
There’s no way she’ll ever turn that down, but then she learns that the school literally trains all sorts of magical beings to be hunters. No surprise there, but there are good paranormal creatures and evil ones.
Ones who need to be hunted.
Some who need to be slayed.
When Mirella’s one human friend, a fellow orphan, and the orphanage is targeted by one of the evil paranormal creatures, Mirella is willing to do whatever it takes to hunt that bastard, but is she strong enough to handle this mission?
Review: Mirella has always been different, maybe even cursed. She's a teenage orphan who discovers she's an untrained witch. She's recruited to the Magical Hunters Academy. Anywhere has to be better than the orphanage, but the school has its own dangers. Mirella finds herself far behind everyone else and pushes herself to better herself. Not all paranormal creatures are evil, but who to trust? Even as the big ball approaches, she is focused on saving the orphanage from a monster terrorizing the kids inside. Can she save her fellow orphans or will she end up food for the beast?
This is the first book in the YA paranormal academy series, Magical Hunters Academy. If you enjoy stories in this genre, then you will thoroughly enjoy this one. It hits all the right notes with various paranormal beings, magic classes, a rich history, and a riddle-loving Sphinx in the library. (The Sphinx is my favorite!) Mirella is a witch with rare magic and determined to prove herself. Her determination is exceeded only by her big heart. The cast of characters is huge and varied, and I would love other stories focused on some of them, especially the peppy blond vampire and the ogres and trolls.
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