Zodiac Academy

The Awakening as Told by the Boys

By: Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

Narrated by: Jake Bordeaux

Length: 16 hrs and 27 mins

Publisher's summary

This is a retelling of book one of Zodiac Academy from the perspective of Orion, Darius, Caleb, Seth, and Max.

The Vega twins are alive.

Those five words circle in my mind like an oncoming storm. They change everything about the future we thought had been set in stone. They challenge everything we were raised to be and the stability of the entire kingdom.

They’re coming to our academy looking for the life that was stolen from them, but we can’t let them take it back.

So much hangs in the balance and we can’t risk the arrival of two naïve princesses destroying everything we worked so hard for.

I have trained in dark magic, overcome all challenges, and stood in the shadow of Lionel Acrux for far too long already. I won’t let them come between me and his downfall.

Which means they have to go before they discover how powerful they truly are.

This is a retelling of the first book in the Zodiac Academy series from the point of view of Orion and the Heirs and should be listened to after you have finished the original story. It includes scenes from alternative points of view, as well as over 50k words of additional content and scenes which have never before been revealed. So prepare to step into the dark minds of the Zodiac boys and watch out for the heartbreak and carnage that will ensue.

©2021 Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti (P)2022 Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

Insight

Reading things from the heir’s perspective gave a lot of insight into the choices they made and made me have some more empathy towards their characters. Great read.

More POVs from the boys? Yes please

I love books that tell the same story from multiple POVS and I love this look into what the boys were thinking during all the times they were being buttknickers to the girls!

Listen after Zodiac Academy 1

This gives the reader a lot of insight into the why of the bully part of Zodiac Academy 1. It is really well written and definitely worth listening to!

Loved it

I did a tandem listen with the awakening and it was soo good! I’ll relisten to this series forever I swear!

The Awakening from the boys perspective

Added some depth to the boys and I enjoyed the little Easter eggs of things to come.

It was great to hear the boys narration on some of the pivotal scenes from the 1st book where we lacked their POV.

Excellent Job w/ Alternative Point of View

More than just being interesting, this APV reveals the motivations behind some of the boys’ actions in Book 1. It will affect how you view each of the boys - some for the better and some worse.

After re-listening to Book 1 to reacquaint myself with the details, I was able to appreciate how seamless this was. We’ll worry the listen.

I give it a 10 out 10!

Really loved this book. It gave a better understanding of why the guys act the way they do, in the Zodiac Academy books. I recommend this book!

Heartbeeaking

I wanted to hate them in the beginning. but this book really allows you to see just what the boys go through and it's just fricken sad.

Incredible

This retelling from the other side is so moving. I love the depth it adds to already well developed, fleshed our, characters. The complexities and inner perspectives were eye opening and I could barely put this down to sleep. Definitely, DEFINITELY worth it.

Boys voices

The voice of Seth to me did not make his character. Overall really good though. Thank you.