Friends vs. Family

The Academy: The Ghost Bird, Book 3

By: C. L. Stone

Narrated by: Natalie Eaton

From USA TODAY Bestselling Author, C. L. Stone, listen to Friends vs. Family, the third book in The Academy Ghost Bird Series.

Sang Sorenson is forced to suffer through another of her mother's extreme punishments. It almost kills her.

The Academy boys vow it will be the last. They're determined to keep Sang safe, especially from her own family. Their solution: complete invasion of her life. Kota, Luke, Silas, Nathan, Victor, Gabriel and North do everything within their power to show Sang what true loyalty means. It takes more than blood to make a family and they want Sang in theirs.

In this third book of The Academy series Sang experiences a taste of freedom and what it's like to truly be cared for...to be wanted. Sang learns a bit more about the boys' broken families and the boys discover more than they could ever have bargained for about Sang's. The Academy was the answer to their problems. Could it be hers?

Sang's actions will force her mother to reveal a startling truth. A truth that will change Sang's life and the boys' lives in unpredictable ways. Forever.

The Academy, allegiance.

©2013 C. L. Stone (P)2017 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved

Favorite series!

From the very first 50 pages of this book so many horrible things happen. Even with all the terrible things the boys are there and Sang comes out stronger on the other side. This book is when things really start changing and Sang begins to consider she might have to make a choice when it comes to her family. It’s time for her to decide who is part of her real family.

Even during the worst tough stuff, C. L. Stone makes sure to include sweet and meaningful moments between the characters that just make it so easy to keep falling in love with them. 💖☺️💖

Fantastic!

I have finally adjusted to the new narrator and actually enjoy her performance. I love this series and am excited for all the books to have audio editions!

the story continues.. and it has all the T

ok.. so this story just gets more juicy! relationships are developed, bombs are dropped and it's a pivotal time for our Sang. thank you... Next.

yet another great book

great listen.
things are starting to get tense.
cant wait to start the next one!

Awful Narrator

Please bring back Holly Brewer and Chris Ensweiler. This new narrator is horrible. All of her sentences sound desperate and she butchers the voices for the boys. Please bring back the original narrators. I love this series, but can't continue to listen to this new girl.

Wonderfully intense and entertaining

The books in this series keep getting better. Love the relationships that Sang is forming with the guys and how affectionate and protective they all are of her. Love all the guys!! Makes you wish you had friends like them growing up!

My Negative Opinion But I Still Like The Series.

Good book to listen to. Unfortunately, I am not a fan of the female protagonist. Third book in series and she is still the same naive girl who makes the dumbest excuses for how she is treated by her selfish and cruel family. She is tired of how her father has ignored her and decides to finally argue with him. Yet, she lets her fake mom punish her and her sister treat her horribly and she just accepts it. Here is a group of boys who are helping her with everything and trying to push her to be a little bit more confident and speak up for herself yet that doesnt happen. She is an frustrating character. There are moments where she did seem to be growing a backbone but that gets shutdown quickly. She is always questioning herself, doubting herself, and putting herself down. I really hope that she grows into a stronger character and has a voice because right now she is still the same from book one.
And....Where is the Academy????!!! Who is the Academy??!! Why is the Academy??!! When will we learn???!! Hopefully the next book.

The performance makes this come to life

True voice acting makes the Academy Ghostbird series live. This is like listening to a movie rather than reading a book. The delineated voices makes it easier to comprehend each character. I found that I misread or misappropriated quotes to different characters especially in the beginning. But the audio makes this problem non existent. I quickly bought everyone to accompany the full series I already own in it's original format.

love

I am loving it. I have never been a big audio fan but it's great. I turn it on and go about my day getting my work done. I love this series.

Split recording

The file is split in 2 for easy downloading. Not sure if everyone will have this problem, but it played the second half first. :/ the story was good. Consistent with the previous. Very detailed account and characters well developed.