Magical Creatures Academy 1: Night Shifter

By: Lucia Ashta

Narrated by: Kate Marcin

Length: 5 hrs and 28 mins

Publisher's summary

Rina Nelle Mont has never been a part of the paranormal world. Until now.
Well, maybe not. The Magical Creatures Academy only accepts supernaturals, and she’s been invited to the school, but she has none of the powers she’s supposed to. Blip. Nada. Not even a spark.

The school hasn’t made a mistake in a century, but she might be the first one. That’s just the kind of thing that would happen to her. Especially since no one has any idea what kind of creature she’ll be...assuming her powers ever decide to make an appearance.

The Academy is the leading institution for paranormal creatures in the world. Its students are the finest of shifters, vampires, and fae.

Speaking of fine fae...Leander Verion, prince of the elves, is off limits. Not only is he arrogant, stubborn, and totally not her style, he’s her brother’s best friend. She will not fall for him. No way. Besides, he’s not interested...is he?

When two men who head the Shifter Alliance, a rebel faction of shapeshifters who seek to escape the control of the Enforcers - the supernatural police force - find out about Rina and her potential for a different kind of magic, they hunt her. For them, the stakes are as personal as they get.

Whether she’s ready or not, Rina is about to find out what she’s made of....

©2019 Lucia Ashta (P)2019 Lucia Ashta

So awesome

Magical Creatures Academy 1 Night Shifter is chalk full of humor seriousness talking Owls aka Sir Lancelot bare trolls, and shifters. Kate Marcin is the perfect narrator for this book. Her voice changes were phenomenal and you knew which character she was the whole time she even had to change accents.! Lucia knows how to write a book that will draw you in and leave you wanting for more and this one does.
Rina is so cool I love her friends Jaz the skunk Dave the bobcat Wren the tree and Adalia the fairy. These characters are so fun Also the crushes on Ky Rina's brother the mountain lion Boone the wolf and Leander the Fae Prince. I'm wondering if he can read Rina's mind. Nessa and Fianna the funny fairies just made it even better. I loved listening to this book just as much as I loved reading it.

Very good book

As a lot of action in the series love it i would highly recommend it

Great narration

Loved the narration in this book. Well developed storyline and characters. Gripping plot to keep me interested.

Magical Creatures

Rina starts out hopeful she will be some sort of magical creature and get to join her older brother at school but then figures she is human until someone shows up to invite her to the same school her brother attends. It was fun having a main character who knows almost as little of this magical world as we do since the readers get to discover the same wonders for the first time as Rina does. I love the trolls and their description. Rina has to figure out what sort of supernatural creature she is and how to access her abilities. I loved getting to meet the characters especially a certain prince. I can't wait to see what happens next since Rina is now in a lot of danger.

Amazing

loved it. the narrator is awesome. 5 stars. I was hanging on every word the entire book.

Good read

Wish it was longer. Enjoyed reading the book and listening to the audio very much. I am looking forward to book two.

Love Love Love

From beginning to end this story kept me interested, Even with working and listening, I found myself getting distracted. I could not wait to see what she would turn into. Definitely, a must-read!!!!

A good concept, but lackluster launch

First let me say, the overall idea and world are really good, and I enjoyed what little there was in this book. The fact I wanted more should tell you how compelling the story is. However, the book suffers from two major flaws.

First, The book is incredibly short given how detailed the author is. Once the main character gets to "the academy" the story only has 3hrs left in it. The main drama takes place in the first week or so of being there then we jump to the end of the "semester" and the book ends.

It felt like more of a short story than a full length book. why not do some more world building and character development and give us a story over the entire semester. I honestly felt a little cheated...

Second, the entire story is launched when the main character turns 18 at 3:03am except that none of the surrounding story support her being 18. It feels like she was suppose to be 15 or maybe 16. For example, she talks about going back to school at her normal high school with her friends, Shouldn't she be talking about graduating?

At every turn I felt like an editor decided she should be older and and change the lines referring to her age. The people accepted to this magical creature academy are supposed to be there for 9 semesters, which would sound a lot more like college if _any_ of them actually behaved liked they were 18 and not 15. I just couldn't shake the feeling that the original concept didn't have this set around an 18yr old.

Overall, it is a fun book, Given how short the book is, if the author is releasing these quickly, then it will be a fun series, if we are only getting a long short story every 6mths or a year this one will quickly fall off my radar.

GREAT 6hr SIZE FOR AFTERNOON ME TIME WITH A CUPPA

Fairly good start to the series, room for improvement and I'm pretty sure the author will take the reviews to heart and book 2 will be worth reading/listening, I look forward to it.
Pro"s: I felt like I was along for the ride.
I felt empathy, humour and really liked the characters.
I had no trouble finishing the story and am pleased with the ending.
The characters (some)were funny visually, witty and the students smart.
I am left with interest in the father's role in the next books.
Want to find out about Rina"s unusual magic.
The content is CLEAN and suitable for teen onwards.
Narration was easy to listen to, I heard the story.

Intriguing and fun read

This is the first book by this author that I've read/listened to and I really enjoyed it. I was hooked from the beginning. It is a different approach to the urban fantasy world, with great characters and wonderful world building. It set up the story for the series and left me wanting more. I will be reading the next books in the series soon.