Never Keep

Sins of the Zodiac, Book 1

By: Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

Narrated by: Bridget Bordeaux, Jake Bordeaux

From the Amazon.com and Wall Street Journal #1 bestselling authors of the Zodiac Academy series Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti.

The dragons are lost.

The elements are at war. Enlisting isn’t optional.

And I’m falling for a man who wants me dead.

I’m a wielder of hearts and summoner of corruption. Heir to nothing and born to a fool in the wrong damn month.

But I’m also one of only two Fae in this divided land of hellions who might be starting to see through the lies we’ve swallowed for so long.

In the year we turn twenty-one, conscripts from across the warring nations of air, fire, earth and water are sent to Never Keep – the only place in our besieged continent where our magic can be Awakened.

But something is wrong inside Never Keep. Something which might extend far beyond the reaches of this desolate fortress. Within the gothic walls of this frigid castle in the snow, we’re left to hold our own against the brutal Fae from the opposing lands.

The Reapers are merciless. The Royals are lying. The Werewolves run rampant and Vampires roam the wastelands in bloodthirsty covens. But even though death lurks in every shadow of the Keep, it’s the least of my worries.

I’m delving into secrets the stars don’t want me uncovering, making alliances with Fae born to be my enemy, falling for a sinner while promising my heart to a different heathen and somewhere amid it all, I’m supposed to win a war.

I thought the only thing I had to do was survive my magical instruction.

Turns out, fate doesn’t favour the wicked.

***This is an enemies-to-lovers romantasy series set in the same world as Zodiac Academy, but it's a dark and villainous tale of its own. You haven't met tainted souls like these before or enemies that hate each other as deeply as these characters do. Book 1 in the series will leave your heart raw and bloody. You'll be left gasping for breath and aching for more of the twisted Fae and they might just be irredeemable... ***

©2024 Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti (P)2025 Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

𝗧𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀: Fantasy Romance, MF, Academy, Dark, Shifters, Enemies to Lovers - My Guess at least
𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹: 🌶️🌶️🌶️ 
𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: 💜💜💜💜 
𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗟𝗼𝘀𝘁: 💧 
𝗣𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: 🖊️🖊️🖊️🖊️ 
𝗣𝗢𝗩: Dual FMC
𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁: Audiobook

Welcome to the next epic fantasy by the authors of Zodiac Academy, set in a different country as Solaria, we get to see a whole new side of the Fae. The Endless War has raged between the 4 nations of this land, one nation for each element, and everyone is divided by element you hold, if you have more than one you become a Reaper, the keepers of the stars commands. This is a land torn apart by war, mistrust, and hatred of anyone who is not like you. At 21 all fae go to have their power awakened and for a chance to train at Never Keep for a year. This is no Zodiac Academy, but a whole new academy experience.

Our two main characters are Everest, of Raincarvers (Water) & Vesper, aka the Sky Witch, of Stormfell (Air). These two from two sides of the war, but sometimes when a secret runs too deep, even enemies band together.

This book is a good amount of world building since there are some very big differences in the culture from the Solaria World books to here. We even get to see a number of new order forms which I absolutely loved! I was hooked from the very beginning on this book & could not put it down. The new characters are amazing, the world is amazing, the enemies are amazing. Some I want to hate and others I am not sure if I actually do. This book was everything I needed from my Zodiac Academy withdrawal.

The audiobook, as always, was so well done! Bridget & Jake Bordeaux did a phenomenal job on this one. I loved listneing to it.

back to Solaria we go ❤️❤️❤️❤️

I'm so happy to be back on another adventure in Solaria even if it's with different characters. I love that one of the main characters is a Pisces like me and she's so creative, colorful, and awesome. I'm unsure who my favorite character is yet and the betrayal of the little dragon 💔😭 I will say no more 😭. I really can't wait for the next book.

Waiting on the next book is always the hardest part

So just to start, the familiarity of the same narrators is a blessing and a curse. Reminding me of Zodiac Academy with every chapter. The story starts off in an unconventional way but slowly and surely turns into the kind of story the two authors are known for. Both MC's have complex backgrounds but the only one I can stomach is Vesper. The other lets her vengeance cloud her judgment. And leads to so much whining and complaining. Not sure why you can't be likable and fierce. Thus far, the most intriguing characters are Kaiser and Bastian. Hell, even Caden. I'm really looking forward to their stories.

Book of the year

I literally have no words, from the story writing, enemies to lovers, voice narrators. 5 stars through and through!!!

So fun

Such a fun and captivating book! Starts off a bit slow but really picks up steam

Definitely recommend!

It’s giving avatar the last airbender meets throne of glass meets fourth wing meets zodiac academy

Twisted sisters have done it again!

It’s amazing to see how far their writing has come and crazy how they get better everytime. They are the true enemies-to-lovers artists! You don’t need to read Zodiac Academy to get this new series but there are some cool parallels

Loved the story, hated the narration

The narration almost ruined the story for me. Very overdramatized and I had to mentally get past it and focus on the great story.

Last 100 pages!

I struggled with this one for 65% of the book. I read all of the Solaraverse books, and loved them but I wasn’t getting as sucked in to this one. Until the last 100-150 pages! Then things go real twisty, real quick. I am reinvested in moving on to book 2! I shouldn’t have doubted the twisted sisters.

A war focused ZA?

I liked, as many of us too, the Academy element, but it felt less like zodiac Academy in the sense that what the characters are going through happens mainly outside of classes. This also lacks the fun bubbly nature of ZA while holding onto a lot of its main elements.