Self Studies

The Thorns of Charbon Institute

By: Kate Messick

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Power doesn’t ask permission.

The Thorns of Charbon Institute exists to fix monsters.
Magic gone wrong. Control lost. Crimes no one wants to talk about.

I knew nothing but the touch of my master until the Magical Authorities killed him—and burned my world to the ground.

Now I’m imprisoned at a brutal dark academy designed to break its students into something acceptable.
Something obedient.

I’m a sorceress who can’t access her magic—bound in suppressive clasps and surrounded by dangerous, wickedly irresistible mages who want what I am, not who I am. The men responsible for my “rehabilitation” blur the line between punishment and desire, power and possession.

Every choice I make is watched.
Judged.
Scored.

To survive, I’ll have to stop pretending my darkness is something to be cured—and start using it.

Self Studies is a fast-burning dark academy reverse harem romance featuring morally gray men, power imbalance, and high heat, with M/M/F and M/F dynamics. This is an 18+ college-age trilogy with explicit content and heavy themes. Please check trigger warnings inside.

love the idea

First I want to say it's well written and a great idea for a story. virtual voice kills it but I am still really enjoying it. I don't understand how she can be held accountable for what was done to her. She was a slave since she was a baby how can anything she was groomed for be her fault. it's crazy how badly she is treated.

love the book

so easy to get lost in and has a great plot with lots of tension