Details
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All Ida Shabawn ever wanted was a place to belong. After being sent to the Fortress, she thought she found a place to call home. But once her friends start being sent on secret missions, Ida finds herself, once again, alone.
However, after the Battle of Edo, Ida is sent on her own covert mission to the place she was meant to go all along: Vlacklear Academy.
But things are not as they seem at the prestigious school. With the academy's strange rules, horrific Assemblies and adamant suitors, Ida isn't sure she will be able to complete her mission alive.
Review
This is book 3 of a series that will be four books total. The great thing about the book is that I could hop in and follow along just fine. Bad point, I know I missed a lot of deeper things by not reading them in order. I read this one first as part of a group of authors who help each other out with reviews and releases. I had hoped to have this read faster, but I could not get to it until February and that month was a lot of catch up.
It released on February 11th and on that day I announced it on my socials with about a third of it read by saying:
This book has that fantasy boarding school vibe mixed with spy intrigue. The setting with characters sent there to dig up information while being proper students adds to the tension of simply being young people who still have to maintain good grades, deal with the social norms of school, and that one student they just can't avoid.
A lot is going on in this book, let alone the series per the proper backstory drops to keep everything tied together for the reader. Despite reading out of order and knowing I’ve read spoilers, I want to read the first two books to get the full details of what came before. Each book will have its own feel because of the settings. Book 3, Sanctified, is mostly exclusive to Vlacklear Academy though we get to follow the others through their related missions. Some fun twists were included that I did not expect, but I nailed a few things correctly.
There is a quite a cliffhanger for book 4. Overall book 3’s various subplots were tied up satisfactorily and there was the proper character growth for Ida, who was a major player for this part of the series.
This series is worth the read through. Of course, Sanctified’s cliffhanger is making me want book 4 sooner than later. Thankfully, I can go back and read the first two and other things while waiting.
You can find Sanctified on Amazon. Note: the author does not have the books linked as a series, but you can find them via her author page and the first two books were in the also bought list.