Zodiac Academy

Live and Let Lionel

By: Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti

Narrated by: Bridget Bordeaux, Jake Bordeaux

This is a bonus content novella to celebrate the series coming to a close and contains 100k words of bonus content from the Zodiac Academy Series.

Savage - a short story about Hail and Merissa Vega's love story
The Shimmering Springs - that night Caleb and Seth did or didn't kiss...
The moment Geraldine first saw the twins
Seth on the Moon - one Werewolf's wanderings on the moon
Night - that time the twins met the Ruthless Boys - with a never before published chapter!
Orion ‘blue’ alternate POV - BRAND NEW
Orion ‘Fairy Fair’ alternate POV
Darius 'throne room' alternate POV
Darius ‘Stars’ alternate POV - BRAND NEW
Featuring the never before seen map of Solaria!
Each chapter is introduced by Lionel Acrux, looking back on how his enemies have thwarted him and how he overcame their insufferable rebellion - BRAND NEW

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

Loved This Compilation of Bonus Chapters

The Twisted Sisters and the Bordeaux’s do it again. Caroline and Susan gave us bonus chapters and Bridget and Jake brought them to life beautifully. Thank you all for extending the Solaria world for us readers.

Details

Several novellas with added information on specific time frames throughout the Zodiac Academy series up to the twins being acknowledged as the true Queens but before the final war. I was a bit disappointed to see a few repeated stories from the main books, but the rest was great to have a little insight of how the heirs were feeling at certain times during the series.

So fun to revisit Solaria

I had read some of these as they came out in different collections, but I LOVED getting to listen to them all together with Jake’s Lionel narration between each chapter.

First of all- if you’re missing Solaria it’s just so fun to “be among friends” again. It was like coming home.
The bonus content spans book 1 through 8 so it was like reliving the whole epic story.

Secondly- the picks of what to write from alternate POVs were perfect. The Tory/Darius scene from the end of Shadow Princess crushed me like no other book had and getting to hear it from Darius’s POV broke me all over. And back when I’d read it in real time I followed up with a Leon Chapter re-read as a pick-me up and I was cracking up that this book did the same!

Loved all the content and the narration as always is spot on. Highly recommend it you want a trip back through Solaria!

Seth and the Moon

Loved visiting the ZA world again with different POVs of big events. The one I was excited to get to was Seth and the Moon, it was hilarious. Leon's chapter was also so good

The best scenes

Thank the stars I needed to know what happened in the shimmering springs! I'm not sure why this is listed as book 0 I feel sorry for the poor souls who read this first don't read this first! I love Lance and Darcy and their love story. Still hate when Tory and Darius break our hearts.

terrible narration

So much screaming and a horrible accent. I might DNF and skip to book 1

Understand different POVs

This is a little boring for me honestly but understand it gives good context. Some of them were better than others.

All the Extras

5 ⭐ 3 🌶️ 5 🎧
A collection of short stories from Solaria.

SAVAGE
5 ⭐ 3 🌶️ 5 🎧

This is such a fantastic look into Darcy, Tory and Gabriel's parents' beginning. We start with Merissa competing in the marriage games, get to see how her and Hail find each other and in true Twisted Sister fashion things are about to go crazy and we're left on a cliffhanger... I loved these two together, in the short span we get some fun steam and get to see some fun banter. We also get to see Hamish! (and Lionel, but ew.) I can't wait to get the rest of The Savage King's story.


THE SHIMMERING SPRINGS
5 ⭐ 3 🌶️ 5 🎧

Frick frackin Washer...

I loved this little flashback to the springs though. I'm so excited to watch Seth and Caleb's relationship unfold.

NIGHT
5 ⭐ 0 🌶️ 5 🎧

I love Leon. Just freaking adore him. And Ryder and Gabriel and Dante too. Elise did good and I loved getting to see them all meet Gabriel's sisters for the first time.

SETH ON THE MOON
5 ⭐ 1 🌶️ 5 🎧

“You have defiled the moon!”

This was ridiculous and so perfect. 😂

THE REST
5 ⭐ 3 🌶️ 5 🎧

Everything else was just alternate POVs, but I really enjoyed them. Particularly Geraldine when the twins arrived at ZA and Darius during his and Tory's divine moment. Utter heartbreak but so good.

Gah I hate lionel

Lionel is the perfect villain. Probably one of my most hated characters in a book. Ive yelled, cried and wanted to throw my kindle because of him. But i loved this novella and being able to read other short stories or chapters. It was perfect

“Sometimes we must look into the darkest of nights to discover the greatest of treasures.”

"Now I had finally found something that was pure and so help me, I was going to claim it.”

"Sometimes it was cruel, and sometimes I enjoyed when it was."

"I didn't hate the idea of him trying to claim it from me in a more thrilling way."

i really just can’t even fathom that the end is here 😭😭😭 i wanna cry like a baby! but these little extra insights to these characters fuel my soul!

best narrators!!

I love seeing the story from other characters POV! it's so fun and definitely worth listening to!