I can connect with Alex really well even though she is much older than me. Bear, one of Alex’s friends, can charm anyone into doing almost anything and Jordan can turn invisible then walk through walls. Instead, they are special in a magic sort of way. This is definitely the best story I’ve read in a while and it is the first in a series.Įveryone at Akarnae Academy has a gift and by that, I do not mean that some are smarter than others. Right from the beginning I knew this was going to be my type of book. Something that may threaten her life and perhaps all of Medora…įor anyone brave enough to believe in the impossible. Alex makes new friends and starts to enjoy this strange place, but she can tell that something bad is going to happen. But the Academy’s headmaster is not meant to be back for ages, so she attends his wild school as she waits. Only the headmaster of Akarnae Academy can help Alex get back to Earth, or Freya as it is called there.

Thinking she is going to see the headmaster, Alex steps through a door and realises she is in another world called Medora where anything can happen. Suspecting the worst, Alex has no idea how things will turn out. When sarcastic 16-year-old Alexandra Jennings’ parents go to a ‘middle-of-nowhere’ dig-site in Russia, she is sent to a boring boarding school. I couldn’t put this book down and though it’s really long, I finished it in two nights!Ĭlick on title links or cover images to purchase. I chanced upon the fantasy, ‘Akarnae’ when my school’s librarian recommended it to me. When she was able to lower her arm again, she stared in shock at the sight before her.

Alex had to hold her hand up to shield her eyes from the sudden brightness. Just as she was about to retrace her steps and go back to the reception, the room exploded with light. “Hello?” she called out from the doorway.

You can see all Jazzy’s other reviews for Children’s Books Daily by searching her name in the search box above. You can read Jazzy’s complete bio here, see her blog homepage here and ‘like’ her Facebook page, managed by her mum, here. Kid book blogger Jazzy is back, this time with a review of ‘Akarnae’, the first book in The Medoran Chronicles series by Lynette Noni.

Akarnae by Lynette Noni