Unbound By Penelope Bloom

Rating: 4 stars

Adult - Spice: Enemies to Lovers

Genre: Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Paranormal Romance, Romance

Tags: Academy, Elementals, Magic, Book Review

Confluence Academy Book 1

Nessa volunteers expecting for her to die. Only she finds herself enrolled at the Confluence Academy. But the survival of most of the students won't survive. Those here are hoping to connect with elemental magic and bond powerful beasts. But for Nessa things are not going the way everyone expects. She is Unbound.

This is the first book in the Confluence Academy. Nessa learns quick that she doesn't have to die. She is strong and willing to put in the work, to survive. The world is filled with magic and magnificent magical creatures. Raith is a guy that runs hot and cold. Typhon is grumpy but you see how much he cares for Nessa. I enjoyed reading this book and can't wait to read the next book, Unveiled.

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Pages: 702

Read: Digital

From: Kindle Unlimited

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“Nineteen-year-old Nessa Thorne expects death when she volunteers for Empire's selection. Instead, she's thrust into Confluence Academy, where students harness elemental magic and bond powerful beasts—from wolves to ancient dragons—forging themselves into the Empire's most lethal weapons.

Students are branded by affinity: water, air, earth, or fire. But Nessa’s mark is different. A silver spiral—the mark of an unbound. It’s a power so dangerous her kind were hunted to extinction centuries ago—or so the Empire claims.

To survive, she must hide what she is in a castle that reeks of blood, where students kill each other for advantage and failing to tether an elemental means death.

Nessa’s greatest threat may be the only other volunteer—Raith Hollow, a powerful fire affinity whose scorching gaze follows her every move and whose secrets could topple kingdoms.

Alliances are forged in blood, enemies circle like vultures, and forbidden desires close in. Death once seemed like release from her tragic past. Now it's not an option. She'll embrace her terrible potential or watch everything she's fought for burn.

At Confluence Academy, students leave as weapons... or they don't leave at all.”