[Series Review] Adamson All-Boys Academy by C.M. Stunich

 

Shh, I have a secret.

The sinfully gorgeous members of the Student Council—Church, Ranger, Spencer, Micah and Tobias—can't ever find out.

I already get picked on because my father's the headmaster.

I don't need them to know I’m the only girl, too; I’d rather dress like a boy.

Adamson All-Boys Academy now has its only female student, but I'm not about to be their guinea pig.

Not when there's a secret at this school nobody is talking about. Not when the last female student here ended up dead.


***THE SECRET GIRL is a 90,000 word lighthearted reverse harem/high school bully romance novel with a mystery/suspense twist. This is book one of three in the series. Contains foul language and sexual scenes; any sex featured is consensual.

I've said it before, and I will say it again, the academy trope is one of my favorites. I haven't found many books with this trope that I don't like, and this series wasn't the exception. I normally do individual book reviews, but I flew through this series so fast that I decided to do a series review instead. The series starts out as a lighthearted bully romance and ends in a mystery/reverse harem. I didn't hate it. 

The mystery in the series was nice because it kept the book fairly fast paced. The romance was great between the characters, but the mystery just added another level. And, on top of that, the main female character pretended to be a boy in an all boys school for most of the series. So, that plotline added another layer into the series. Romance starts in book one and then the spice just increases throughout the series, which was also a plus.

I loved all the characters in this series. The main female character, Charlotte aka Chuck, was a bit annoying in the first half of book one, but she's written this way so that her character has growth. Ranger and Church were my favorites because they had the most layers out of the other guys, but Tobias, Micah and Spencer were all in a close second. I enjoyed everyone in the reverse harem, and there was a great mix of personalities. Ranger was the emo kid that loves cute things, Church was stoic and reserved on the outside but multilayered on the inside, Micah was sharper than his twin Tobias but just as sweet, and Spencer was the flirt and the cinnamon roll of the group.

If I had to criticize anything about this series I would have to say that sometimes the end of the chapters read like a diary from Charlottes POV. This was kind of odd, and threw me off a bit sometimes, but it wasn't enough to detract from the series as a whole. Overall, I would say that this series is five stars (aka five iced coffees) for me, and I would definitely recommend it to anyone that wants to dip their toes into a lighthearted bully reverse harem romance. It's a good starter series for bully romance.

C.M. Stunich is a self-admitted bibliophile with a love for exotic teas and a whole host of characters who live full time inside the strange, swirling vortex of her thoughts. Some folks might call this crazy, but Caitlin Morgan doesn't mind - especially considering she has to write biographies in the third person. Oh, and half the host of characters in her head are searing hot bad boys with dirty mouths and skillful hands (among other things). If being crazy means hanging out with them everyday, C.M. has decided to have herself committed.

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