I downloaded Legacy of Shadows , the first book in the Supernaturals of Castle Academy trilogy, during one of the Stuff Your Kindle events of last year. And, not gonna lie, even it had juvenile melodrama for days, it was still a fun read.

I mean, considering Leighton, our leading lady and sole narrator throughout all three books, was only 17 years old (as were Colt, Ronan, Declan, Trace and Dash, all the guys in her harem), I could cut them some slack on the adolescent behaviors.

This first book was mainly driven forward by secrets and mysteries and while I'm always frustrated by, and never fully get the reasoning behind keeping the FML in the dark—wouldn't she be safer if she knew what to look out for?—between the answers not being forthcoming in the very least and the sheer drama of it all (so much pain! so much anger! So many feelings!) I was very entertained throughout.

But also, this book was so easy and quick to read that by the time the reveal rolled around at around 80% of the story—way to put it off!—I was so hooked and curious to finally be clued in as to what type of PNR Legacy of Shadows would turn out to be, it barely felt like any time had passed. I absolutely devoured it.

On the not so awesome side of things, considering the fact this series is about teenagers, I was inescapably made wildly uncomfortable when things eventually got spicy. The group scenes were fairly tame—thank goodness!—but still plenty hot. But there's never any getting around the weird and uncomfortable feelings tied to reading about the sexcapades of highschoolers. Also, I didn't think it was nice of the guys to get intimate with Leighton while they were still keeping massive secrets from her.

I liked the whole world-building, the mix of supernaturals, and other of the typical PNR tropes used. While not original, it was still a great book. The cliffhanger at the end was an absolute killer (hated it <3), and left me desperate to start the next one.