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The Academie Amy Joy Books

I really wanted to like this book, and there were many aspects I did. The plot is decently well paced for the first 3/4 of the book and the characters are well written. I figured out the twist, however, within the first few chapters. I probably would have still enjoyed the story progression...except for the editing. Or perhaps I should say, the lack of editing.

The publisher is a two-person family business. They write, publish, edit, and market everything themselves, if the website at the end of the book is correct. Unfortunately, it is near impossible to edit your own work, or even to proofread it. You can't be objective, and since your brain knows what you meant to write, you're not going to catch missing words, incomplete sentences, typos, etc. This book is filled with errors, and most of them are of the sort that a good proofreader would be able to easily fix. There are also a few sections that are repetitious, and there are a few places where the plot just isn't believable based on how the characters have acted up to that point. The ending also feels rushed and incomplete. Yes, there is a second book coming out, however each book should have some sort of resolution at the end. This book almost gets there, but it's a race to the finish... The pacing is off in the last 1/4 of the book.

My suggestion is to have someone outside of this two-person partnership do a line edit and/or proofread the manuscript, and then republish it. With the number of books entering the market from indie authors and small publishing companies, there are two things that you absolutely cannot do without if you want your book to succeed: a good cover and an editor, and your editor needs to be disconnected from the book enough to see it with fresh eyes to give objective feedback.


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The Academie Amy Joy Books Reviews

Allie Thompson is very relatable. I began reading the book thinking that it was going to be more so about her past experience of high school. Boy was I wrong. I found myself dragged into many dead ends. Dead ends meaning I thought I knew what was going on before the twister came. It was a fast paced novel with very loving and relatable characters. I cannot wait for the second book.
The Academie grabbed my interest from the description, despite a slight wariness over the YA intended audience. The first half of the book was pleasantly comfortable, filled with captivating characters that felt real and frequent flashbacks of a blooming romance that inspired thought and nostalgia - choosing to focus more on innocent moments and tenderness rather than 'strong jaws and alluring eyes.'

By the second half, the story was engaging and even had some thriller moments that kept me turning the pages long after when I should've gone to bed to see how it all ended up.

I would recommend this to any young readers without any fear of inappropriate material, everything is handled very well.
As other reviewers have mentioned there are quite a few grammatical errors in this book so I won't belabor this point.

I did enjoy this book and was able to finish it in about a day of very interrupted reading. I believe that YA readers could benefit from reading this story. I did feel though that there could have been more details added to make reading this a richer experience, besides the protagonist Allie the other characters felt very one-dimensional to me.

I was able to quickly figure out the mystery behind The Academie and perhaps this was because I am an adult reader but I did wish that the author hadn't given such a glaring hint early on in the story and instead allowed the reader to discover the secret as Allie did.

If these were the only problems I would have gladly given the book four stars. My biggest problem is that the story is set in the current day--there were direct references to historical events that establish the time period--but it deals with technology that is far beyond our time. It was also difficult to believe that society would allow ALL residents under the age of 22 to be locked up without ever being able to leave. Imagine being married with children...wouldn't matter, you got shipped off and somebody else had to take care of your children. And that leads to my final problem, it is only mentioned once of a family having a problem with The Academie, everyone else was ok with this and I just couldn't believe that.

Overall a good story but could have used some more work.
I purchased a copy of The Academie for my and began reading it last week. Within two days I had ripped through the novel, and I wanted more insight into Allie's world.

The Academie is set in a world where the response to school violence is to lock young people away in mandatory boarding schools until they are 22. The compulsory isolation and education is meant to protect society from the volatility of young people and train them to become productive workers. The program is still relatively new, and teenagers seem to be the primary focus for the first stage. Younger children are still allowed to stay at home with their families and attend school traditionally. However, for those individuals in the age bracket there are no exceptions; even Allie's friend, Ruby, is not given an exemption despite having given birth shortly before her entrance date.

Allie, who should be enjoying her first year of college, is staunchly opposed to The Academie, and she continues to probe and examine everything about her academic jail. She also struggles to maintain a connection with Bryan, a young man she met online while trying to find details about what she would face in The Academie.

My biggest complaint with the book is that I felt that the ending was rather abrupt. Things suddenly fell into place, and then the book was over. However, I think I was mainly disappointed that the story had ended, and I will definitely read the next installation in this series.
I really wanted to like this book, and there were many aspects I did. The plot is decently well paced for the first 3/4 of the book and the characters are well written. I figured out the twist, however, within the first few chapters. I probably would have still enjoyed the story progression...except for the editing. Or perhaps I should say, the lack of editing.

The publisher is a two-person family business. They write, publish, edit, and market everything themselves, if the website at the end of the book is correct. Unfortunately, it is near impossible to edit your own work, or even to proofread it. You can't be objective, and since your brain knows what you meant to write, you're not going to catch missing words, incomplete sentences, typos, etc. This book is filled with errors, and most of them are of the sort that a good proofreader would be able to easily fix. There are also a few sections that are repetitious, and there are a few places where the plot just isn't believable based on how the characters have acted up to that point. The ending also feels rushed and incomplete. Yes, there is a second book coming out, however each book should have some sort of resolution at the end. This book almost gets there, but it's a race to the finish... The pacing is off in the last 1/4 of the book.

My suggestion is to have someone outside of this two-person partnership do a line edit and/or proofread the manuscript, and then republish it. With the number of books entering the market from indie authors and small publishing companies, there are two things that you absolutely cannot do without if you want your book to succeed a good cover and an editor, and your editor needs to be disconnected from the book enough to see it with fresh eyes to give objective feedback.