Crystal Wing Academy

Magic doesn't exist in the human world. As far as I know. But when I fling a fireball at a bully, my horrified mom dumps me at Crystal Wing Academy, a place straight out of my favorite fantasy books. They tell me I'm an Outling, a wizard born from non-magical parents. Mom's human. Dad? I don't exactly know who he is... One thing I do know is I'm not an Elite-descendants of the original six families who split from the Fae ages ago. At seventeen, their children and despised Outlings like me attend the Academy to learn to control our power. I'm barely on campus when I'm targeted by a mean girl. Figures. Thankfully, the Academy's not all bad. My pixie roommate's awesome. I score a coveted moonstone during Stone Selection. And let's not forget Donovan, a cute guy who seems to like me and not the mean Elite girl who's determined to win him. Except something's luring students into the forest and draining their power, leaving only shriveled husks behind. The Headmistress warns me not to investigate, but the killer's after my friends. Big mistake there. My magical skills may be untrained and wild, but if a power-sucking vamp thinks he can harm people I care about, he's about to discover I'm a wizard unlike any other.

After destroying a power-sucking slake before he killed my friends, I'm feeling stronger and more confident than ever. Donovan and I are together, I'm pulling in more threads than before, and I have new abilities I'm excited to master. So what if I might be flunking Magical Creatures & How to Tame Them-not everything comes easy, right? When I stumble over a dead girl-one of eight Outlings at the Academy-and she's marked with an O and a #7, it's clear someone's copycatting the Outling murders that took place one-hundred years ago. With the clock ticking down and more Outlings turning up dead, I'll soon be next. Last time, every Outling at the Academy was murdered. But the killer is about to learn this Outling wizard won't go down without a fight.

After defeating the nightlace vine eager to kill every Outling on campus, I'm feeling kinda cocky. But nothing ever goes smoothly for me, does it? Let's start with the good news first: I've not only figured out how to ride an aldakor, but I've also convinced the naiad living in the moat that I can be trusted. You might say I've got an in with magical creatures. And I've found a new best friend who's awesome, even if she's keeping secrets. The bad news? Donovan's bespelled. If I don't break his curse, we're doomed. And in my class, Magical Horticulture of the Night: Adding the D to Deadly, I accidentally freed a beatleycarne, unleashing the deadliest prankster known to the fae world. I need to catch that baby and lock it up fast before the Academy collapses around me. Seems like I'm fighting one crisis after another. Then someone unexpected emerges from my past. And the person responsible for the nightlace murders? She wasn't working alone, and the wizard isn't finished with me yet. With the beatleycarne wreaking havoc on my life, Donovan bespelled, and someone determined to kill me, I need to harness every strand of power I can find-because a battle's coming and only one wizard will emerge the victor.