Review: Shadow Caster (The Nightwatch Academy Series Book 1) by Debbie Cassidy

Shadow Caster by Debbie Cassidy
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Excellent Academy Book

There are a lot of Academy books around at the moment. Some good, some not so good, but this one is excellent.

Indigo Justice is a nightblood (vampire) woman on a mission. She’s trying to escape the expectations of parents who do not love her. So she’s fighting in the supernatural pits and working in a bar and generally avoiding coming home.

Her father decides enough is enough and arranges for her to join the Nightwatch Academy, where supernaturals learn how to police themselves and where the Shadow Knights train to fight against the Fomorians, to protect the supernatural world and humanity.

Indigo hates being forced into the Nightwatch Academy and doesn’t really apply herself. Her classmates resent her, and her attitude, and she isn’t particularly popular. Then it is discovered that she has the gene that makes her into a Shadow Knight, and she becomes the first woman to ever receive the training.

This book is exceptionally plot heavy. Everything moves at a mile a minute and it is wonderful. As well as the plot there is a good deal of focus on the relationships between Indigo and the other members of her team as she trains to become a Shadow Knight. There’s a slow change of attitude towards her as the team works together, which I really like.

There is a love interest but it’s very low key and filled with sexy “but we can’t!” conversations. The romance is a very small part of this book, which is more about team work and friendships.

There is lots more to come with this series, and I can’t wait to get stuck into the next book.

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