⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 4 stars
Zodiac Academy: Origins of an Academy Bully is a companion novel set place before the events of the first book The Awakening.

It clearly was a short novel which shed some light on one of the main characters from Zodiac Academy. I really wasn’t a fan of Darius in the first book, so I’m a bit torn after reading this.I know he’s had a tragic past and all to make him who he is, but it doesn’t excuse anything in my eyes.

You can read why in my review of the first book:
Review of The Awakening

While I did like him more and thus enjoyed this novel more, it was a bit short and I don’t yet understand or see how this will play out or add to the main story line of the series.

Overall, it is a good example of a companion novel to a series to give more insight in one for the characters.