Drake and Danger: Nocturne Academy Book 4

Being a teenager is tough. Being a magical being teenager ... brutal! But the love and friendship between these characters definitely gives you the warm fuzzies!

Nocturne Academy, a series of four novels by Evangeline Anderson, is a high school for magical students. As a high school teacher, I was amazed at how well Ms. Anderson described high school problems and teen angst as well as those parents who refuse to accept a child as he is. The close friendships and the hateful bullies that those who are different in any way have around them are realistically described. Four students form a single group of close friends and allies. This novel is about the last one, Avery, a gay witch who believes he will never find a mate as the other three have done. Avery has been an exceptional friend to his close companions, but has had to endure the wall of hate from other students, especially the drakes, only because he is gay. Saint, a gay drake, is new to the Academy. Before he was born, an evil witch put a curse on him because his father killed her husband. Saint has trouble fitting in not only because he’s gay, but also because his drake is crazy from the curse. The drake loves Avery and only wants to protect him, making Saint’s struggle to control the drake impossibly hard. LGBTQ teens and adults often have a difficult life in modern society. In a high school setting those problems are overwhelming. Although we don’t have the steam Ms. Anderson is famous for, we do have the angst. Situations are magnified because of the setting and the strength of the characters. I have been waiting for Avery’s story for a long time. I enjoyed it just as…

The final book in the Nocturne Academy series did not disappoint. This is Avery and Saint’s story and is full of teenage boy angst, curses, and family drama. Drake and Danger is a YA story and does not contain explicit content but does cover mature themes. Evangeline Anderson does a wonderful job of bringing to light the difficulties facing the LGBTQ+ community not only from their own family but society. If you have read the other three previous books, then you will understand that they have a “found and made” family from the coven they have all formed. Everyone needs support through life and this story is a good example. All the original characters play a role in Avery and Saint’s story. Both the characters and readers get a closer look at both boy’s living situations at home. The story has non-stop action and is quite the page-turner. In the final author notes, Evangeline Anderson, states that this will probably be the last story. She makes sure that we know they will all support one another going forward as a family. The ending is both a HEA and HFN. I really enjoyed this final story.