{"id":5359,"date":"2026-01-12T06:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T06:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=5359"},"modified":"2026-01-12T06:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T06:15:00","slug":"the-academy-by-elin-hilderbrand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=5359","title":{"rendered":"The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Academy<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/reviews\/authors\/elin-hilderbrand\/\">Elin Hilderbrand<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/reviews\/authors\/shelby-cunningham\/\">Shelby Cunningham<\/a> <br \/>on September 16, 2025 <br \/><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/reviews\/genres\/fiction-family-life-general\/\">Fiction \/ Family Life \/ General<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/reviews\/genres\/fiction-general\/\">Fiction \/ General<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/reviews\/genres\/fiction-thrillers-suspense\/\">Fiction \/ Thrillers \/ Suspense<\/a> <br \/><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 432 <br \/><strong>Format:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/reviews\/formats\/hardcover\/\">Hardcover<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4q8W2oF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy on Amazon<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/7904974515\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goodreads<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I\u2019ve long been a fan of Hilderbrand, but this one easily lands among my new favorites of her books. Hilderbrand\u2014this time teaming up with her daughter, Shelby Cunningham\u2014delivers a dishy, page-turning novel that follows an intertwined cast of characters over the course of one drama-filled year at a New England boarding school, and I was hooked from the start.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I\u2019ll admit it: I love a good boarding school book, and <em>The Academy<\/em> absolutely delivers on that front. The cast feels like all the \u201cusual suspects\u201d you\u2019d expect\u2014the popular kids, the smart kids, the shy kids, and everyone in between\u2014along with teachers and staff who bring their own secrets and complications into the mix. It\u2019s a familiar setup, but it works beautifully, especially as the story peels back layers and shows both the best and not-so-best sides of life at Tiffin Academy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The teenage shenanigans were a particular highlight for me. Nothing truly awful, but just enough mischief and questionable decisions to feel realistic\u2014and yes, I fully found myself rooting for certain kids not to get caught. That sense of investment is part of what makes this book such a fun, compulsive read.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">With scandals unfolding, secrets spilling, and relationships constantly shifting, <em>The Academy<\/em> is buzzy, entertaining, and hard to put down. I sincerely hope there\u2019s a sequel, because I need to know what\u2019s in the letter Dub isn\u2019t allowed to open until graduation. Until then, I\u2019ll be thinking about this one\u2014and happily recommending it to anyone who enjoys character-driven drama with a boarding school twist.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ubb-final-rating\"><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/the-academy-by-elin-hilderbrand\/\">The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/\">Book Nook Buzz<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand, Shelby Cunningham on September 16, 2025 Genres: Fiction \/ Family Life \/ General, Fiction \/ General, Fiction \/ Thrillers \/ Suspense Pages: 432 Format: Hardcover Buy on Amazon Goodreads I\u2019ve long been a fan of Hilderbrand, but this one easily lands among my new favorites of her books. Hilderbrand\u2014this time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5359"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}