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The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand

The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand

The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham

March 4, 2026 by itsjustme 1 Comment

My first Elin Hilderbrand novel. This sounds defensive, like “Don’t tell anyone I picked up a beach read.”  Well, to be an illogical book snob is to be human. I’m not advocating highbrow “capital L” literature, bloated dirges of atmosphere and no plot. For me thrillers and mysteries are respectable. Throw in as much historical fiction as you want. It’s time to admit that these genres are just as formulaic as a fun novel by a best-selling author marketed with a pastel book cover. In other […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction Tagged With: Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham

itsjustme's CBR18 Review No:2 · Genres: Featured, Fiction · Tags: Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham ·
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XOXO Tiffin Academy

The Academy by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham

January 29, 2026 by finnyfinfinn Leave a Comment

Spending a year at a prestigious New England boarding school would have been the dream of little high school me. Teaching for a year at a prestigious New England boarding school probably sounds a little bit more like a nightmare. It’s move-in day at Tiffin Academy. As the students return it is also the same day that school rankings are published. Amazingly Tiffin has made a seventeen spot jump to number two in the country. Take that Phillips Exeter! Just as everyone begins getting comfortable […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: boarding school, Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham, Fiction, ridiculous adults, ridiculous teenagers

finnyfinfinn's CBR18 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: boarding school, Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham, Fiction, ridiculous adults, ridiculous teenagers ·
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