Bound and Unbound: A paranormal novella duology
Ali Hazelwood
Zodiac Academy 8.5: Beyond the Veil: Zodiac Academy
by Caroline Peckham
About this book
Amazon.com and Wall Street Journal number one best-selling dark fantasy romance series from authors Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti—a Booktok sensation!
The stars called us.
The Veil closed at our backs.
And now death holds us in its clutches.
We were torn from life before our time, a Savage King, his queen, a betrayed son, a wronged brother, a scorned wife and so many more. We watch those we left behind as they struggle against the grip of the stars, the answers to so many of their questions within our grasp and yet out of their reach.
But what if we could find a way to answer their pleas? What if we could find a way to help them from this side of the divide? And what price would such a thing come at?
This is a bridging book which takes place beyond The Veil (in the land of the dead) during the events of book 8 in the Zodiac Academy series. It should be listened to after book 8 to avoid spoilers for that book and holds the answer to what takes place for the characters who are held within the clutches of death by this point in the story, as well as vital clues to the conclusion of this epic series.
- Publication Date
- May 25, 2026
- ASIN
- B0CCF8NRGF
Reader Reviews
July 8, 2023
Perfect read to follow events of ZA Book 8 from fresh perspectives, with all the feels plus dashes of humor, and getting hyped for what is sure to be an epic conclusion to this incredible fantasy series! Some of the emotional, gut-wrenching moments from Book 8 still feel pretty raw, but the way it was done here felt more like healing therapy than re-opening those wounds. I loved all of the additional insights, backgrounds, perspectives, motivations, and warring emotions that we get from the...
July 16, 2025
...but...still the poor editing and wrong word choice causes stumbles. It's so good...and then there's a glaring error. And I get that grammar isn't your first concern when getting it all down, but you need an editor who knows where commas do and don't belong, and what the proper usage of lie vs. lay is. And then there's the fact that fully one-quarter of the book is the memory of the small cabal that stole the four Guild Stones. I'm with Hail: give use the summary. And then there are at least...
July 16, 2024
This novella kind of helped me to re-set my brain for the Zodiac Academy world after over a year away from it when I first read books 1-8 at the beginning of 2023, then waited forever for this book and the final book to be released before picking up the series again. I didn’t need a novella to re-set my brain though, I found several YouTube and TikTok videos that did the job easily and in a MUCH SHORTER time frame than this book. It honestly just feels like a money grab at this point that the...
April 11, 2025
This Book Emotionally Mugged Me and I Left the Door Unlocked Look. I came into this book knowing damn well it was going to ruin me. The authors warned us. The fandom screamed about it. And yet, like the emotionally reckless romantic I am, I charged in like a moth to a flame—or more accurately, like a fae girl to her fated mate. Spoiler alert: it burned. First off, can we talk about Tory and Darcy? These girls are the blueprint for “trauma but make it fashion.” Watching them navigate grief,...
May 22, 2026
The content is amazing. I wouldn’t have made it this far in the series if it wasn’t. I’m taking a Star off for the crappy print job though. The color of the text is more grey than black, which makes it harder on the eyes, and the chapter cover pages are likewise fully grey with white text, which is so frustrating, especially because the design would be wonderful if it just wasn’t printed crappy. That said, I feel the print job is bad enough that I won’t be buying other physical books… I’ll...
