So.. the writing was bad.. the story was basically not there.. Song was weak and weird.. but I still couldn't stop reading. So I'm not sure what that says about me.. I just needed to know if it got better! But my library doesn't have the next one yet and I will not pay $4.99 for it soooo I doubt I will ever read any more in this series.

The only reason I gave this book two stars was because of the fact that there wasn't really a solid plot to it, it was just what the title claimed, introductions to the seven supremely hot, seemingly perfect (or are they?) guys that Sang Sorenson is introduced to and perhaps just a tad overwhelmed and swept away by. I downloaded this book because it was free and I was looking to pick up another YA series to pass some free time with, and this is what I got. And I'm not saying that in a negative way whatsoever, quite the contrary, in fact. I absolutely LOVED the characters, I loved how they were all so different and the thing that united them was their loyalty to each other and to the Academy. This was a character-driven rather than plot-driven book, hence why the two stars, because there really is no plot on terms of a real conflict and resolution, just a bunch of piling mysteries. Ah well. Will read the next one and see what happens.

Please allow me to collect my feelings over the WTF I just read emotions hanging all over me.

This is one of those series that has the addiction level of crystal meth for any book loving individual. I have to say what I expected of this book, what NOTHING that I actually got.

What I got was a pretty heavy dose of mystery, angst, underlying tones of romance, and seven--erm no--nine hot high school age boys (I kind of feel terrible calling them boys because they act way to much like men only they have all the bent up aggression that teenage boys have that is the ONLY reason this works.)

Ok.

So the lead character and narrator of our story is Sang (yeah that bothers me too. What is up with these young adult names? Is Emily or Stacey just too much to ask for? They worked well enough in Baby-Sitters Club and that was my all time fav series as a child!) its opens with what appears to be her running away from home. Then she stumbles upon Kota--aka hottie number one.

Through the course of the book Sang mets the six other boys in this odd group along with two teachers. She learns they are part of the academy and that is about all I can tell you without blowing up the whole plot.

The writing isn't totally strong. It is written for a lower age group than me and yet I was still going WTF at the end and went and bought the other two books because apparently sleep and getting actual work done wasn't an option while reading these books.

What we do know is that Sang is living in a very abusive and dysfunctional household. Her father neglects her and her mother doles out punishments that could possibly ride glaringly close to the mother in Sybil. It is a big intense and heart wrenching, and I totally believe a few, if not ALL the boys in the group are falling in love with Sang.

*I recieved a copy of this book from Aracto Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*

It reads like a poorly edited extended first chapter or two of a book rather than a book of its own. It's clear this series is not going to satisfy unless you read multiple books to string together big plot moments.

Not sure if I'll read many more in the series - it has 14 out at this point, with 20 planned according to the author's GoodReads' page. Given that one is released each year... it feels like an investment to pick the series up.

Thank you to Netgalley and Arcato Publishing for allowing me access to this title.

This book is exactly as the title claims "Introductions." Yet, amazingling it also is its own story in and of itself. The way the author allows each new character's introduction chapter to be a continuing part of the main character's plot was, I think, clever.

It left me with a huge desire to find the next books in the series and fast.

one star.