Emberthorn Academy: The Girl Who Burned Too Bright

"Congratulations! You've been accepted to Emberthorn Academy for the Magically Gifted. Please arrive promptly... or be collected by firebird."



Twelve-year-old Elira Wren thought she was a completely ordinary village girl—until a firebird crashed into her breakfast table carrying a letter sealed in ash and gold.



Next thing she knows, she’s whisked away to Emberthorn Academy, a floating magical school hidden beyond the Veil of Ashes and Flame. There, students conjure lightning in hallways, duel with spellblades at lunch, and casually brew potions that might accidentally turn your ears into tulips.



There’s just one problem: Elira has no idea how to use magic...

...until one slip-up causes her to unleash a forbidden fire thought extinct for centuries—Everburn Flame.



Suddenly, Elira is the center of unwanted attention. Some think she’s the chosen heir of a long-lost magical bloodline. Others think she’s a walking disaster. But when strange shadows begin creeping through the academy’s ancient halls and visions of a forgotten enemy plague her dreams, Elira realizes this flame isn’t just part of her...



It’s a key to a secret war, a buried past, and a destiny she never asked for.



With a sarcastic half-sylph genius, a chaotic shapeshifter bestie, and a mysterious headmistress who may know more than she’s saying, Elira must survive classes, unravel ancient prophecies, and somehow not set the school on fire.



"They told me magic was dangerous.

They didn’t say it might be me."