The Academy - Hoax: The Scarab Beetle Series #5

C. L. Stone

Oct 2016 · The Scarab Beetle Series Book 5 · Arcato Publishing

About this ebook

Hoax is the fifth book in The Academy Scarab Beetle Series.

Someone tried to kill Kayli Winchester. That someone is going to pay.

After going overboard and nearly drowning, Kayli regroups and joins Axel, Corey, Brandon, Marc, and Raven back on board the Lucienda. This time, she's brought reinforcements. Liam and Henry join the team in an all-out hunt for a killer. It can’t be too hard; there's only so many places to hide on a cruise ship. But the number of suspects is climbing.  

Tensions are high, and everyone is on alert, but along the way, there's way too many distractions—very hot distractions. Kayli’s done hiding her feelings. She's showing her hand, come what may. She’s never held back before she met this team—why start now?

But when one of their team members disappears, all clues point to mutiny. Is the team going to fracture because of her? Did someone throw her overboard because of jealousy?

Kayli refuses to believe it, but she'll have to provide proof before the murderer finds out she’s still alive and comes back to complete the job.

Ratings and reviews

I really liked this book, usually I would give The Academy book's 5 stars, but this one was a bit corny and uncomfortable in some places. I love the maturity of this book and the storyline was awesome, as always. It was really short and repetitive in some places though, but interesting which made for a quick read.

I got bored at the first half of the book with the investigations going nowhere but was pleasantly surprised by the twists in the middle and how the book ended. Looking forward to reading the next book!

Ive been waiting since the last book in the ghost bird series came out to read it and I couldn't put it down! Which probably explains why i finished it in a day

About the author

C. L. Stone once lived in Charleston, SC, and currently lives among Cajuns. She writes about cute boys and uncomfortable situations, usually mixed together.