Below is the complete list of Caroline Peckham’s and Susanne Valenti‘s Zodiac Academy books in order. For this series, the chronological reading order is the same as the order of publication.
Publication Order of Zodiac Academy Books
with Susanne Valenti
- The Awakening (2019)
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The Awakening was published in 2019 and is listed as book #1 in the Zodiac Academy series. - Ruthless Fae (2019)
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Published in 2019, Ruthless Fae is listed as book #2 in the Zodiac Academy series. - The Tale of Geraldine and the Moon Madness (2020)
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The Tale of Geraldine and the Moon Madness is a 2020 release and appears as book #3 in the Zodiac Academy series. - The Reckoning (2020)
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In the Zodiac Academy series, The Reckoning is book #4 and was published in 2020. - Shadow Princess (2020)
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Shadow Princess was first published in 2020; within the Zodiac Academy series, it is listed as book #5. - Cursed Fates (2020)
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Cursed Fates was published in 2020 and is listed as book #6 in the Zodiac Academy series. - Origins of an Academy Bully (2020)
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Published in 2020, Origins of an Academy Bully is listed as book #7 in the Zodiac Academy series. - The Big A.S.S. Party (2020)
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The Big A.S.S. Party is a 2020 release and appears as book #8 in the Zodiac Academy series. - Fated Throne (2020)
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In the Zodiac Academy series, Fated Throne is book #9 and was published in 2020. - Night (2021)
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Night was first published in 2021; within the Zodiac Academy series, it is listed as book #10. - Heartless Sky (2021)
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Heartless Sky was published in 2021 and is listed as book #11 in the Zodiac Academy series. - The Awakening As Told By the Boys (2021)
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Published in 2021, The Awakening As Told By the Boys is listed as book #12 in the Zodiac Academy series. - Seth on the Moon (2021)
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Seth on the Moon is a 2021 release and appears as book #13 in the Zodiac Academy series. - Sorrow and Starlight (2022)
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In the Zodiac Academy series, Sorrow and Starlight is book #14 and was published in 2022. - Beyond the Veil (2023)
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Beyond the Veil was first published in 2023; within the Zodiac Academy series, it is listed as book #15. - Live and Let Lionel (2024)
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Live and Let Lionel was published in 2024 and is listed as book #16 in the Zodiac Academy series. - Restless Stars (2024)
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Published in 2024, Restless Stars is listed as book #17 in the Zodiac Academy series. - On the Cursed Day of Christmas (2026)
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On the Cursed Day of Christmas is a 2026 release and appears as book #18 in the Zodiac Academy series.
About Zodiac Academy
Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti’s Zodiac Academy series is a dark romantasy and bully-romance saga set in Solaria, a ruthless fae world where elemental magic, star signs, political power, and inherited destiny determine almost everything. The series begins with The Awakening and follows twins Tory and Darcy Vega after they are pulled from the mortal world into Zodiac Academy, a brutal magical school where they discover they are not ordinary girls at all, but lost heirs to a stolen throne.
The heart of the series is the Vega twins’ fight to survive a world designed to reject them. Tory and Darcy arrive with no real understanding of fae society, but everyone around them understands exactly what their bloodline means. Their claim threatens the Celestial Heirs, four powerful young men who have been raised to believe Solaria belongs to them. Darius Acrux, Orion, Seth Capella, Caleb Altair, and Max Rigel all shape the academy’s dangerous social order in different ways, though the emotional and romantic dynamics around them become far more complicated as the story develops.
Zodiac Academy is often described as a bully romance, but its structure becomes much larger than an academy rivalry. The early books focus heavily on cruelty, humiliation, magical training, social dominance, and the twins learning how power works in Solaria. As the series progresses through books such as Ruthless Fae, The Reckoning, Shadow Princess, and Cursed Fates, the story expands into war, prophecy, family legacy, dark magic, political rebellion, and the consequences of choices made by the previous generation.
The zodiac system gives the series one of its most distinctive identities. Characters are tied to star signs, elemental Orders, and magical abilities that influence their place in society. Power is not only personal; it is social currency. Solaria rewards strength, confidence, status, and dominance, while weakness is exposed quickly. That makes Tory and Darcy’s journey especially satisfying because they begin as outsiders and are forced to become harder, smarter, and more dangerous without losing the bond that defines them.
The romance arcs are intense, slow-burning, and often painful. Peckham and Valenti do not write easy pairings in this world. Attraction is tangled with betrayal, pride, cruelty, guilt, and fate. The relationships become compelling because they are built through conflict and consequence rather than simple chemistry. The characters hurt each other, misjudge each other, and often take far too long to understand what loyalty should look like.
The main series runs through Restless Stars, which completes the central Zodiac Academy arc after a long, dramatic buildup. Companion and bonus books such as Origins of an Academy Bully, The Awakening as Told by the Boys, The Big A.S.S. Party, Beyond the Veil, and Live and Let Lionel add extra perspectives, background, or side material, but the main emotional and plot movement belongs to the nine core novels.
Zodiac Academy also connects to the wider Solaria universe, including Ruthless Boys of the Zodiac and Darkmore Penitentiary. Those related series expand the world’s history, criminal undercurrents, and later consequences, but Zodiac Academy remains the central royal and academy saga. Its appeal lies in its excess: huge emotions, brutal rivalries, dangerous magic, devastating cliffhangers, fierce sisterhood, and a fae world where love and power are never safely separated.