Winter

When Summer Solstice (yes, her real name) crosses the Shimmer, the boundary between Fae lands and human lands tainted by magic, she finds her life turned upside down. For the crime of taking fruit for her hungry family, she is sentenced to serve as a human shadow to a Fae. She will be required to protect whatever Fae she's selected by from the darklings, monsters that used to be human and can only be killed by humans wielding iron weapons. Will Summer survive the Selection? Will Summer survive the Fae?

It's just like high school. Mean girls, new friends, a love-hate relationship with the hottest guy in school (who is way, way, way out of Summer's league). Except there are Fae, and there's magic, and there's Summer's assigned pixie, Sapphire - a mouthy pixie who has issues respecting boundaries and who likes to hit the brambleberry wine just a bit.

This was a really entertaining read. I found it just the tiniest bit slow to get into, but once Summer encounters the Winter Prince on the other side of the Shimmer, BAM! It was off and running. I haven't read a whole lot of the academy books making the rounds right now, but I'm glad I read this one. I'm very curious to see where things go with Summer and the Winter Prince. Bring on the next book in the series, please!

Disclaimer: I received a complimentary advance copy from the author. All opinions here are mine, and I don't say nice things about books I don't like.