Welcome! This is the section of the website devoted to Hillside Academy, the main book series written by Jodi May. Below, you will find several different branches to explore, with more to come.
The first, HSA Wiki, is dedicated to the Hillside Academy Universe. A comprehensive, detailed (and to be gradually updated) guide and ‘bible’ of the world created by Jodi May. Since the series will contain twenty-four full-length books, twelve novellas and potentially three sequels, this guide is for the readers to learn about all the characters, locations, the history of the school itself, and much more.
The second branch is for Teasers of Book 1: Hillside Academy to entice you into this naughty, affluent world.
The third is Flashbacks. The book series themselves contain plenty of flashbacks to show rather than tell the reader about past incidences and important moments in the main characters’ lives. Many of the flashbacks in this archive will be non-book exclusives, available only via the website.
The fourth and final section (for now) is all about the ‘Alternative Universes’ Jodi May has created as side projects to the main series; where the characters have been taken from their usual environments and plopped into famous books, movies and television shows, as well as other worlds Jodi May has created uniquely. Explore them all and get to know the Main 8 from every angle – and don’t forget to check out HSA vs IT, the ‘IT’ Alternative Universe.
Have a gander and lose yourself in this world…
Don’t forget – Hillside Academy: September (Volume 1) is now available to buy for ebook and paperback. Just click the image below and follow the link to Amazon!
If that isn’t enough for you then why not check out the Deleted Scenes for snippets that didn’t make it into the final book, or alternatively, check out the HSA News page for interviews with the main cast, gossip about the series and fun facts about the world of HSA! Just click below!
The Hillside Academy Blurb:
Whoever said boarding school would be boring?
It’s the first day of term at Hillside Academy, a prestigious mixed boarding school in Devon, and sixteen year old heir to a fortune, Elivia Spencer is the new girl, having left her previous school after a violent sexual assault. She is quickly devoured by the wealthiest group on campus but after meeting and developing a crush on Tom Right, a scholarship student, she is given the chance to escape the elite society that has dictated her life so far and caused her so much suffering. The one thing stopping Elivia from leaving the only world she’s ever known is Tom’s misfit friends who prefer recreational drugs to designer handbags and whose formidable leader, Anna Clearwater has already become Elivia’s mortal enemy.
Sucked down deeper into the secretive affluent world of this private institute, where every night is a Friday, sex is a form of power and a five year long feud between the two most influential boys on campus has torn the school in half, Elivia must decide if this is truly the new start her parents promised or whether it is her undoing. After several encounters with the other main characters, she will soon realise she isn’t the only one at HSA with a past she would rather run from than face and that trauma can never be erased.
Hillside Academy, Volume 1, September, is the first book in the 24-book saga that follows the lives of eight teenagers at a boarding school throughout their final two years of school. Encapsulating themes of youth in the early 2010s, this new adult fiction drama is a dance through the fun and woes of adolescence and delves deep into the issues of mental health, sexual abuse and childhood trauma. Set against the backdrop of the elite world of money, rich kids and fast cars, Hillside Academy is the place where no secret stays buried for long.
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“…it’s sharing heartache and laughter and friendship and hardships. It’s living in an alternate reality where these characters are your friends; they’re your enemies, allies, girlfriends, and best friends. This is more than a book series, it’s a lifestyle.” – Jennifer Brasington-Crowley, author of Birdsong and Cayman Island
“I was immediately drawn into HSA and found myself thinking about the characters even when I wasn’t reading. To me, this is the sign of a master storyteller who is slaying her craft.” – Joanna Monahan, author of Something Better
