Academy of the Supernatural Books in Order
Part ofMay Dawson Books in OrderSee the Academy of the Supernatural books by May Dawson in order, with quick summaries, series notes, and help finding the best place to start.
Last updated: July 4, 2026
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Academy of the Supernatural books in publication order
3 books
Her Kind of Magic
by May Dawson
2019
After her hunter uncle is killed and she is arrested for a crime she did not commit, a young woman is taken to the Hunters' Academy. There, vengeance drives her toward dangerous allies and a world full of monsters, blood, and secrets.
His Dangerous Ways
by May Dawson
2019
On the run from the academy with Nix, the heroine learns the monster hunters fear most might be her. To survive, she has to choose between revenge, a dark father, and the place she once hoped might become home.
Their Dark Imaginings
by May Dawson
2020
The academy wants to use her as a weapon, and demons want her powerful body for something worse. To protect the men she loves, she tries to walk into hell alone, but they refuse to let her go without a fight.
Academy of the Supernatural books in chronological order
Series background & context
Academy of the Supernatural begins with loss, not orientation day. The heroine has been raised by her hunter uncle after vampires killed her parents, and when he dies too, her life breaks open fast. She is accused of a crime she did not commit and pulled into the Hunters' Academy, a place that might be a refuge, a prison, or a trap depending on the hour.
That uncertainty powers the whole trilogy.
At first the books look like a paranormal academy story about revenge and training. Then May Dawson starts widening the frame. The heroine wants justice for her uncle, but the academy has its own plans for her. Nix, Cade, and Tristan are not just romantic complications. They are part of the world she has been pushed into, a world where hunters fear monsters, demons want a doorway, and the person everyone is watching may be the most dangerous one in the room.
Her Kind of Magic, His Dangerous Ways, and Their Dark Imaginings keep raising the stakes from there. Questions about the heroine's father, her own nature, and the academy's need to control her turn the trilogy into something darker than a simple school fantasy. The emotional engine stays personal, though. She wants vengeance, belonging, and some way to keep the people she loves from being destroyed by the chaos that follows her.
The tone is fast and dramatic, with hunters, vampires, witches, demons, and a heroine who refuses to stay leashed. It has the academy bones readers expect, but it pushes harder on identity and the fear of becoming the thing everyone already thinks you are.
If you like paranormal school stories that get bloodier and stranger as they go, this trilogy is a strong place to start.
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