The Nature Hunters Academy Books in Order

The Nature Hunters Academy series takes Quinn Loftis’s love of big ensembles and plants it in a modern academy setting where elemental magic is real. Here, gifted teens train at specialized schools to fight dark elemental spirits and the demons that slip into the human realm when the balance tips too far.

The story opens in Bound by Earth with Tara Thompson, a girl who has not felt physical pain since the night her parents died in a mysterious accident. Her body heals without scars, but the emotional damage is deeper. A persistent foster mom and a relentless best friend, Shelly, pull her back toward life, just in time for a strange recruiter named Elias Creed to show up at their high school.

Tara soon discovers that Elias is not just hiring for a geological company. He is an earth elementalist connected to Terra Academy, one of four schools that train students who can command earth, fire, water, or air. Tara herself is an earth elementalist, already enrolled without her knowledge. Between Elias, a maddeningly attractive Brit, and Tucker Adams, the golden boy who has been asking her out for years, Tara is pulled into both a love triangle and a much bigger war.

Sealed by Fire and Cleansed by Water widen the focus. As Tara learns what it means to be soul bonded to Elias, Shelly is dragged into the underworld by a powerful fire elementalist and the god Osiris, who has his own twisted plans for her. New elementalists from other academies join the cast, and the series introduces dragons, ancient prophecies, and royal elemental bloodlines.

By Tamed by Air and Veiled By Smoke, the fight has expanded beyond classroom training. Demons and corrupted elemental spirits use the human world as a playground, and the students turned warriors must lean on their bonds, both romantic and platonic, to stand against them. The stakes include not just their own lives but the stability of the natural world itself.

Readers who enjoy academy fantasy with a slightly older teen cast, slow burn romances, and a tight knit friend group will find a lot to like here. The tone balances humor and snappy dialogue with genuine danger, trauma, and questions about what kind of person you become when immense power is suddenly dropped into your hands.