For readers who want the timeline straight: Ruthless Boys happens five years before Zodiac Academy, so it comes first, then the prequel novella, then Zodiac Academy with every companion story where it falls in time. In this order the Sorrow and Starlight / Beyond the Veil tandem matters most — the two books happen at the same moment. Heads up: reading Ruthless Boys first means Zodiac Academy's crossover reveals won't surprise you. For maximum impact on a first read, use the main path instead.

1. Dark FaeRuthless Boys — set ~5 years before Zodiac Academy
2. Savage Fae
3. Vicious Fae
4. Broken Fae
5. Warrior Fae
6. Origins of an Academy Bully#0.5 — set before Zodiac Academy begins
7. Zodiac Academy: The Awakening
8. The Awakening as Told by the Boys#1.5 — the same events from the Heirs' and Orion's side
9. Ruthless Fae
10. The Reckoning
11. Shadow Princess
12. Foxy Talesoptional — limited charity collection of alt-POV scenes from books 2–4
13. Cursed Fates
14. The Big A.S.S. Party#5.5
15. Seth on the Moon#5.6 — read just this chapter of Live and Let Lionel
16. Nightread just this chapter of Live and Let Lionel — it spoils both series, which is fine by now
17. Fated Throne
18. Heartless Sky
19. Sorrow and Starlightread in tandem with Beyond the Veil — they happen at the same time (see the tandem guide)
20. Beyond the Veil#8.5
21. Live and Let Lionel#8.6 — the rest of the collection, incl. Savage and The Shimmering Springs
22. Restless Starsthe finale
23. On the Cursed Day of ChristmasZA10 — festive advent-calendar special, October 2026
24. Caged WolfDarkmore — set ~5 years after Zodiac Academy
25. Alpha Wolf
26. Feral Wolf
27. Wild Wolf
28. Never KeepSins of the Zodiac — set after Zodiac Academy; no crossovers. Still ongoing
29. Echo Fort
30. Cinder Vale