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These days, I’ve been killing it when it comes to letting people down. Now I’ve been kicked out of high school, arrested, and accepted into a remote, off-the-grid school owned and operated by an inscrutable billionaire tech guru.

Gray Wolf Academy is looking for a certain kind of student. Ones that no one will miss. Like me.

Then there’s Braxton. The beautiful, oddly anachronistic guy who showed up right when the trouble started. And he’s a total enigma—which means that I definitely can’t trust him, even if there’s something about him that makes me want to.

They all tell me I have a gift. A very rare gift. And Gray Wolf Academy wants me to learn it. To use it. Because if what they say is true, I have all the time in the world.

And that makes me the most dangerous high school student you’ll never know…

Short and Sweet Review

Stealing Infinity follows Natasha, a teen whose life has completely spiraled after getting expelled, arrested, and essentially blackmailed into attending the mysterious Gray Wolf Academy, a remote school run by a billionaire tech genius on a hidden island. Once there, Natasha discovers the school is far from normal. The students are trained in everything from sword fighting to advanced theories of time and space, and the academy seems especially interested in Natasha because of her strange ability to glimpse through time. As she gets pulled deeper into the secrets of Gray Wolf, she also finds herself drawn to the mysterious Braxton, even while questioning whether anyone at the academy can really be trusted.

This book had such a strong setup, and honestly, that’s what kept me reading. A secretive academy, morally gray characters, time manipulation, wealthy elites with hidden agendas, it had all everything you would want in a secret academy. The prologue especially had me hooked, and for a while I was invested in uncovering what Gray Wolf actually was and what everyone’s motives were. I liked Natasha more than I expected to. She isn’t a perfect main character, but she felt realistic for her age. She’s cautious, sometimes selfish, sometimes impulsive, and not overly trusting, which I appreciated considering how suspicious literally everyone around her is. I liked that she didn’t instantly lose all common sense because of a cute guy and that she had a bit of an edge to her personality. The book also does a good job creating an atmosphere where nobody feels fully trustworthy, which helped keep the mystery interesting. I had a lot of issues with the execution, the biggest one was that the story constantly felt unfinished. This book introduces mystery after mystery, secret after secret, and plot twist after plot twist, but barely resolves anything by the end. Instead of feeling intrigued, I mostly finished the book frustrated because it felt like the story spent hundreds of pages setting things up without giving enough payoff. I also struggled with Gray Wolf Academy itself. The school is supposed to feel elite and mysterious, but most of the students were just awful to Natasha for no real reason. The manipulation and cruelty got repetitive after a while, and I never fully bought into the idea that Natasha would eventually see these people as her friends. A lot of the side characters felt underdeveloped too, which was disappointing because some of them honestly seemed more interesting than the main romance. Speaking of the romance, Braxton was fine, but he definitely falls into the “mysterious boy who knows more than he says” category that YA fantasy loves a little too much. The attraction between him and Natasha was believable enough, but I never felt deeply invested in them as a couple. Sometimes their dynamic leaned more frustrating than romantic because so much of it depended on him withholding information “for her own good.”The pacing was also uneven for me. Some parts were genuinely intriguing, especially the time-related mysteries, but other sections dragged with long descriptions of luxury items, clothes, and academy aesthetics. The book clearly wants Gray Wolf to feel glamorous and intimidating, but at times it felt more excessive than immersive.

Overall, Stealing Infinity had a really compelling premise and enough mystery to keep me curious, but the lack of resolution, underdeveloped characters, and frustrating academy dynamics held it back for me. I can definitely see why people get hooked on the concept, and I’m still somewhat curious about where the series goes next, but this first book felt more like setup than a fully satisfying story on its own.