I enjoyed this book.  It has the academy element, but oh so subtly and just as a jumping off point.  You get a girl that should be pampered but is instead fierce. Then you get 6 yummy men and a tag along.

Twins, brothers, a vampire, and a shifter.  Each with something to bring to the table in a fight and in love.  Sexy, super into her, and with varying speeds of this girl is mine to get them chasing her.

She had a dad that did her dirty but created a badass chick that can handle her own.  And left her wide open to be loved by the 6 men she gets assigned to team up with.

Let's not forget a hellhound familiar and a sassy horse.  And an uncle that has her back.  All of which seem to come in pretty handy when the headmaster gets shady and the realm sucks them into a challenge.

I would have happily read book 2 without the major cliffhanger but now I'm diving in.  It's a fun book, the sexual tension just oozes from every page, and the tropes are done well enough you don't mind a cliche or two.