Review: The Deceivers - Book #1 The Valhalla Academy - Kristen Simmons - February 2019 She has brought to the Modern world this contemporary version of the Valhalla story. We have Brynn Hilder who is surviving as well as she can grow up in the rugged Devon Estates. She has learned to become a good con artist to raise money to go to college as her job cleaning the libraries won't get her there as fast as she planned. Her mother's current boyfriend Pete is the local drug dealer, and when he steals her savings, Brynn needs a new plan quickly . This leads her to follow a boy who has been casing her the last few days, and she stumbles upon a private game where the prize is the prestige entry to Vale Hill Estate. If she gets in, she will be set for life and have her pick of any college. With nothing to lose, she enters and has a fun night out. Not thinking much of it, since she gave a fake name and all she heads to bed. Only for the next morning, ...