Everything seems very forced within the story. Read 20 chapters to get a feel for it and I personally think a longer “prologue” to the betrayal is much needed. Main character is supposed to be the top of the first years and a genius but no one listens to his side of the story which is very weird and feels too forced without more context. Maybe a few chapters of the Academy characters interacting before hand could sell it better but even the parents not listening ,after giving their all to send him to that Academy, just feels horribly forced. Then he’s accepted no problem at all within the aunt’s household… either way more worldbuilding and fleshing out of every character’s motive is really needed. POV switching is prevalent within the story as well but personally, I think it should be handled differently by making dedicated chapters or a cleaner text break within the chapter instead of just the next paragraph.
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LIKEI understand your pov, I usually don 't like giving everything to the readers right off the bat, I prefer developing the story from point 1 to the next and develop the secrets about the characters. This allows me to keep a surprise effect and put some plot twist for the readers from there to there( like a character described as bad then revealing a 180 turn later, and setting the scene for a big scene) it's also the case for people's reactions, everything has a reason and it's developed through the chapters.