Defy The Alpha(s)
Two centuries after the Great War, peace between humans and werewolves was finally achieved, or so everyone believes. Werewolves reign like gods, and humans remain blissfully unaware of their true place in the new world order.
To maintain this fragile balance, each year, a handful of "lucky" humans are selected from various districts to attend Lunaris Academy, a prestigious institution that promises glory, status, and a chance to mingle with the elite. Those chosen are hailed as the lucky few, destined to marry powerful alphas and rise as luna.
This year, Violet Purple is among the chosen, much to everyone's surprise. For an orphaned girl adopted by a disgraced prostitute, this is a golden ticket to a better life or so she's told. But Lunaris Academy isn’t the paradise it’s painted to be.
Everything Violet and her fellow humans have been taught is a lie. Humans are far from equal; they're pawns in a much larger game. The academy is nothing but a gilded cage, and the students are lambs led to slaughter, playthings for the alphas to toy with in their ruthless games.
To make matters worse, Violet catches the attention of the most dangerous players in this game, the Terror Four: the Alpha of the North, Alpha of the South, Alpha of the East, and Alpha of the West. Each one is more dangerous, more twisted, and more powerful than the last. But even among themselves, the alphas are divided, each with their own deadly ambitions.
Yet, they all have their eyes on her.
They expect Violet to play along, to fall in line like the others who worship at their feet, to break under their games. But Violet isn’t like the others. She refuses to bow. She’ll defy them all.
Glimmy · Fantasy
When I first looked at this novel, based on the image cover, I wasn't willing to read, because it seemed a lot like a cliché thing than not. However, fortunately, I was surprisingly wrong. The narrative is interesting and pleasant to read, and things are developing in a good way. It has a mix of humor and seriousness, which I find very entertaining. Just hoping there won’t be any sort of cliché romance. Just one thing that kinda irks me in the wrong way is the fact that several words are repeated along the narrative to the point of being annoying to read. Here’s an example on chapter 6: ** Harls inwardly sighed at hearing this. As the third prince and one of the candidates for inheriting the throne in the future, Felix had received the finest upbringing and education, making him far more intelligent than most children his age. However, his status at the royal palace meant that few would dare to talk back or disrespect him, so Felix had developed an arrogance typical to upper-class nobles. Harls had been assigned to Felix's side and watched Felix grow up ever since Felix was a baby, and viewed Felix almost like he would his own son. He felt that Felix's only drawback of arrogance was due to the environment he grew up in. Harls privately hoped that Felix could mature through this opportunity of going outside the Rodan Kingdom during this mission to gather intelligence on the Hoplia Kingdom for a future invasion. ** In a single sentence, the author said ‘Felix’ eight times. It could replace some of the words with prince, young prince, or any other synonymous making it more pleasant to read. Overall, I’ll keep it on my library waiting for new releases, I think this will be a good novel to keep an eye to.