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A review by wordsbychiara
Academy of Villains by Ever King
4.0
It doesn't happen often that I find my name in a book, so that's already exciting. But when it's a book that has you hooked? It's an even greater feeling!
Academy of Villains is a dark academia fantasy romance set in a kingdom where magic is slowly disappearing. Orphaned children with no magic are raised to be assassins in the king's army, while those with magic are sent to a magical academy to become mages. The protagonist, Kiara, is an assassin who infiltrates the academy to unalive the prince and end the royal bloodline - and she has personal reasons to seek revenge. But her vengeance turns into a fight for survival as students begin to disappear and she has no choice but to work alongside the prince.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO FIND IN THIS BOOK:
✨ cursed prince x assassin romance
✨ enemies to lovers
✨ mostly morally gray characters
✨ villain gets the girl
✨ dark academia magical academy
✨ greek mythology retelling of Nyx and Erebus
I am an absolute sucker for a magical academy, even more so when it's paired with a great storyline filled with female rage and vengeance! The characters were all varying degrees of morally gray, which happen to be my favorite kind. Admittedly I would have liked to see Kiara struggle more with her magic, but it didn't hinder my overall enjoyment of her character arc. My favorites, however, were the prince's friends in the Raven society. The retelling aspect also added a nice touch, especially since it wasn't a story from Greek myth that is told often in romantasy retellings. I'm very curious to explore the future books in the series, which will be following different protagonists, and retracing other greek myths!
Thank you to the author for gifting me an e-copy. Opinions are my own.
Academy of Villains is a dark academia fantasy romance set in a kingdom where magic is slowly disappearing. Orphaned children with no magic are raised to be assassins in the king's army, while those with magic are sent to a magical academy to become mages. The protagonist, Kiara, is an assassin who infiltrates the academy to unalive the prince and end the royal bloodline - and she has personal reasons to seek revenge. But her vengeance turns into a fight for survival as students begin to disappear and she has no choice but to work alongside the prince.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO FIND IN THIS BOOK:
✨ cursed prince x assassin romance
✨ enemies to lovers
✨ mostly morally gray characters
✨ villain gets the girl
✨ dark academia magical academy
✨ greek mythology retelling of Nyx and Erebus
I am an absolute sucker for a magical academy, even more so when it's paired with a great storyline filled with female rage and vengeance! The characters were all varying degrees of morally gray, which happen to be my favorite kind. Admittedly I would have liked to see Kiara struggle more with her magic, but it didn't hinder my overall enjoyment of her character arc. My favorites, however, were the prince's friends in the Raven society. The retelling aspect also added a nice touch, especially since it wasn't a story from Greek myth that is told often in romantasy retellings. I'm very curious to explore the future books in the series, which will be following different protagonists, and retracing other greek myths!
Thank you to the author for gifting me an e-copy. Opinions are my own.