Against the Alpha God Trials, even my Alpha Gods must prove their worth
One by one, I've won their hearts—Elijah, Albedo, Sterling, and even Julian. But finding a happy ending at Silverton University? Not so easy.
The Dean and Inu are hell-bent on getting something from my men, even if it means putting me on the line.
Sterling, Albedo, Julian, and Elijah have to face these so-called Alpha God Trials, tests that could make or break them. But they're not going it alone. No way. They're a part of my life now, and I’m not losing them, not without a fight. I’m not a damsel in distress, and I’ll do whatever it takes to save them, even if I have to become an Alpha God myself.
So what if these Alpha God trials are meant to break us?
So what if no one has ever passed them?
We've got something no test can each other. But as the trials close in, the question looms—will our love be enough to conquer the impossible, or will we just be another failed chapter in Silverton University's twisted history?
I don't have a ton of words for this one. Spoilers.
The third book is the shortest book.? Less than 200 pages? We speed through all the mate bonds, the trials, becoming a goddess and all the first time having sex moments. Which I'm not gonna kink shame here but wtf with Elijah? He wasn't even that bad and we turn it into a weird sexual punishment out of no where versus allowing them a real organic time. Or that they all pick the same day to do it and just bro nod on the way out the door. WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS SERIES.
For all of the promise I found in the first book it slowly died off as the series went on. To be fair we actually didnt get much of a plot shift and I know this is part of a larger book series but I won't be moving on. If you don't take detail and care into this series why read the next one?
The tests on the alphas were interesting. But makes me wonder why others hadn't passed them, yes they were puzzles but not massively mensa level.
By now everyone had claimed Lee and she had claimed them. Technically I guess it's a reverse harem but only one on one happens and they kind of pass each other on the way out the door so it doesn't feel right to call it that!! But the steam level does rise to a 2 or 3 level!
The past alpha gods are finally revealed and they are able to help with Inu. Once again we have lucifer and in cahoots with goddess Morgan for some reason! But she helps lee.
Its the end but it doesn't feel like it.... It feels open to the witch God's. Does this mean the alphas go there to help?
Sadly, even tho I read to the end here, I won't be joining them on any more missions.
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It was kind of weird all the romance was at the end all at once. The story was okay. I liked the characters but I feel it left some things to wonder. I mean Lucifer was the good demon that was with an Alpha Goddess? And what was Inu.? What was he using the lab for? Why were the Alpha God’s turned into statues? The lab was only brought up with the trials.
SYNOPSIS (of 3 Book Series): FC (Lee) is a half breed wolf shifter living in a world where humans and shifters live together. The FC’s younger brother is very ill and the FC gets a hard fought scholarship place at Silverton University and in return, receives funding for her brother’s treatment and a new home for her family. At Silverton, each year, there are Alpha Gods who have additional power beyond usual shifter powers and are essentially treated like Gods and allowed to do and get away with whatever they want. The FC falls foul of them and is bullied, especially by Julian the leader. Over time the FC and the MCs fall for each other and realise they are all mates. This is over a backdrop where the FC and MCs discover that becoming a true Alpha God is not all they thought it was and there is more to it. The FC and MCs have to fight for their lives, suffer various trials and tribulations and ultimately get their HEA.
The story is written well enough although there are editing issues that get very bad in Book 3. The story started strongly with good strong FC and MCs. The FC fought the bullying and stood up for herself, didn’t allow herself to be walked over and none of those “too weak to resist because of her attraction” scenarios which was a nice change and made me like the FC. The basic story has some originality and keeps pulling you along with enough action to engage but loses its way in Book 3. There’s the obligatory bitchy girls and the bullying is short lived and focusses on treating the FC like a dog so not particularly graphic or OTT. Unfortunately the transition from bullying to being mates is rushed and there is insufficient development of the individual relationships.
There are no sex scenes except some kissing until Book 3 when there’s a bit more heat and a sex scene with each MC 🌶️🌶️. This is an RH book where the physical relationship between the FC and the MCs is individual and there are no group scenes just the FC and one MC. I felt that the sex scenes were a bit rote and some OTT where the author was trying to create sexy heat but failed. They come after the climax of the story and are literally one after the other as each MC essentially “taps in” for their time with the FC. I found it an odd approach. One of these scenes involves pegging which I don’t find romantic or sexy and I just couldn’t understand why the author included it unless she was trying to create some sexy kink. It didn’t work for me at all and whilst there is heat and angst between the main characters I did not feel any real connection or depth to each relationship.
Where the problems came for me were in Book 2 and 3 which became less and less enjoyable with the FC’s behaviour, the disjoint in the story and characters and the weakness of the climax and Alpha tests. It all felt too contrived and lacking in thought. The FC’s absolute need to sacrifice herself for anyone and everyone became annoying and often seemed unnecessary. She never attempted to fight back or find another way around things but simply bowed down and allowed herself to be used against others and on occasion throwing her mates into the fire. There was no backbone and it all felt too contrived. e.g putting on the bracelet without even questioning or fighting? Not telling King straight off there was danger and to get away asap despite knowing her family was being used against her? Immediately discounting Luci and discounting help from another? Immediately dropping to her knees when told to do so and to reject her mates with no push back, no fighting or arguing? Soo frustrating.
The final straw for me was when the FC was prepared to essentially sacrifice all her mates for her brother and pushed them to do tests that hundreds of others had failed. There was no reason for her to beleive that her mates would be any better at the tests yet she pushes them to do them and not just run. One minute the FC is adamant about going to see Inu about the tests despite being told it’s a trap and then she does a 180 and starts worrying that they are all headed into a trap. It made no sense.
By the time I reached Book 3 the wheels had come off the story and the writing. Unfortunately Book 3 is clearly rushed. In addition to editing issues there are story inconsistencies like Julian/Elijah’s father being described as this terrible person who kills people and family members who cross him and from whom the FC is trying to get away and he has treated Julian terribly. Then suddenly with a phone call he does a 180 and becomes a self sacrificing thoughtful person! Mika suddenly becomes Mia, character names get confused in scenes; Sterling’s wolf is suddenly called Lewis; Sterling heard previously about what happened to the previous Alpha Gods which is what Mika told Julian’s father and yet Sterling, when seeing a statue, has to have things explained again. The story just had too many disconnects. All these mistakes jar and impact the flow of the story and the climax. I don’t think this book was proof read or went through any kind of quality control.
In conclusion, a story that started with promise but the devolved into a mess of disjointed story lines that went beyond suspending disbelief, an annoying FC and where the editing needs serious review.
I've left reviews on the previous two books and this is my review overall.
Book 1 really sucked me in. Book 2 I felt like something was missing.. Books 3 all loose ends were times up and a decent ending that leads to another series.
That being said... This series is a slow burn and nothing happens really until this book over half way through. I always felt at times parts were rushed and parts dragged.
I'm glad I read the series but I'm not sure I'll continue into the next one.
* spoilers* This was a very good series. I like this storyline. The guys were great! some parts of the book she kinda went a little too overboard with. This book could have been only 2 books, not 3. I wish authors would stop doing that. I understand there's a lot of unanswered questions, but she's continuing the series, so there's going to be more books to come. My main problem with the book is that she needs someone to go back and proofread and rewrite a part of this book. Did anybody notice the fact that when lucifer stopped time, The goddess appeared and gave her 2 options, In which she took the second option, which was the boys would lose there alpha god's power and she would become the true alpha goddess. So when time starts back up, she forgets that she's the true alpha goddess and wondering why people are calling her goddess and why her mind's connecting with all the other alpha gods, and she don't know why! She acts like she don't know what's happening and she's confused! Also, the goddess told her that she'd be able to defeat Inu and then FMC thinks she not capable of defeating him. i'm like, bro. The goddess Morgan just told you you're capable of defeating him. That's why she turned you into a TRUE ALPHA GODDESS, so it didn't make no sense. The ending of this book was not what I was expecting, and it could have been better. I'm very irritated and I don't like leaving bad reviews. This is actually my first bad review I've ever written because I was so irritated cause I know it could have been better!
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Book 2, Chapter 37: (Julian) I grabbed a tub of the temporary dye I kept at my place, and worked it through my hair until the wild red streaks had returned.
Bear in mind the following is a short time later on the same day:
Book 3, Chapter 2: He (Julian) ran a hand through his pure black hair. He’d gotten rid of the streaks he had been so proud of... Does he or doesn’t he? Only Clairol knows for sure. (Sorry, you have to be really old to get this reference)
Is the Moon Goddess the Queen Lucifer has been searching for? Seems like it but it’s never spelled out.
Lee is in a panic because Reuben has been hospitalized after failing Inu’s test. Yet I don’t see any mention of it later because she’s so busy having sex with her mates. (Elijah’s “punishment" is way over the top and totally unnecessary) Lee also doesn’t seem to give a thought to her family’s welfare.
I like that the twins’ mother seems to be able to make her husband see reality but wonder why she let him get away with shit for so many years.
Both Rue and Lee’s brother finally make an appearance. Overall I found the ending to be anticlimactic with what seemed like a rushed HEA.
This final book in the Academy Gods series is full of action and a lot of drama 🎭 my only concern with this book is the intense bullying Lee has to endure and a couple of the cringy sex scenes.👀😐
I mean, pegging? really? No just no. 😬🙈the author did not need to bring that creepy shit in this book like at all. And the villains, 🦹 the Dean and inu? They were the worst.😡one of the craziest plot twists was Lee having Zelda and Cindy as frenemies.🤔😂 All in all, not a bad series, but I’m honestly not in a hurry to rush to one of the author’s ✍️ of books.
I liked this book but there were some issues with it that lowered it's standing for me. For one it's inconsistent with the other books in the series. Mika is the twins mother in the second book, here it's Mia. Maybe it's a print error in the kindle books. Also a couple of times the wolves are miss-assigned to the characters. Lewis being attributed to Sterling instead of Rust. There are some Grammatical and spelling errors too. That being said. I overall enjoyed the story. It isn't something I'd pick up again but it scratched a dark academia and Shifter itch I was feeling. Spice 3/5
Maria Warren is an amazing author l just finished this series books 1/3 the characters are amazing and her story lines are outstanding I think with all trials and tribulations she was put through made this series worth reading. I want to read the other series
I’ve NEVER hated a story as much as this one. I swear this author is gaslighting every single one of us with the way the inconsistencies add up. I was rooting for our FMC to die the entire time. Take her away- no more problems. This fictional world would be a better place.
Also, I am not the biggest fan of annotation but I couldn’t keep myself from clapping 👏🏽 back 👏🏽 at the nonsense in this series.
Read all three books within a week and loved every single one of them!
Absolutely loved these three books, so sad I’ve finished them! I can honestly say I’ve never spent so much time reading in such a short space of time! Hooked and couldn’t get enough!
I absolutely loved this series Only thing that was a tad annoying was the mistake she made with the wolf. When sterling and Lee were 😏 he said his wolf Lewis was playing with Barb. Sterlings wolf is Rust so that confused me a bit
The first two books were good but this one felt rushed and all over the place. Lee was brave and smart in the beginning but then she was making annoying decisions that were uhg 😒 It was hard to finish this book.
This trilogy was really good. The only piece of advice for the author is that the mother’s name between book 2 and 3 changes from Mika to Mia. Pulled me out of the story for a minute. Otherwise loved it
This was hard to get through. It could be I have a lot going on, but this didn’t hold my interest. I wasn’t going to read it after I struggled to get through the second book but the reviews were good for this one. Meh.
Saving the Alpha Gods, book three of the Academy Gods series, is an ebook I borrowed through Kindle Unlimited (KU). I enjoyed all the books, a great plot all the way through.