Adversary to the Villain

Assistant to the Villain #4

by Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Em Eldridge (Narrator)

Once Upon a Time meets The Office in the follow-up to the New York Times bestselling sensations Assistant to the Villain, Apprentice to Villain, and Accomplice to the Villain by laugh-out-loud TikTok darling Hannah Nicole Maehrer.

Contains mature themes.

Genres: Fantasy, Romantasy, Romance, Fiction, Audiobook, Fantasy Romance, Adult

Audible Audio

First published August 4, 2026

Reviews

[izzy of the hollow †]

Book 1 - Assistant
Book 2 - Apprentice
Book 3 - Accomplice
Book 4 - Adversary
Book 5 - Associate
Book 6 - Advisor
Book 7 - Admirer

hehe 🤧👹🤌🔥🍌

[Ana]

OMG THE COVER!!! 🖤
I can't be calm right now, I need this more than I need air!!!

[hater ★]

4/8/26 trust

waitttt why did i think it came out today 😭😭😭😭

[Belle₊˚⊹♡ (for keeps ∞♡)]

IM SO READY FOR THESE BOOKS OMG

[Saranya (v busy)]

જ⁀➴ 𝑷𝒓𝒆-𝑹𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆

"Don't judge a book by it's cover"-

Sorry, I am judging and that's why I might give the series a second chance!

[anne ⭑.ᐟ]

i want this book more desperately than my next breath

edit: ADVERSARY??? WHAT DO YOU MEAN????

[♡✿Mania⁠✿♡ ꒰ new bio ꒱]

𐙚⋆.PRE RELEASE
     ⤷ OMGGG OMGGGG EVERY STFU WE HAVE A COVER AND IT'S NOW THE LOML— STAWPPP Y'ALL THE SCREAM I JUST FUKING SCRUMPTTTTTTTTTT, I am saur excited for this one y'all don't understand omlllll prepare to be sick of me cuz I'm going ABSOLUTELY FREAL over this release ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I NEED THIS RN — tho villainess to the villain sounded way more peak ifykyk.

☂️👾 Already booked with my girl kimmie

[Noi (in & out)]

Why did I think this was a trilogy? WHERE IS THE PUB DATE? WHY ARE THERE NO DETAILS? HELP

[𝐿𝒶𝓊𝓇𝒶 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Third book isn’t out yet and Hannah is already blessing us with the information of a fourth one.

[joni ౨ৎ (ia)]

THIS COVER OMIGOSH


book 5 better be so happy and just lovely yk like they deserve the best happy ending after book 3...

[Rotem⭐️]

I have never been more excited for a book to come out GIVE IT TO ME NOWWWWWWWW

[Elianah Watts]

WAIT THERES A 4TH ONE?!?!?
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OMD ADVERSARY IS ACC SO COOLLLLL

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OH. MY. DAYS. THE COVER?!?!?? SO FRICKEN COOL WHAT THE FLIP

[Payal]

Omg I did not realise this book was releasing today lol. Missed the villain and evie sm💗💗 WTF IS WRONG WITH THIS AUTHOR??? WHY IS SHE IS NOT WRITING A CONCLUSION TO THE STORY. WHEN I FIRST PICKED THE ATTV, I THOUGHT IT WAS A STANDALONE BUT TBH EVERYONE IK HAD THE SAME THOUGHT. THEN IT BECAME A TRILOGY AND NOW IT IS STILL NOT CONCLUDED???? I HATE WHEN AUTHORS ARE WRITING RUBBISH FOR MONEY GRAB

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this better be the last book in the series or I am coming up with my knife for somebody!! the cover is so pretttyyyyy

[Ash ꣑ৎ (quit)]

excuse me what??? PLS GIVE IT TO ME NOW 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

[Hayaa]

AHHH THE COVER WITH KINGSLEYS SLAY SIGN😭🫶

[kitkat (vacation era ♡︎)]

holy shit there’s another one?!?

[seemal]

adversary to the villain calling it rn

[audrey (completely gone rn)]

*coughs in agony* THERES GONNA BE FOUR??

[juliette [beth mccarthy’s version][vcay s-ia]]

Update:
Happy release day!!!! (Why r u not on kindle unlimited 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭)

THE COVER? WHAT?
I don’t think I can wait till 2026 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[Audrey Schloss]

I’m thinking… Allegiance To The Villain?

[mags · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5⭐️ this is the most magical & ridiculous (compliment) series ever and i absolutely love it 🐸👑🫧🌈✨🏰

seeing a new side of trystan in this book was SO FUN!!!! that man is sooo down bad, i was gigging and smiling the whole time

that ending was EVILLLLL (and also kinda fun?) i can't wait for the next (and last 🥲) book!!

also these covers are my favorite thing ever

[🧸୨୧ eva {petal} ୨୧ ☕️]

𓍊𓋼𓍊🖤.☆.☘︎𝒑𝒓𝒆-𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅✿˖°☆🎀.𓋼𓍊
ITS TIMEEEEEEEE!!!! oh how I love my babies Evie and Trystan PLEASEEEEE HANNAH GIVE THEM PEACE AND A HAPPY ENDING PLEASEEEEEE.

[sophie]

20 bucks to this book being named associate to the villian

WOW I JUST LOST 20 BUCKS NO WAYYY

[Sara ୨ৎ ݁˖]

𝐩𝐫𝐞-𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 💌┆HUHHHH?!?!? EXCUSE ME WHAT DOES ADVERSARY TO THE VILLAIN MEANN?!?!? I NEED THIS BOOK IN MY HANDS RN 😭😭😭😭

[Anastasia]

Ok yall, I am CONVINCED that this book will be called Ally to the Villain. I mean, that kinda makes the most sense, right?!
1. Assistant to the Villain
2. Apprentice to the Villain
3. Accomplice to the Villain
4. Ally to the Villain

Besides the fact that this makes a ton of sense, it would also check out with all the other double letters she has in the other titles:
1. aSSisant
2. aPPrentice
3. aCComplice
4. aLLy

I hope yall enjoy my theory lol

[ems ₊⊹]

I CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS!!!!
(ignore that the 3rd isn't even out yet lmao)

[Miya · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m honestly really disappointed. I’ve waited for this book ever since the last one came out, and this one was nothing like I expected it to be. The first three books were absolutely amazing, would even say it was my favorite series before this book. It felt like Hannah was just trying to do every single thing every other book was. So many random things added, and it honestly felt like she was just making things up along the way. It was like she had no idea of how she wanted the book to go so she was just adding things randomly. Then end was super rushed, and the twist was easy to see coming based on a super obvious hint at the beginning of the book. The ending was unneeded, and she easily could have finished the series with this book, or even the third book. It feels like she’s just continuing the story just to have a long series. It all just feels like too much, and I almost couldn’t even finished it. Don’t think I could ever recommend this series to anyone else, knowing how it progresses. At the end of the third book, we didn’t need Evie to become the villain, we could have easily had them defeat the king in the third book and wrapped the series with a nice little bow. And in the fourth book, again, a perfect opportunity to defeat the villain, but no, we had to make them forget about each other. I feel like she also tried to stuff as many tropes in here as possible. Like the amnesia trope? Or the new beginning trope with a different storyline? Completely unneeded. Multiple things in this book felt unneeded. I was so excited to read this book, but now I’m just extremely disappointed. It was quite obvious Alexander the was the traitor, the note that they discovered at the beginning of the book saying, “it’s me” that matched the traitors handwriting? The was literally the last scene in the third book, so it was very obvious who the villain was. Honestly, would give this book a two, but some of the moments were cute, and the rest of the books were amazing. But would not recommend.

[Chertzo Ember]

THIS IS MY NEED AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[La Princesa Cruel · Rating 1 out of 5]

Que innecesario alargarlo tanto 😒

[Frejd]

This gonna become the Empyrean with 5+ books? :(
I thought it would be a trilogy, but money talkz...