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Arrogant King: An Enemies to Lovers College Romance
The first time Tristan Wolfe destroyed me, he did it in front of the whole school—with words I’d written in secret.
Years later, I’m finally invisible. New college. New friends. Careful, quiet life.
Then our campus launches a high-profile dating competition.
Cameras. Challenges. Dates. Eliminations.
Tristan Wolfe is the prize.
I want nothing to do with it…until the contestant list goes live and my name is on it. I never applied.
He did.
Now I’m stuck in his game, shoved back under a spotlight he once used to humiliate me, while he tracks my every reaction like it’s the only outcome that matters.
He keeps bending the rules around me.
He keeps making choices that only make sense if I’m the one he’s here for.
I don’t know if Tristan wants revenge, redemption, or something darker he’ll never admit out loud.
All I know is the arrogant king of my past has made me the center of his show—
and the way he looks at me, I’m starting to wonder if I’m the one prize he’s been trying to win this whole time.
Years later, I’m finally invisible. New college. New friends. Careful, quiet life.
Then our campus launches a high-profile dating competition.
Cameras. Challenges. Dates. Eliminations.
Tristan Wolfe is the prize.
I want nothing to do with it…until the contestant list goes live and my name is on it. I never applied.
He did.
Now I’m stuck in his game, shoved back under a spotlight he once used to humiliate me, while he tracks my every reaction like it’s the only outcome that matters.
He keeps bending the rules around me.
He keeps making choices that only make sense if I’m the one he’s here for.
I don’t know if Tristan wants revenge, redemption, or something darker he’ll never admit out loud.
All I know is the arrogant king of my past has made me the center of his show—
and the way he looks at me, I’m starting to wonder if I’m the one prize he’s been trying to win this whole time.
303 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 14, 2026
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December 10, 2023I'm obsessed with this book, y'all. Writing it has been pure pleasure. I loved the idea of writing a combination of the bully trope with a Pride & Prejudice spin, where she misreads his intentions and he just wants her to love him.
He's so cocky and arrogant (hence the title) and she's the spirited, feisty girl who he wants but can't have. It's delightful.
He's so cocky and arrogant (hence the title) and she's the spirited, feisty girl who he wants but can't have. It's delightful.
May 3, 2024
Usually, I love this author's books but this one was extremely boring in my opinion. I hated the FMC and the MMC; I feel like the story would have been better written in two timelines, them in high school and then in college.
The plot was entirely predictable, and they kept repeating over and over what they had told us before - If I read the word 'whirlwind' one more time, I swear I'd kill someone - and then I felt like some plot points were discarded. The FMC did something to "get revenge" on the MMC, and the rest of the book was about her feeling stupidly worthless and guilty, when the MMC had intentions of using her and discarding her to "get her out of his system," but since he's in love, this never really becomes part of the plot.
Likewise, if this is the first book you read by the author, I swear to God that the others are much more fun and addictive and you have to give it a chance.
The plot was entirely predictable, and they kept repeating over and over what they had told us before - If I read the word 'whirlwind' one more time, I swear I'd kill someone - and then I felt like some plot points were discarded. The FMC did something to "get revenge" on the MMC, and the rest of the book was about her feeling stupidly worthless and guilty, when the MMC had intentions of using her and discarding her to "get her out of his system," but since he's in love, this never really becomes part of the plot.
Likewise, if this is the first book you read by the author, I swear to God that the others are much more fun and addictive and you have to give it a chance.
February 17, 2026
I loved some of the author's older books, so I even subscribed to Kindle unlimited just to read this one.
Sadly the plot, the characters, the dialogs, everything was too childish.
Maybe in my 30s I am too old for this, and I should be more careful about the setting of what I read.
The MMC was so immature, he was insufferable and what the author tried to portray as love, clearly was just a crush plus obsession. The FMC wasn't much better, and they both have the emotional intelligence of a teenager.
This book was def a flop.
Sadly the plot, the characters, the dialogs, everything was too childish.
Maybe in my 30s I am too old for this, and I should be more careful about the setting of what I read.
The MMC was so immature, he was insufferable and what the author tried to portray as love, clearly was just a crush plus obsession. The FMC wasn't much better, and they both have the emotional intelligence of a teenager.
This book was def a flop.
February 24, 2026
not my cup of tea
Man I really wanted to love this but I just could not get into at all, I’m shocked that I even stuck it out and finished it.
I love pride and prejudice but the constant comparison was just annoying and cringe.
The story itself felt rushed and incomplete… like I was trying to piece things together that probably should’ve been in a prologue,
I felt like I jumped into the middle of the story at the beginning.
Not a fan of any of the characters they felt poorly written and try hard.
Man I really wanted to love this but I just could not get into at all, I’m shocked that I even stuck it out and finished it.
I love pride and prejudice but the constant comparison was just annoying and cringe.
The story itself felt rushed and incomplete… like I was trying to piece things together that probably should’ve been in a prologue,
I felt like I jumped into the middle of the story at the beginning.
Not a fan of any of the characters they felt poorly written and try hard.
February 26, 2026
These MCs were immature throughout the whole book. (Possible spoilers ahead)
I think the bones of the plot were unusual and could have really been a great story, but it got bogged down and became clunky. There were things that made no sense.
So 6 years previously, H dated h’s BFF, Harper. One day, H and h had a private talk, where h let her guard down and admitted she liked to write dirty fanfic. H went back and told Harper, then Harper blasted it all over the school. 🙄 End of that friendship.
So, now they’re all at the same college. H’s relationship with Harper is always so back and forth. One minute they date, the next they break up. Typical college behavior
h is the nerdy, overweight girl who writes dirty fanfic. She has major trust issues. h and Harper are no longer friends. h hates H. h keeps mentioning how H bullied her, but most of the things were very mild. Mostly, it was just H sharing her secret about the fanfic.
There’s some goofy college thing where H is involved in some type of bachelor reality show. 10 girls enter, and he picks one to be his homecoming date and they also win 10k.
This year, somebody has put up h to be a contestant. She is not happy but decides to go along with it to pay H back for all the years bullying her. Well, it’s H who put h up for this contest. He has plans to win her over, while she has plans to ruin him. 🤪
Let’s me state again- these two are painfully immature
H will spend the majority of the book lying to h. He lies about stuff that he didn’t even need to. h will spend the majority of the book lying to H and being in her head about how insecure she is. Her poor BFF, Cole, is stuck in the middle of this nasty mess. She basically treats Cole like crap. I loved how h apologized to Cole at the end and he’s like “yeah, I don’t think we can be friends anymore”
What gets me- It’s revealed H has LOVED h for 6 years. Huh? He was even in love with her when he was dating Harper? Ouch.
Then we have the setup by Harper by pretending she slept with H. So….after h believes H had just slept with Harper, h decides to go over there and hate shag him??? Wut the fk? Eek 😱 Even though we know he didn’t sleep with Harper, h does believe he did. Why would you want to sleep with a guy who supposedly just had smex with another woman?
I’m sorry, but I would have a BIG problem with my bf hanging around in his dorm room with his ex. 🤷♀️ especially if she’s my ex BFF. Now…..I did like that Harper admitted she set the whole thing up and I’m glad h decided NOT to be friends with her.
The biggest issue I had with this book other than the immaturity of the MCs- it was the chemistry between the MCs. There was none. At least none that would explain why these two were attracted to each other.
Finally, I feel the other 9 contestants got totally ripped off. H already KNEW h was going to win this money from the start. The other contestants were scammed. Boooooo
I think the bones of the plot were unusual and could have really been a great story, but it got bogged down and became clunky. There were things that made no sense.
So 6 years previously, H dated h’s BFF, Harper. One day, H and h had a private talk, where h let her guard down and admitted she liked to write dirty fanfic. H went back and told Harper, then Harper blasted it all over the school. 🙄 End of that friendship.
So, now they’re all at the same college. H’s relationship with Harper is always so back and forth. One minute they date, the next they break up. Typical college behavior
h is the nerdy, overweight girl who writes dirty fanfic. She has major trust issues. h and Harper are no longer friends. h hates H. h keeps mentioning how H bullied her, but most of the things were very mild. Mostly, it was just H sharing her secret about the fanfic.
There’s some goofy college thing where H is involved in some type of bachelor reality show. 10 girls enter, and he picks one to be his homecoming date and they also win 10k.
This year, somebody has put up h to be a contestant. She is not happy but decides to go along with it to pay H back for all the years bullying her. Well, it’s H who put h up for this contest. He has plans to win her over, while she has plans to ruin him. 🤪
Let’s me state again- these two are painfully immature
H will spend the majority of the book lying to h. He lies about stuff that he didn’t even need to. h will spend the majority of the book lying to H and being in her head about how insecure she is. Her poor BFF, Cole, is stuck in the middle of this nasty mess. She basically treats Cole like crap. I loved how h apologized to Cole at the end and he’s like “yeah, I don’t think we can be friends anymore”
What gets me- It’s revealed H has LOVED h for 6 years. Huh? He was even in love with her when he was dating Harper? Ouch.
Then we have the setup by Harper by pretending she slept with H. So….after h believes H had just slept with Harper, h decides to go over there and hate shag him??? Wut the fk? Eek 😱 Even though we know he didn’t sleep with Harper, h does believe he did. Why would you want to sleep with a guy who supposedly just had smex with another woman?
I’m sorry, but I would have a BIG problem with my bf hanging around in his dorm room with his ex. 🤷♀️ especially if she’s my ex BFF. Now…..I did like that Harper admitted she set the whole thing up and I’m glad h decided NOT to be friends with her.
The biggest issue I had with this book other than the immaturity of the MCs- it was the chemistry between the MCs. There was none. At least none that would explain why these two were attracted to each other.
Finally, I feel the other 9 contestants got totally ripped off. H already KNEW h was going to win this money from the start. The other contestants were scammed. Boooooo
February 22, 2026
Read This Too Fast…Soooo Good!
Hello Tristan! I read this wayyyy too fast! Wowza!
Tristan and Amy are amazing. Their back and forth is incredible. It had me on the edge of my seat.
Seriously I could not put this down. A MUST read!
Hello Tristan! I read this wayyyy too fast! Wowza!
Tristan and Amy are amazing. Their back and forth is incredible. It had me on the edge of my seat.
Seriously I could not put this down. A MUST read!
February 23, 2026
An instagram ad got me on this one when I couldn't sleep at night & needed a palette cleanser. I kind of thought she'd stand on her choices, but she backpedaled faster than expected & forgave a whole lot of lies. Still, it served its purpose.
February 15, 2026
DNF at about the 60% mark. I tried my best to finish but I really could not care about anything. Not the characters or dialogue or the plot.
Juvenile characters and story line.
I rated one of authors books 5 stars (rebound) so this kind of level of writing was kind of shocking. Had to double check it was the same author.
Juvenile characters and story line.
I rated one of authors books 5 stars (rebound) so this kind of level of writing was kind of shocking. Had to double check it was the same author.
February 24, 2026
dnfd at 40% so I keep seeing the social media post for this book and decided to give it a try. I see it with originally released a few years ago but then updated in February so I don't know if it has been edited or if it was just moved from the Galatea platform to amazon platform or if anything in the store he has actually changed.
so the story does come off pretty juvenile I would expect this behavior from freshman and sophomore year of high school. the book is also pretty repetitive. some of the book is very overexplained and then other parts feel like there's no explanation for what's going on.
spoilers below. the FMC writes fanfiction. she used to be friends with this girl named Harper who has a brother named Nick. she started dating the MMC and then pulled away from her friendship with the fmc. Harper's father was a drug addict to ended up passing away. during freshman year in college the MMC spoke to the FMC and she thought that he wanted to talk to her about Harper. the next day Harper read part of her fanfiction to the courtyard. the MMC chose that college because the FMC went there. now present day the school has some sort of dating competition where the prom King goes on a few dates and then chooses someone and they get a $10,000 scholarship. he entered the FMC and makes us his excuse that he wants to win Harper back because they broke up for the 18th time a while back and the story doesn't make a whole lot of sense but you later find out that he broke up with Harper a while ago and they're just friends. there's also the side plot where the MMC makes a bet with all his friends to see you can sleep with her first I guess. somewhere in the store you find out the MMC is obsessed with her and he wants to sleep with her for a few months and he thinks his obsession will go away but then he's also all over the place. this all happens within the first 40% of the book and then I DNFd.
so the story does come off pretty juvenile I would expect this behavior from freshman and sophomore year of high school. the book is also pretty repetitive. some of the book is very overexplained and then other parts feel like there's no explanation for what's going on.
spoilers below. the FMC writes fanfiction. she used to be friends with this girl named Harper who has a brother named Nick. she started dating the MMC and then pulled away from her friendship with the fmc. Harper's father was a drug addict to ended up passing away. during freshman year in college the MMC spoke to the FMC and she thought that he wanted to talk to her about Harper. the next day Harper read part of her fanfiction to the courtyard. the MMC chose that college because the FMC went there. now present day the school has some sort of dating competition where the prom King goes on a few dates and then chooses someone and they get a $10,000 scholarship. he entered the FMC and makes us his excuse that he wants to win Harper back because they broke up for the 18th time a while back and the story doesn't make a whole lot of sense but you later find out that he broke up with Harper a while ago and they're just friends. there's also the side plot where the MMC makes a bet with all his friends to see you can sleep with her first I guess. somewhere in the store you find out the MMC is obsessed with her and he wants to sleep with her for a few months and he thinks his obsession will go away but then he's also all over the place. this all happens within the first 40% of the book and then I DNFd.
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February 17, 2026
This was fun to read, but very juvenile, the characters acted like teenagers in high school. The Pride & Prejudice references were fun at first and sweet on the extended epilogue, but there were too many of them at random moments, that made the characters and dialogs cringy.
Amy was a very unlikable character, she was very immature and flacky, one moment she hated him and was determined to embarrass him and get revenge, and the other she was completely falling for him, and couldn't seem to make up her mind. I know he was kind of mean to her in the past, but during this book, in present time, he was very sweet and trying his hardest to win her over, and she was just completely blind to it, to the point that it was frustrating.
The side characters were nice, and I did enjoy some parts of it.
Amy was a very unlikable character, she was very immature and flacky, one moment she hated him and was determined to embarrass him and get revenge, and the other she was completely falling for him, and couldn't seem to make up her mind. I know he was kind of mean to her in the past, but during this book, in present time, he was very sweet and trying his hardest to win her over, and she was just completely blind to it, to the point that it was frustrating.
The side characters were nice, and I did enjoy some parts of it.
March 27, 2024
SPOILERS AHEAD READ ON GALATEA
Initially I was enjoying this until the story opened up. I did not understand why Tristan the male lead had harboured strong feelings for Amy for literally years. But all he ever did was make fun of her one time in particular was quite cruel. He was the campus king while she was the nerdy girl. He dated her best friend Harper for months they were an off on again couple. But he had plenty of other girls, that was implied. Knowing his only real interest was Amy confused me.
That being said this book slowly descended into what I can only describe as a cringe fest. Not my favourite
Initially I was enjoying this until the story opened up. I did not understand why Tristan the male lead had harboured strong feelings for Amy for literally years. But all he ever did was make fun of her one time in particular was quite cruel. He was the campus king while she was the nerdy girl. He dated her best friend Harper for months they were an off on again couple. But he had plenty of other girls, that was implied. Knowing his only real interest was Amy confused me.
That being said this book slowly descended into what I can only describe as a cringe fest. Not my favourite
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January 29, 2026
Omg!!!! This was such an incredible read i absolutely enjoyed it. I definitely fell in love these characters especially the Fmc I saw so much of myself as a curvy plus-size girlie who really struggles with being body positive ,it was to great to have character so relatable that I was pulled into this story. Honestly it kept reminding me of the move She's All That which is such good movie. This was so well written I loved it. cant wait to read more of this amazing Authors books.
September 25, 2024
I wanted to discover a new author, and I was a bit disappointed with my choice.
The story was too high school drama for my taste... the characters were almost unlikeable, the story dragged, and the writing style was not for me.
The story was too high school drama for my taste... the characters were almost unlikeable, the story dragged, and the writing style was not for me.
February 20, 2026
no thanks
I’ve liked other books by the author so I gave this a try. The plot was cringy and both Tristan and Amy were manipulative and annoying. They deserve each other I suppose.
I’ve liked other books by the author so I gave this a try. The plot was cringy and both Tristan and Amy were manipulative and annoying. They deserve each other I suppose.
February 23, 2026
Love it
I love it! Amy was a girl after my own heart with her writing and nerdy. Tristan was a surprisingly very loving character. The story was had so misunderstanding but there was so many great sweet moments too, great story!❤
I love it! Amy was a girl after my own heart with her writing and nerdy. Tristan was a surprisingly very loving character. The story was had so misunderstanding but there was so many great sweet moments too, great story!❤
February 23, 2026
LOVE
This was suchhh a great book!!!!! I loved it from beginning to end! Yes I cried multiple times throughout! I just absolutely loved this and their story was truly beautiful! I highly recommend! 10/10
This was suchhh a great book!!!!! I loved it from beginning to end! Yes I cried multiple times throughout! I just absolutely loved this and their story was truly beautiful! I highly recommend! 10/10
February 26, 2026
wonderful complicated revenge love tale
The characters are good, but it is the machinations of both characters that make this story. Both are hell bent on their plans. It ends wonderfully, spice is good, intimacy is better.
The characters are good, but it is the machinations of both characters that make this story. Both are hell bent on their plans. It ends wonderfully, spice is good, intimacy is better.
February 27, 2026
Plot dragged
The MFC was so childish and immature. The MMC really wasn't much better. If they just would have communicated the book would have been 5 chapters at most but no, we got 30 chapters of plot filler for lack of communication.
The MFC was so childish and immature. The MMC really wasn't much better. If they just would have communicated the book would have been 5 chapters at most but no, we got 30 chapters of plot filler for lack of communication.
December 19, 2023
Still waiting for the ending..... Good so far.
January 8, 2024
It's perfect 👌
March 24, 2024
4.25⭐️
April 14, 2024
I want to read
July 15, 2025
Enjoyed the story more at the beginning than at the end, which I felt dragged s bit. Liked that it was a short, easy read but it actually could have been a couple chapters shorter.
August 14, 2025
This was a guilty pleasure that I enjoyed. This book is not high literature by any means, but enjoyable and a quick read none the less. Drama? ✅️ Young adult idiocy that we all remember ✅️ Sex ✅️
February 15, 2026
Enemies to Lovers
The pinning, the angst and the happily ever after you didn’t know you needed it !!! Bravo Skyler I enjoyed it
The pinning, the angst and the happily ever after you didn’t know you needed it !!! Bravo Skyler I enjoyed it
February 16, 2026
2.5-3*
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February 18, 2026
The fmc was spineless :s
February 24, 2026
There was so much in this book that I found annoying and juvenile, and I wanted to kick the main characters on every second page BUT I also couldn't put it down and it hit the mark exactly.
February 26, 2026
Just what I need to get out of my reading slump. Nothing too serious and I like the characters. Wouldn't call it enemies to lovers though.
February 26, 2026
swoony
Saw this advertised on TikTok and my god it didn’t disappoint! Read this in one sitting it was just so fantastic. I adore the main characters so much. Loved it!
Saw this advertised on TikTok and my god it didn’t disappoint! Read this in one sitting it was just so fantastic. I adore the main characters so much. Loved it!
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