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The Witch They Fear
They told me Devenir Academy was a fresh start. A chance. An honor.
They lied. It's a cage with prettier bars.
Twelve years ago, my magic killed a hotel full of people. I was a child. I didn't mean to—and it never mattered that I didn't. They sedated me, locked me away, and threw away the key.
Now the council has decided a witch this dangerous is better watched than buried. So I get one year to prove I can be controlled. One year, a fail-safe wired into my neck, and a warden who can switch my power off without a second thought.
I can survive all of that. I've survived worse.
What I can't survive is them.
Three vampires stand between me and the end of my year. The professor who holds my leash and watches me like he already knows how this ends. The chained boy who calls me Hex like it's a love letter—and a warning. The golden-house heir who is charming to the whole world and cruel only to me, who smiles like he's already chosen the flowers for my grave.
They all want something from me. One of them wants me dead
The trouble is, I'm starting to want them back—and the last time I wanted something, an entire floor of people stopped breathing.
The Witch They Fear is Book One of Devenir Academy—a slow-burn, why-choose reverse harem dark paranormal romance for readers who crave morally grey vampires, forbidden temptation, enemies-to-lovers tension, and a touch-starved heroine the whole world was right to fear.
They lied. It's a cage with prettier bars.
Twelve years ago, my magic killed a hotel full of people. I was a child. I didn't mean to—and it never mattered that I didn't. They sedated me, locked me away, and threw away the key.
Now the council has decided a witch this dangerous is better watched than buried. So I get one year to prove I can be controlled. One year, a fail-safe wired into my neck, and a warden who can switch my power off without a second thought.
I can survive all of that. I've survived worse.
What I can't survive is them.
Three vampires stand between me and the end of my year. The professor who holds my leash and watches me like he already knows how this ends. The chained boy who calls me Hex like it's a love letter—and a warning. The golden-house heir who is charming to the whole world and cruel only to me, who smiles like he's already chosen the flowers for my grave.
They all want something from me. One of them wants me dead
The trouble is, I'm starting to want them back—and the last time I wanted something, an entire floor of people stopped breathing.
The Witch They Fear is Book One of Devenir Academy—a slow-burn, why-choose reverse harem dark paranormal romance for readers who crave morally grey vampires, forbidden temptation, enemies-to-lovers tension, and a touch-starved heroine the whole world was right to fear.
382 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 16, 2026
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August 28, 2026
The book was good but I'm still disappointed
- there's no way that Leopold is in the harem, he's giving a misogynistic bully. I hate him
- Kade was my favorite and didn't like him forcing the bond though without explaining it
- I'm conflicted about aemon he was a really bad professor to her, he didn't explain anything and just expected her to trust him?? I don't really like him at all.
Also it says enemies to lovers but when you go on the authors website it says bully too. I hate bully romance and there's no way they're going to be like "I have mommy issues that's why I bullied you"- Leopold probably will be that imo.
I'll maybe read the other one if they grovel and stop making her trauma about them, I'm just disappointed tbh. I feel like multiple pov would have been better too
- there's no way that Leopold is in the harem, he's giving a misogynistic bully. I hate him
- Kade was my favorite and didn't like him forcing the bond though without explaining it
- I'm conflicted about aemon he was a really bad professor to her, he didn't explain anything and just expected her to trust him?? I don't really like him at all.
Also it says enemies to lovers but when you go on the authors website it says bully too. I hate bully romance and there's no way they're going to be like "I have mommy issues that's why I bullied you"- Leopold probably will be that imo.
I'll maybe read the other one if they grovel and stop making her trauma about them, I'm just disappointed tbh. I feel like multiple pov would have been better too
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August 6, 2026
I'm 80% sure this book is largely AI. The patterns remind me of AI slop found on social media, where every single sentence is written to deliver max drama.
A woman's voice. Warm. Musical. The kind of warmth that makes you lean in before you remember that warmth is a strategy.
She says my name like she's been practicing it—the right amount of warmth, the right amount of welcome. Calibrated.
Tall—taller than me by several inches—with deep brown skin and black hair pulled back in a style so precise it could be architectural.
A woman's voice. Warm. Musical. The kind of warmth that makes you lean in before you remember that warmth is a strategy.
She says my name like she's been practicing it—the right amount of warmth, the right amount of welcome. Calibrated.
Tall—taller than me by several inches—with deep brown skin and black hair pulled back in a style so precise it could be architectural.
June 19, 2026
Epic!!
Did I stay up to late reading this? Yes!!! It was absolutely worth it! I cannot wait for the next one!!!!
Did I stay up to late reading this? Yes!!! It was absolutely worth it! I cannot wait for the next one!!!!
June 29, 2026
A good book until it wasn't. There was a balance of good and evil. The shark was jumped. It turned all evil. Add in the useless cliffhanger and I'm out.
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