TW: Death, blood, violence
I just want to put those out before writing my proper review on this book for everybody’s knowledge. If you’re not into that, I highly suggest you not read this because it deals with that, but if you are open minded, this may interest you.
(This is kinda long, please bear with me haha)
(CONTEXT ONLY; You can skip this)
For a little context, I have read this book on Wattpad when it was finished then, wayback 2017 (if my memory serves me right). I remember how much I loved this book, it’s story, how I got so hooked in reading it, BUT for me to read the next season of the book, I need to get the self-published copy. Yes, only the season 1 is what you can read on the Wattpad app.
That’s why I got so irritated then, lol. (Though, there was a warning given at the beginning). Buying books during that time wasn’t my best interest, but around 2018-2019-ish I finally got my hands on the physical copy! I was able to get the hardcover, 1st batch, pre-loved of someone, and pre-ordered the paperback, 2nd batch directly on where Ate Eydee would self-published her books.
While waiting for my pre-ordered copy, I re-read the first part again haha. So, when I got my hands on the physical copy, I was then finally able to read the whole book. Then last year, re-read it again.
So more or less, this review is done after re-reading it for about 5 times haha.
(REVIEW PROPER; No spoilers)
This book is set in a world where Mafia and powerful people reigns, whom would compete against each other for the sake of power. It focused in a school, a secluded, very private one, where the rich, those who belong in a known mafia-family, can only enter there and know it. In that school, the students were classified and divided into different hierarchies; Dieux (top), Deuxième, Troisième, and Quatrième (lowest, like scholars).
Won’t further elaborate each class, but wherever you belong there, that’s also how you will be treated. If on the top, you are feared, respected, and no one will dare to mess with you.
The main female character is Belinda Estrella. She wants a simple life. Growing up, she knows the world she lives in, but she grew up and lived in Japan, where her parents sent her to. But the time came when she went back to the Philippines to study at Academia de Mondragon. There she discovered it’s not just an ordinary school and have met different people. As time pass by, she discovers why she’s there, who are the people surrounding her, knowing truths, unleashing the inner beast, love, hatred, revenge, and more.
Definitely a 5-star read! This is a book I love to talk about so much! Been recommending this so my friends since then. This has gotten me so hooked, the writing style of Ate Eydee never disappoints!
I don’t see why this isn’t so hyped, like her other books, but I swear it’s so worth it! Love the every bit of this book. Wished I could read this for the first time again! Seriously, regardless of how many times I have read this, the same feelings I felt the first time, still normally comes back as I read it again, SOOO AMAZING!
Would recommend for you to find and get yourself a physical copy to fully enjoy it. Read it! (But again, check TWs hehe it’s intense. If you want a comforting book, this might not be that but it definitely needs to be in you TBR!)