Breaking Through

Alexa Thyme, Book 1

By: Lykanthropy

Narrated by: Mare Trevathan

In a world filled with monsters and supernatural entities, the idea of schools and extracurricular activities being used to identify candidates worthy of advancing was a given.

Schools and extracurricular activities have been used as a way to provide early advantages for children who strive to work harder and prove themselves from an early age.

In this world, where academic success could literally mean the difference between life and death, many students develop emotional baggage. Fortunately for Alexa, she does not suffer from the problems that plague most of her peers.

Gifted with an intelligent mind to start, she realized early on that applying herself to both her academic and sports competitions was the number one way to succeed in this world. How can she do it? Shuffle studying, school work, and sports practice, all while being a teenager? The answer is simple: she has no emotions.

The only time she truly feels anything is when she increases her attributes. With that as her sole guiding purpose in life, she is determined to advance and grow her attributes as much as possible. What can a girl do in a supernatural world where the only thing holding her back is how hard she is willing to work?

Anything she wants.

How can a girl with no emotions learn to function as an ordinary student, at least for appearance's sake? Simple, biting sarcasm and deadpan responses.

This is the story of Alexa Thyme, a girl unwilling to bend to a world she can't relate to.

©2023 Lykanthropy (P)2024 Podium Audio

Great entry into the genre, looking forward to #2

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The very start was a little clunky, but a few chapters in and I was hooked. Had a satisfying arc, world building, and ending, all of which have me excited for the next one.

I’m pretty sure the series is like some others in the genre, completed and just waiting final editing and audio, so nice to know more is coming and I won’t be left hanging.

Overall entertaining

It was a fun read with some minor mistakes, like she had a phone to take selfies for her date service then later she mentally claims to herself that she doesn't have a phone because she doesn't like them. Small things like that.

Also it starts out with a litrpg adventurer vibe paranormal dungeon diver with classes and stat skill ect. Then later seems to lean more towards super hero with super villains and suits. a bit odd like it was finding it's way.

My only real complaint is....romance. how does a book with a character who doesnt feel emotions STILL shoe horn in a big romance story. A good 4th of this book is about dating and romantic feeling. A big part of why I chose to read this was I thought without emotions at least the author wouldnt lean on the romance crutch to fill the story and propel motivations. Sadly not the case. Author still needed to pad the story with annoying fawning romance rather then plot.

Sae because the story itself was good and the world and the MC. So it was entertaining despite its. For those who like romance...bonus? For those who just want a good story not a day time soap of who likes who...sorry but its here.

Fantastic story

I really enjoyed this book. The narrator was fantastic and the story kept my interest throughout. Can't wait to see where this series takes me. I hope book two comes out quickly.

Awesome story

Can’t wait till the next audiobook book comes out.. very good narration. Love the story line

Fun power fantasy

If you like power fantasies then this is a good one. The main character is a bit of a mary sue but it doesn't detract from the story too much and that's kind of what power fantasies become so it's not that off base. The story is very lax with not much tension going on so it's more of a casual read. There's some comedy but it's more 'comedic situations' than anyone saying anything funny.

The narration is good but I will say there's a combination of the author writing a lot of *sound effects* and the narrator reading the sound effects verbatim that hurts to listen to. Realistically speaking, I'm pretty sure the narrator has to read the sound effects since that's what narration is, and the author sort of does this thing where they write a sound effect, then type out a sentence that effectively does the same thing the sound effect did in terms of informing the reader. The rest of the narration is great but those sound effects happen way too much to not talk about as a sort of buyers beware.