Alpha Royale

A Harem Fantasy Novel

By: Skyler Grant

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Thrust into a battle royale with the best of the best, Tyson has to rely on his cunning to not only survive a fantasy world filled with over-the-top powers and violence, but to look good doing it. Hey, a guy’s got to impress a harem of busty babes and monster girls somehow.

Tyson, the greatest thief on Earth, makes is a habit to always have a plan, but this was something he never could have prepared for. Brought to a fantasy world, gifted the power to steal extraordinary abilities, he finds himself competing in a contest of survival against the hundred most capable men on Earth. The Alpha Royale is a grand contest held by the beautiful and mysterious Vix. To survive Tyson must forge alliances with the shapely inhabitants of this new world, devise strategies against his foes, and win the title of the most alpha of the alphas.

Warning: This novel contains a harem of beautiful women and a main character that doesn't try to run away from them. There is explicit sex, over the top kicking of asses, snarky humor, and a complete lack of whining.

Story resolution felt rushed.

The story premise and action was set up really well, but right after what probably should have been the end of the first book if this were a series, the pacing goes out the window and a fever dream of events occur for 40 minutes and suddenly we’re at the end of the entire competition. Great story up until that point.

The end

Thought I had skipped a few chapters but no just ended and left me confused and wanting more

Great start…poor finish

That was wrapped up so quickly it was like the author just wanted it over.

Interesting premise, half-assed execution

What started off as an intriguing, if dark take on an "isekai" and "battle royale" genre fell apart pretty much as soon as the "contest" part started. Terribly rushed, what should have easily been at LEAST three books, if not five, got crunched down to be completely resolved in the second half of the book...and a sizeable portion of that off-screen during a week long coma.

The only especially likeable character was the elf waifu, who was the only one besides the protagonist to really get anything in the way of a character motivation or personality. One or two other characters had some interesting potential but simply weren't in the story long enough for anything to come of it...and Vix, the one the competition is all about, manages to somehow be complerely unlikeable in virtually every way and yet is still the object of the MC's efforts--granted, some characters do acknowledge her as insane, but the MC is still adamant on becoming her husband, more so than simply making it out of an insane situation alive.

Exploring that could have still become interesting but, instead, the whole thing wraps up in a single chapter at the end...and yet still manages to have no real ending, so much as come to a full stop.

And the delightful bow atop this thorough waste of time of a package is, of course, Virtual Voice that can't understand the difference between "wind" as in moving air, or winding a clock, in a story heavily featuring air-focused elves.

I want my 5 hours back.

Editing and virtual voice...

Virtual voice has one main problem, in my experience- it has no way to interpret what the author intends as far as emphasis in sentences, whether it's phrasing, pacing or emotional injections. It also, sadly, can't make up for a book that obviously never saw an editor's desk. Even an old person who actually had some grade and grammar school education could help this poor author out. The whole story was painful to listen to. The only reason it doesn't get one star across the board is that I can't hold the VV responsible for any of the actual content. It had to work with a train wreck from the start. Out of courtesy to people who read reviews regarding this book prior to listening to this vanity publishing disaster, i offer this advice- Look elsewhere if bad writing sets your teeth on edge like this book does mine. Time to get TMJ icepack and aspirin out...