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.

Must read

This was an excellent book. I will absolutely be reading book 2 (and any other book I find by this author). My only complaint is that ending a book on not only a cliffhanger, but one where character relationships are up in the air is borderline cruel.

A thrilling story about a young woman finding her place in an unique modern fantasy world.

Let me start off saying really enjoyed listening to this story and plan to do so again. But unfortunately three major flaws stood out to me.

First problem is that the author should have spent time going over the whole story and making edits so everything is more cohesive. Later in the book there is some minor world building and character background that I think should be a least be hinted at in earlier chapters. But most jaring to me is there are a few chapters that end in short cliffhangers only to have the next chapter start by going over the same event in more detail sometimes even contradicting the previous chapters ending.

Second is that the main character is too OP when it comes to combat. I find this balanced by the fact that a lot of conflict in this book comes from social and societal probems. Still when it comes to combat the main character is practically a mary sue.

The third and final issue I found is that the book doesn't reach any sort of conclusion for any of the stories overall plot points. The main character has a major achievement then a plot twist is thown in as a cliffhanger right before the book ends. This has left me feeling like I have listened to only 2/3 of a full book.

Despite my rather clinical review the narrater did a fantastic job and I do have to recommend this book to anyone who can overlook those flaws. I just wish the auther did some more editing before publishing.

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

This is so good!

The book is so good. A coming of age story about a girl trying to overcome her own problems while living as close to a normal life as possible. Also, the book was great by itself, but the narrator really brought life to each and every character. Just a great story and performance.

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.

Phenomenal

Exactly my cup of tea. Even made me tear up a couple of times. I'm eagerly awaiting more.

Buy This Book!

Took a chance on this book due to Mare Narrating the story. Author blew me away! For a first book release and the presentation and plot just wow! I am really sad the booked ended, It grabbed me and then it was over, I hope the next comes out soon! Mare narration was amazing on usual. Cover is pretty cool too! if I could give me more stars I would!