Plier
Series: Ironside Academy
Author: Jane Washington
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Ironside is more than a regular academy. It’s also the biggest reality TV show in the world … and a very elaborate, very luxurious prison. Their hallowed halls are ruled by the powerful Betas and the middling Omegas, with the plentiful Deltas as their main targets, but this year, the officials are stirring things up.
Isobel Carter—the only rare Sigma to be accepted—is the first sign. But there are others. Many others. A sudden influx of precious Alphas will turn academy life, and Isobel’s life, upside down. She might be the lowest rung on the ladder, but in order to survive Ironside, where social media is king and consequences are deadly, she will need to make her mark.
She will need to climb.
This isn’t a game for the faint of heart, and those who rise should be prepared for a beautiful, brutal fall.
Beware the pretty posers, because this social media game just got dangerous.
The Hunger Games collides with America’s Got Talent, and you’ve just been invited to binge it all in high definition. But here’s some viewer discretion before you continue:
This book is a “why choose” romance with as many book boyfriends as enemies, so expect a slow-to-medium burn. If you like your omegaverse, reverse harem, and academy troupes twisted and defiled to stretch your imagination, then this is the book for you!
Isobel Carter—the only rare Sigma to be accepted—is the first sign. But there are others. Many others. A sudden influx of precious Alphas will turn academy life, and Isobel’s life, upside down. She might be the lowest rung on the ladder, but in order to survive Ironside, where social media is king and consequences are deadly, she will need to make her mark.
She will need to climb.
This isn’t a game for the faint of heart, and those who rise should be prepared for a beautiful, brutal fall.
Beware the pretty posers, because this social media game just got dangerous.
The Hunger Games collides with America’s Got Talent, and you’ve just been invited to binge it all in high definition. But here’s some viewer discretion before you continue:
This book is a “why choose” romance with as many book boyfriends as enemies, so expect a slow-to-medium burn. If you like your omegaverse, reverse harem, and academy troupes twisted and defiled to stretch your imagination, then this is the book for you!
After almost 500 pages, I can finally breathe. I was intrigued by this concept of an omegaverse world and the reality TV aspect was something new. However, the execution had me feeling so distant from everything going on.
Third person POV isn’t my favorite and didn’t benefit the story here. We also jump from so many characters in one chapter with no real separation between them. I was constantly rereading to see whose POV we were in. Speaking of so many characters, 10 mates? That’s a bit too much.
We hardly get any romantic interaction between Isobel and all of these guys. I guess this is a slow burn but I can’t even imagine how many books this series will have to have to expand on the relationship development between her and these guys.
Everything that happened was repeated every couple of chapters. Isobel gets bullied, one of the guys finds her and wonders why they care, and then Isobel wallows about her life. And repeat! This book didn’t have to be 466 pages for it to be this repetitive.
I made it through this book and I have no want to continue this series.
Third person POV isn’t my favorite and didn’t benefit the story here. We also jump from so many characters in one chapter with no real separation between them. I was constantly rereading to see whose POV we were in. Speaking of so many characters, 10 mates? That’s a bit too much.
We hardly get any romantic interaction between Isobel and all of these guys. I guess this is a slow burn but I can’t even imagine how many books this series will have to have to expand on the relationship development between her and these guys.
Everything that happened was repeated every couple of chapters. Isobel gets bullied, one of the guys finds her and wonders why they care, and then Isobel wallows about her life. And repeat! This book didn’t have to be 466 pages for it to be this repetitive.
I made it through this book and I have no want to continue this series.
Books and Blends 
Third person is the death of so many books for me. I’m sorry this one was written that way. Thanks for telling us about it so we can skip it.
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Third person POV and it jumps across like 6 people. I was very confused!
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That is the worst!
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That’s such a shame this book was so long and just didn’t do it for you. I hope the next book you pick up is better.
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so sad that this one didn’t work for you. I love 3rd POV though. But I don’t have issue with it because I read other genres other than contemporary. I used to actually struggle more with 1st POV until I adjusted to it.
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