The Royals of Forsyth University series’ next installment is now complete with a trio of books covering the Princes, Forsyth University’s fanciest fraternity. Princes of Chaos, Princes of Ash, and Princes of Legacy are why choose, dark bully romances that do not pull punches when it comes to drama, kinks, and truly wild plot lines.
Verity was raised to be a Duchess, the woman chosen to serve the three Dukes leading their fraternity. But when the Dukes choose someone else, a journey covered in the last portion of the Royals series, she’s left without a path. The answer comes in the form of an invitation to the Princes’ annual masquerade ball, where they will choose their next Princess.
The role of the Princess is a little different from the chosen girls at the head of the University’s other frats. Her one job is to conceive and carry a baby. And when Verity is chosen for that job, she quickly finds herself in over her head with a sadistic King and three angry and reluctant Princes.
It is worth noting, if you have yet to pick up on this, that Forsyth University’s fictional frats are really much more like a (deeply twisted) secret society, bearing almost zero resemblance to actual fraternity life, aside from a similar disregard for the usual rules surrounding consent.
Before I started reading this section of the series, I knew I was in for a wild ride. I understood the general premise of how the Princes operated from the Lords’ and Dukes’ books, and that was only confirmed by some absolutely batshit crazy content warnings.
Because the entire purpose of the Princes centers around creating babies, it was obvious that a pregnancy trope was going to come into play. I am not a big fan of the pregnancy trope, since I largely find pregnancy to be a source of sheer terror, but these books felt so wildly unrealistic that they did not trigger cold sweats and double-checking the calendar like pregnancy tropes often do.
The three love interests in this series follow pretty classic why choose archetypes. We have Lex, the cold one, Wicker, the playboy, and Pace, the fiery and intense bad boy. And all three of them are deeply damaged. Verity is tough, but maintains hope in dire situations, and is certainly more sunshine-y and forgiving than seems possible, but as a reader, you grow to love her for it. She knows when to bend, and when to hit an enemy with a frying pan.
The first book in the series, Princes of Chaos, was a little reminiscent of Manacled, the Harry Potter fanfic in which the Dark Lord implements a breeding program to encourage a new generation of powerful offspring for his best Death Eaters. It’s all very dubious consent-wise and the vibes are unquestionably creepy. But having read the six previous books in the series, following two other relationships that started out dodgy, I knew the authors were going somewhere with this.
The Princes are so over-the-top, their sexual activities don’t border the line of physically impossible, they cross it unapologetically. Despite the sexual improbabilities, as the series goes on, the chemistry between these four builds, and it becomes less creepy and more campy. These characters are simply horny as fuck. This is not subtle sexual tension, these characters are all just feral horny messes and it’s kind of fun. Parts of this series get…frankly gross. But it’s also funny and dramatic and more than a little showy. And parts are quite touching. If you are not squeamish or sensitive, then these books are exciting and interesting reads that will never leave you bored. But check the content warnings, I’m begging you.
The Royals of Forsyth University will be back in 2025 with the beginning of the Barons’ chapter.
Spice: 5
Writing: 3
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