Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cruel Magic | 2019 | Eva Chase | Buy |
| 2 | Vile Sorcery | 2019 | Eva Chase | Buy |
| 3 | Sinister Wizardry | 2019 | Eva Chase | Buy |
| 4 | Horrid Charms | 2019 | Eva Chase | Buy |
| 5 | Corrupt Alchemy | 2019 | Eva Chase | Buy |
| 6 | Foul Conjuring | 2019 | Eva Chase | Buy |
| 7 | Grim Witchery | 2019 | Eva Chase | Buy |
| 8 | Vicious Arts | 2020 | Eva Chase | Buy |
Royals of Villain Academy by Eva Chase is an eight-book paranormal academy romance set in a school where students are trained to become villains. Published across 2019 and 2020, the series follows a heroine who arrives at the academy and becomes entangled with the powerful, dangerous men who rule its social hierarchy.
The villain academy concept allows Chase to build a reverse harem story where the love interests are explicitly trained to be antagonists, giving the romantic tension an edge that distinguishes it from more straightforward academy romance. The series is one of Chase’s most successful and expansive, running to eight books that develop the heroine’s relationships and the academy’s dark politics in detail. Reading in publication order is necessary to follow the full arc.
The world established in Royals of Villain Academy carries into the connected Traitor of Villains series, making it the logical starting point for readers interested in both series. All eight books were published within a single year, demonstrating Chase’s pace and making the full series immediately available for binge reading.