Where Can I Read His Rejected Mate'S Revenge Astrid?

The core of the story is grief. Astrid grieves the life she thought she’d have, the love she thought she’d find, and her innocent childhood self. And her revenge is powered by that grief. However, this is a story of a healthy, grown up woman, and the best parts of the story are her reflecting on her past self, returning to places that hold memories for her, and realizing that all she feels for her ex is pity for the man who broke her heart. It is this mature emotion that is far more distressing for him than any public defeat. When he tries to get a rise out of her—anger, tears, whatever—his attempts fall flat because she is simply implacable. She is so maturely upset that her indifference to him is all the more awesome. In the end, he is left a broken, rational man, having no one to scream at. This story is a rich case study in how the best response to a betrayal is not necessarily anger but rather a profound, deep apathy. It is only when the rejecter has felt such profound, deep apathy that they know the full extent of their loss.

This reminds me of my other rejected mate story, “Luna’s Vengeance.” That was done in a vastly different way, though. It focused so much on physical power and public confrontations. Astrid’s approach to getting what she wants is so much more adult and focuses on the long game in order to create lasting legacy. It wasn’t as immediately satisfying as “Luna’s Vengeance,” but it was more impactful in the story. Which of the two approaches do you all think was better? The direct, fiery route to vengeance, or this more slow and strategic dismantling of the other mate’s life? Both have their own merits, but this story was more memorable for me because of its cleverness.

It was fine I guess. Another rejected mate trope with extra steps. It's on most of the web novel sites. The revenge part was sort of cool, but after that it just kind of kept going on and on. The male lead's redemption arc just didn't feel earned to me. I read it on NovelCat because they had a promotion for free coins to use on the site. The site's interface is kind of clunky, but it worked. It's a sort of "meh" read - it was sort of good, I guess, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. There are just so many better written stories in this genre right now. If you're new to this genre, I'd recommend reading one of the more iconic ones to get a feel for it first. This one's pretty forgettable after you're done reading it. It's not going to change your life or anything. It won't change your life or anything.

Playing devil’s advocate here for a moment. For older titles or for fans in regions with limited access to a particular title, fans may seek out pirated copies of a title in order to participate in and enjoy a particular fandom. This is a complex issue of access. Ideally, publishers would negotiate better global licenses and set fair prices for their work.

As for ‘Rejected the Alpha Queen’… I seem to recall a similar story by an author who publishes their work serialized on Dreame or GoodNovel (those are two apps that specialize in paranormal romance novels). You might want to check if the author has published anything else on Dreame or GoodNovel, or even look up their Patreon (a search for ‘Patreon + [author name]’ should lead you to any early drafts they’re sharing). I recall Royal Road’s forums mentioning a few werewolf plot recommendations, although most of those would likely be LitRPG.

Wait… is that the story where her fated mate is actually her bully and then she goes away and comes back with another strong alpha? Or is he the main Alpha King from the start? I get so many of these stories mixed up! If it is the first one, that was trending on the Dreame app about 2 months ago. Dreame’s algorithm tries to recommend more of the same kind of stories that you’ve already read.

Weird question, but have you checked out the audiobook on YouTube for this novel? There are actually a lot of channels on YouTube that do this for web novels, by making an audiobook with text-to-speech software and even adding a slideshow of the text. I know it doesn’t exactly sound good, but I actually really enjoy listening to these as audiobooks for web novels, because they’re free and you can search for the title of the novel and then “audiobook” or “full story”. It’s a good way to listen to a long novel while doing chores or something, because you don’t have to actually sit down and read the whole thing, and you get the full plot.

None (I probably would've hated the ending anyway). I stopped reading somewhere in the 80% range of completion. The angst in this book is SOOOOOO good, but then the mystery starts to unravel and I just KNEW he was going to get forgiven for SOME noble reason or another. And I don't want to read a rejected mate story where the heroine gets forgiven by her mate for his mistakes. No. I want her to find another, better, mate. Or for her to be stronger than that and end up thriving on her own, without any male influence in her life whatsoever. This book didn't quite go that route, I felt it was going to end up with a lot of reconciliation in the end, so...no. Just not my flavor of polite, nice-y-nice romance. I'm sure others will enjoy it, though.

Just lurking this thread! It’s fascinating to read about people’s search strategies for books. Keep it up!

Are there other people out there feeling like we're drowning in a sea of web fiction apps, and each time someone new is suggested for reading a particular story, we just roll our eyes and say "Ugh, not another app for reading stories"... Webnovel, Radish, Kindle, AO3 are the four apps that I'm currently using for reading stories online, and I really don't want another app to be added to that list to consume even more of my battery and to send me even more notifications. I wish web fiction was more like it used to be and we could just go to a single website and read a particular story there. But as it is now, web fiction is pretty Balkanized. My answer to "Where can I read that?" is usually, "I don't know, and I'm not downloading another app to find out." I'd just read something else on that platform. There's plenty of other content. Apps prey on the fear that you're missing out on a particular story, and sometimes you just have to let it go and discover something new in your existing library of content.