Twelfth Knight - Alexene Farol Follmuth

Category: Contemporary, Novel, Romance, Teen & Young Adult
Language: English
Keywords: Alexene Farol Follmuth Coming of Age Digital Anonymity Dual POV Enemies-to-Lovers Fandom Culture Feminism Hidden Identity High School Romance Identity Jack Orsino MMORPG Modern Shakespeare Retelling Online Gaming Self Discovery Sexism In Gaming Twelfth Knight Twelfth Night Adaptation Viola Reyes YA Romance

Written by Alexene Farol Follmuth
Read by Alexandra Palting, Kevin R. Free
Format: MP3
Unabridged

Viola Reyes is annoyed.

Her painstakingly crafted tabletop game campaign was shot down, her best friend is suggesting she try being more “likable,” and school running back Jack Orsino is the most lackadaisical Student Body President she’s ever seen, which makes her job as VP that much harder. Vi’s favorite escape from the world is the MMORPG Twelfth Knight, but online spaces aren’t exactly kind to girls like her―girls who are extremely competent and have the swagger to prove it. So Vi creates a masculine alter ego, choosing to play as a knight named Cesario to create a safe haven for herself.

But when a football injury leads Jack Orsino to the world of Twelfth Knight, Vi is alarmed to discover their online alter egos―Cesario and Duke Orsino―are surprisingly well-matched.

As the long nights of game-play turn into discussions about life and love, Vi and Jack soon realise they’ve become more than just weapon-wielding characters in an online game. But Vi has been concealing her true identity from Jack, and Jack might just be falling for her offline…