Teen Villains Books in Order

Teen Villains, written by Elisa S. Amore with Kiera Legend, is a young adult fantasy that gives familiar fairy-tale villains a new setting and a chance to tell their own side of the story. It begins with Gwyn, a talented young thief raised at Maludom, an orphanage run by Morgan Le Fay.

Gwyn has learned how to survive by stealing. So when she finds a strange crystal sphere in an abandoned house, taking it feels natural. The sphere is not ordinary loot, though. A spell pulls her into another magical world and leaves her outside Wickmore Academy, a dark school filled with students from the stories readers think they know.

They are the villains.

At Wickmore, Gwyn meets young versions of characters connected to Captain Hook, the Big Bad Wolf, Ursula, Maleficent, and other famous tales. Their futures have not been written yet, and that matters. Instead of finding obvious monsters, Gwyn finds people caught in roles that may have been chosen for them by someone else.

The larger conflict comes from the long struggle between Morgan Le Fay and Merlin. Each magician has used supposed heroes and supposed villains to shape the world in a preferred direction. Gwyn slowly realizes that the students at the academy are pieces in that game. But she is not willing to accept that a label like villain should decide who they become.

The series mixes magical-school adventure with fairy-tale references, secrets, and escape-room-style problems. Gwyn and her new allies have to navigate the academy, a mysterious glass prison, dangerous memories, and people whose promises are rarely simple. The tone is brisk and playful, but the stakes grow as the group learns how much power rests on the choices they make.

The second book puts Gwyn under even more pressure after she learns why she was sent to Wickmore. Saving herself will not be enough. She must find a way to free the other villains too. By Teen Villains: Book 3, the group is searching for the final pieces needed to escape, while the academy itself turns their pasts into another obstacle.

This is a good fit for readers who enjoy fairy tales with a twist, magical academies, and stories that ask whether heroes and villains are ever as simple as they seem. Start with Teen Villains, then continue directly through Books 2 and 3 for the complete story.