Alone Once More [BOOK 3 NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON!]

Information

Status

Ongoing

Year

2023

Author

Neviara

• Book 3 Launch Announcement!
  Jan 5, 2026
• New Story Launch! Ms. Grimm's Daycare
  Sep 16, 2025
• Thank you for reading!!!
  Sep 13, 2025
• Keep reading on Amazon Kindle and Kindle Unlimited!
  Jul 2, 2024
• Cycle 1-4: Crossed Paths
  Jun 7, 2023
• Cycle 1-3: School of Hard Knocks
  Jun 7, 2023
• Cycle 1-2: Encountering an Issue
  Jun 7, 2023
• Cycle 1-1: Heartthrob University
  Jun 7, 2023

What readers say about Alone Once More [BOOK 3 NOW AVAILABLE ON AMAZON!]

• “Let's make it simple. Story very good. Story make cold, dead heart feel warm and happy inside. Few stories do this as well as this one manages to. If you're on the fence about reading it and looking at this review to make that decision, I'm here to tell you…”

  AbstrusityRoyal Road5.0 / 5

• “I am more excited for new chapters here than in super supportive. The characterization is where this serial shines. No one is a Mary Sue. No one is perfect, and every single side character is distinct. I fall for every male lead along with her and wish they…”

  Another bookwormRoyal Road5.0 / 5

Reviews

Community Reviews(10)

• AbstrusityRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Let's make it simple. Story very good. Story make cold, dead heart feel warm and happy inside. Few stories do this as well as this one manages to. If you're on the fence about reading it and looking at this review to make that decision, I'm here to tell you that you should read it. Even the author's commentary is adorable. I don't even know what else I can/should say, but, um, just... yeah. Go read it.
  Kaythanksbye.
• Another bookwormRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  I am more excited for new chapters here than in super supportive.
  The characterization is where this serial shines. No one is a Mary Sue. No one is perfect, and every single side character is distinct.
  I fall for every male lead along with her and wish they were real and in my life. I then mourn their loss besides her. For all that I’m a sucker for rom-coms, I typically dislike the leads and am annoyed at their stupidity and behavior. I also mind that this guy who ‘has it all’ falls for the same generic awdorkable shallow ‘journalist’ without any in universe explanation for why he is infatuated with her. And of course either they split over miscommunications or everything is exactly perfect without needing to talk about it. Not here. For one all meaningful interactions are earned. For another, she needs to truly grow and change as a person in different ways to be able to have a true connection with each of the male leads. Finally, the relationships are mutual, where each half grows and learns from the other. Also, the author experienced the environment first hand and it shows.
  The style is excellent, flows, and combines the character growth of the truly good time loops with the lightness and hope of rom-coms with just a hint of horror and tragedy at the epicenter of time loops.
  There are no grammatical issues besides the occasional typo etc which is corrected when pointed out.
  The story has structure, goals and different arcs that follow naturally and make sense.
  Basically, a 5/5 that would fit among the top 10  on the site.
• AmayaRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  good story, nice change of pace from the usual royal road stories.
  usual time loop power fantasy is replaced with things like managing to slightly overcome social anxiety or incremental self improvement, the closest thing to an antagonist is briefly the roommate which is resolved after several loops not by time traveller social-fu or anything but by finally just talking instead.
  try it and see if you like it I guess.
  some extra words because reviews must be 50 words or more  for some reason.
• EmeraldsongRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  PRAISE BE. Alone once more is an incredible story that’s different from any other time loop story I’ve ever read, because it’s not time traveling to save the workd(as far as we are aware of at this point) it’s time traveling to find love and friendship and make the reader cheer for our plucky protagonist who’s heart probably is not survive! This isn’t just a story of making numbers go up, it’s a story of emotions and it’s a wonderful roller coaster from the moment it starts.
• EnderNorradRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  I think this is a unique story. Yes, there are other amazing time loop stories. There are some great Otome stories too. And stories that have phenomenal characters. This story puts all three together into a unique puzzle. It just works so well together that I find it hard to believe how anyone could plan and write something like this.
  Don't believe the synopsis. This is not a story about someone succeeding by exploiting a time loop. Instead, the development of the main character and the development of other key characters is the underlying theme of the story. Long loops make the situation quite unique and allow events to be represented in a way that would not be possible otherwise.
  This is not exactly an easy read. Because the characters and their problems are very, very real. Even an apathetic person like me couldn't avoid getting emotionally involved. In the end, just like in reality, no problem is solved easily, and failures and turmoil haunt Kaitlyn for a long, long time. The first book is particularly rough, but the time loop mechanics give us hope that things will work out in the end. And indeed, Kaitlyn is getting better. With time, effort, self-reflection and gaining confidence in your competence.
  But all this is ultimately secondary. No, the most beautiful part of Alone Once More is that it has the power to inspire. How low Kaitlyn starts and how she grows, learns and overcomes challenges. It feels real enough that you can't help but wonder what if you, too, could become a better person? It's very rare that fiction books can not only tell a good story, but also allow you to learn along with the characters. Alone Once More is one of those.
  P.s. Be patient with the first cycles. Kaitlyn will probably annoy you at first, but you know that most great stories have a slow start, right?
• GreaterGreenRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Disclaimer: I have never read a romance novel, and even the stories where I appreciated the romance subplot were pretty much all tragedies. So, while I simply cannot believe that this is really a typical romance story, know that you will need to be able to handle some serious emotional punches. But the entire premise of this novel pretty much guarantees as much already.
  BUT! This is not a story optimised for the feels or to be overly melancholic. Instead, it is a truly well-written story about growth you can lose yourself in. I mean, I read these 150 chapters in 3 days, while 'officially' at work 1.5 of these days. And it is not just the MC that grows, but you might take something out of it yourself. I definitively think that I might be able to understand others just that tiny bit better, with the new perspectives I got. The only downside is that you will have to go through some awkward/overblown-but-could-easily-be-resolved situations, in the beginning, to set up future growth.
  There is much more you can say about this work, but most surprising to me was how extremely personal this story felt. Like, I don't just feel like I got to know the characters in the story but the actual non-fictional author behind it as well, which is concerning, to say the least - I tried to get as far away as possible from parasocial stuff, and this is what gets me? Seriously?
  But in all seriousness, I have read personal works before, and they tend to be more wish-fulfilment or power fantasies, especially in web novels. This story instead puts even more stones in the way of our protagonist, which, compared to these wish-fulfilment stories, feels more like sadism.
  The only very high-level critiques I could bring are that 1) the other characters are larger-than-life personas, walking stereotypes turned to 110% perfection that escaped from a dating simulator (or Stardew Valley, which is the closest I can get there). This is perfectly fine with this particular setting, only something that has
• Havoc CipherRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  This is a story I've been reading for a long time, and probably my favorite minimum-fantasy version of a time loop. Kaitlyn spends years at college age, growing and gaining experience in ways that I honestly envied a lot of the time. It's genuinely encouraging to see a story about someone growing in such realistic ways, and really succeeding after a while. Very sympathetic character, and a surprising degree of depth about multiple different areas of study. Kaitlyn, you lucky dog, going to college for fun without really paying anything... aside from the trauma, I suppose.
  Beyond having any particular criticisms, I can't even think of anything I would particularly hope to see improved. This is a really thoughtful, well-researched, carefully engineered story of time loops, college, and even some romance.
  10/10.
• Coca Cola beverage productRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  I don’t usually like the romance genre, but this is great. The characters feel realistic, and nothing feels forced in-story. The main character starts out incompetent as with other time-loop novels, and it’s a little grating at first, but that phase is temporary and the story really stands out. Philip best lead.
• Nathan Randall HoltRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Even though people almost never get physically hurt in this story, Kaitlyn faces terrible challenges.  The game makes it difficult for her to even get to the dating sim part with academic challenges and the need to actually live through what a game would normally just show you.  In a show "Alice in the Borderlands" there were four categories of deadly games, and those of the "hearts" category were considered the worst for the way they trampled on the players hearts.  In this story Kaitlyn is trapped in a brutal hearts game and much of book 2 is spent recovering from book 1.  Even so, she manages to learn and even come to thrive in this world, so overall I expect it to be rather uplifting.
• PhantomeRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Definitely recommend this book!
  The style is enjoyable to read. It serves the story well. The author is good at conveying the emotions of the main character, whether that be sad, happy, eager, etc. The pacing is also very good, I (personally) never felt like sections of the story were either rushed, or that there was too much fluff. Very balanced.
  The story is nice. You can clearly feel that the author has a direction in mind for where everything is going. It never feels like they're floundering for where to take the story, or like they've run out of ideas. The story isn't super suspenseful, probably just because it's not very action packed, but it always has enough suspense to make you want to keep reading. I never felt like there were certain arcs that were a slog to get through.
  The story can be a bit bittersweet sometimes, but I definitley feel that it is overall a happy story, not a sad one.
  Grammar seems decent, didn't notice any flaws there.
  The characters in this story really shine. The author knows how to write very believable and also likeable characters. They feel like real people. They all have their own distinct personalities, strengths and weaknesses. They also don't fall into the pitfalls of some otome stories that have male characters drooling over the mc for no reason. They don't just instantly fall in love with the main character, which is very nice.
  Overall, Alone Once More is a (slightly) bittersweet but mostly cozy story.