Take Im In Love With The Villainess (Light Novel) Vol. 1 Published By Inori Listed As Script

from my review on TheStoryGraph This is an incredibly fun, trope filled light novel, In fact it is my first light novel and I can totally get the appeal, Very much like reading some classic ff, net fanfic. It is not the best written story , not even close, but it is a fun book to take you away from the real world, The world building was fun, the romance was fun, I love falling in love with the villainess right alongside Rae because at first I Did Not Get It but by the end I was also In Love TM.
Can't wait to read book two and, hopefully, watch these two smooch!

TW for this book include: incest light on this, not even kissing, but yeah some brother/sister romance is plopped in there towards the end, classism, minor homophobia,

Eu só tinha lido um livro japonês não estou contando com mangás em minha vida: Kiki's Delivery Service, que é completamente diferente disso aqui, então meio que foi uma experiência nova.
É um livro bem farofinha, simples e tem uma pegada bem enredo de anime mesmo, é legal mas não sensacional, Quero ler os próximos da saga sim, mas não me dão uma vontade desesperada de ler logo,

ps: Eu dariaestrelas inteiras se não fosse por esse final horrendo da Lene com o Lambert I feel that how much you like this book will rely mostly on the scale of how you feel about the protagonist's incessant harassment of her unrequited love interest.


The protagonist's harassment keeps getting played throughout the book as a mix of masochistic egging on of her bully, "playful" sexual harassment, and actual confessions of love.
Sadly neither myself nor the deuteragonist can really tell how the protagonist mentally justifies the levels that this harassment goes to, Towards the end of the book, the banter does feel a bit more consensual and playful, but by then, I still had an icky taste in my mouth about it.


I found the rest of the book to be a delight, but it is hard to downplay how jarring this constant behavior is, If it doesn't bother you, or you can handwave such things away, this could be a fivestar slow burn romance book for you,

I appreciated how the author made direct callouts to LGBTQ issues and made the protagonist directly and openly lesbian, No room is made for the often overused "But is she really just playing" tropes, However, it didn't help that while the protagonist is actively making overbearing confession and harassing the deuteragonist, she also argues that "just because I am a lesbian does not mean I am hitting on you/want to sleep with you.
" I think that could have been more impactful if the protagonist was trying to teach this lesson to any person other than the one she has dedicated her entire life to hitting on and sexually harassing.


I really want the rest of the story, so I will keep reading the next volume in hopes that the protagonist's behavior comes around as much as their love interest does for them.
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Well, certainly not what I expected going in, Which isn't a bad thing, necessarily, So, the review:
For starters, the sheer weirdness of the protagonist surprised me at first,
She's a "devilmaycare" type: those chill protagonists usually have some layers to their laid back nature always great to explore, Besides, they have a tendency to dial back dramatic events, Great trope overall in my opinion,
But, in this particular case, The layers are.
. Well, her tastes were quite peculiar, There's no slow development here Rei starts out loving Claire and her bullying and wants more of it from the get go, Because it's amusing I guess. Rei just likes to be bullied and overreacts lovingly to anything Claire does, no matter how basic, It's a little grating. There's meaning behind it, but still over the top,
I guess If you like a fictional villain character, you did like to see their "evil" antics live, but I didn't see the appeal to the relationship at all.
Not much chemistry or nuance, I guess and I use "evil" really generously here, Claire's just plain old annoying, nothing much beyond that, Their dynamic as a "couple" made no sense to me,

The protag has some very mild yandere tendencies as in, obsessive love that ends up hurting the target of that love, She likes when Claire bullies her AND when Claire despairs over her responses to it, An unintentional mind game, almost, No, actually it's pretty intentional: Rei had a shitty life and now gets to treat It like a game she can manipulate for better results It was a literal game for her, after all.
Also, It's interesting to note how she uses this as a clutch, of course, Like I said, layers.
Honestly, props for the fact that she's so freaky, I could pretend I was reading a novel with the rom/thriller tag, If that aspect got really amped up that'd be a better premise, btw.
I wish the story focused on that dark and intellectual side of hers, IS sadistic masochism a thing Because that's the character in a nutshell and I'd like to have seen It go a bit further, even better if Claire had an actual villainous and complex personality not the case.

I have to point out that the book comments very wisely how queer people are seen as perversive due to prejudice and how some act out those stereotypes as a cooping mechanism, but I still needed to comment on Reis questionable personality, regardless.
She's surprisingly self aware about it, too,

In relation to the cast, not a whole lot of character depth there, everything dealt with is pretty surface level and ALL the characters behave exactly as one dimensional dating sim tropes, with exceptions during certain situations here and there that made the usual cardboard personalities even more incongruent.


Other things i wanted to point out:
The beginning was too abrupt for me, Granted,of people who will pick this up know it's an isekai LN still, some effort to establish the environment could have been done Rei shows close to no reaction to being alive in her fave game, for instance.
No worldbuilding whatsoever, except for illtimed infodumps, LOTS of telling, almost no showing,
The writing needs some getting used to, At least, I always do when It comes to LNs,
I liked Rei's perspective as an adult, despite her quirks, her voice was mature enough mostly, Her preference for the least popular characters made sense to me, Perfect people aren't appealing when you're old, tired and cynical of the world,
The magic bathroom scene was a choice,
Rei's politics bit was also a choice: her wit flew through the window in those moments, But the political intrigue itself was pretty good, the plot gained actual substance with It, Until some very out of place reveals,

So, the book honestly reads more like a series of prompt drafts than anything else, Just enough to fulfill a desired scenario and that's that, It wasn't for me, but I'm not the target audience, Also, it distracted me from abysmal study sessions, major props for that, This was so freaking cute! I'm kicking myself for not buying the second one!

This starts out differently from every other isekai by having our protagonist declare her love for the villain right off the bat and I'm going to be honest I almost immediately thought there was no way this was going to be good.
Like that's the story right The lead up to the whole romance, However, Inori keeps us on our toes by actually throwing in a serious story line that reflects very much our current social issues in terms of income inequality with a "villainess" that's far more than meets the eye.


I loved that Rae's love for Claire isgeared to Claire's happiness as well, Yes, she loves Claire and would be over the moon if that love was returned but at the end of the day she just wants to see Claire happy and that's so refreshing for a romance, period.


Finally, I really enjoyed that the romance does take a back burner to obviously larger issues in the world, Rae's first priority is to Claire but she recognizes that there's bigger issues that need to be tackled and those take center stage really for the last half of the book.


Truly absolutely adorable and if you enjoyed Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation or really any of Mo Xiang Tong Xiu's books you'll enjoy this one! I really enjoy a good LitRPG I've read a lot that are based on MMORPG's a few that were based on Civ type games but this one was the most unique that I've read so far.
A LitRPG based on a dating sim, add to that the even the dating sim is turned on it's head as the player Rei isn't interested in the princes that the game offers up to her.
I'll be reading more books in this series as soon as I can obtain them, As interesting as the premise is, there are a lot of flaws with this story, It tells more than it shows, that it reads like a diary than an actual novel, You have an omniscient first person POV that is grating that both lore dumps you and glosses over important information of the world, It also loves to keep telling you "that's a story for another time" every single time that something of interest happens,

Instead focusing on the mundane, But for that to work the characters need to be interesting and their personality to carry the nonstory, Personalities that are nonexistent. Everyone is a card board cutout of a trope,

Rae keeps banging on and on how many times she's played this game, But always seem to be caught unawares of how situations are unfolding, Alluding to an event and future that in inevitable, And it's not like her presence made everything topsyturvy, No, because it still plays out like how she remembers everything, When presented with situations where dialogue is important or in a situation that she can help, she suddenly shrugs and says "I'm not good at this", Giving you a whiplash of being her being both a "veteran" of the game and first time playing the campaign, It's widely inconsistent.

It fails as a fantasy novel and as a slice of life, It doesn't have a narrative direction and it has zero characterization, What a waste of potential, There is so much wrong with that book that I'm not even going to say anything so I don't sound mean,
I will say that though: just like the protagonist, I too got to experience what is like to be isekaied, Unfortunately, I was sent to a world where there are real human beings who read this book and thought it was worth five, Very cute, very gay. It's a shame there aren't more illustrations, but it doesn't stop the story from being highly enjoyable, Ive long been a big fan of the villainess trope, Luckily for me, this eventually led me to the I'm in Love with the Villainess light novel!

I first discovered the Im in love with the villainess manga.
For whatever reason, it just didnt click for me, The concept however did! Willing to stick with it, I tried the sample for the light novel
As a single woman in hers, paying for her own home, Im sure you can imagine my trepidation about buying aneBook.
Despite this, I was hooked,

Suffice to say I bought the book,

The story is adorably sweet, and yet its not a completely shallow read, Rei is a lovable yet relatable protagonist, and its through her eyes and thoughts that I too started to care for love interest Claire, Reis feelings for Claire felt to me pure, yet bittersweet, She loved completely and unselfishly without expectations but with hope! Even as a bit of a cynic, I wont deny my heart clenched reading lines such as “I care more about your happiness, Miss Claire, than having my love returned.
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I also adored the books brief discussion on Reis sexuality, and the way that the matter is handled, Neither brushed under the rug, nor overly sexualised, She just is who she is, without apologies,

I also really appreciated the handling of the secondary characters, It would have been easy to demonise the male love interests, and yet they were presented in a very neutral light, They felt human with both their positive aspects and flaws being highlighted, In fact, all of the supporting characters were interesting, if not a little tropish intentionally,

I read the first volume in one sitting, and have definite plans to purchase the second volume once Ive finished my current reading list,
If youre a big fan of WLW stories, transmigration stories, or just adorable romances I highly recommend giving this a go!/

Lesbian isekai, what more can I say.

This was a muchwelcomed shift from the usual plots and settings as most 'I transported into a dating sim/game", Our main character is an unabashed lesbian and the novel even takes the time to talk about sexuality and stereotypes, As it's a novel aimed at teens, I really appreciated the fact that they addressed some of the character's misconceptions of queer people,

However, that does not mean this book is some great piece of

literature, There is a lot, in way of descriptions and atmosphere, that leaves a lot to be desired, I wouldn't be able to describe how the school looks or how most of anything looks at all, I could describe the MC, her love interest, and one other side character's appearance, but that's cause there are pictures of them in the book, There isn't really any setup and payoff, and so scenes that want you to feel tense and fear for the characters' lives, are saved by the MC explaining after how she had it all work in their favour.


Really the most enjoyment to get out of the book is just having the story revolve around a lesbian trying to court a wealthy aristocrat girl, Also, I did not appreciate how much of a class traitor our MC is, this girl feels no solidarity to her commoner roots gt: Vive la révolution!!,