She will stop at nothing to claim the throne. After striking a dangerous deal with a mysterious stranger, a wealthy, powerful woman finds herself trapped in the very fantasy game she helped create. Reborn as Seraphina de Sariens, daughter of a duke and engaged to a cold Crown Prince, she quickly learns she’s not the destined heroine but rather the villainess—fated to summon dark forces and be destroyed by the story’s true savior.
But the new Seraphina holds one advantage: a vast knowledge of the game’s world coupled with a ruthless ambition. With danger lurking at every corner and the shadow of treason threatening her life, she must maneuver through cutthroat politics and betrayals. If she succeeds in this realm, ultimate power will be hers—but if she fails, the price is death.
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Just a very well-written isekai story about a genuinely evil person making their way through a classic OI villainess scenario.
The writing is genuinely standout. Feels very much like reading a “real novel” with few exceptions. The author doesn’t feel the need to spoon-feed the readers with exposition, though that also means at least once when I was reading I had to go back to a previous chapter because I hadn’t picked up on something. It’s mostly my fault for kind of skim reading the early chapters.
The LitRPG elements are pretty light. Honestly I would prefer a more fleshed out system, but I know that a lot of people prefer this style, and it works well with the story.
my biggest complaint so far is that the prologue was too long and I’m still on the fence about the alt POV we’ve gotten. It felt too long and unnecessary at the time, but we’re still early on in the story so I may come around on it, depending on how that part of the story goes.
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