The Heroine is a Villainess

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Ophelia, the second daughter of Duke Criswell is destined to die engulfed by flames on the night of her 18th birthday. After dying 9 times to this unmerciful fate she loses hope and decides that from now on she will stop fighting her destiny, living her life until the day of doom lustfully and playing around with the high nobility puppets. Her first objective to start living her dream life is to get rid of her obsessive fiancée, Terrel Wharton that in her past lives ruined her dignity, however, as the chess pieces started to move, Ophelia catches the eye of her older sister's fiancée, Bradley Trace after saving an injured black kitten.

Preview:

‘So it’s either him or me...?’ the maid looks forward and sees the man's eyes compelled by horror. The slave was now grabbing him by the hair, forcing his body to be kneeling on the floor as his torso was widely exposed.

“You said you would let me go!” the man screams at the top of his lungs.

“Isn’t that what I am doing? I am letting you go... to meet all the people you’ve killed,” Ophelia’s smile turns psychotic as her cheeks begin to blush underneath the bloodstains, “Can you hear their screams...? Because I can... And they are begging for your attendance.”

Author's note:Schedule available on theDiscord Server،◕‿◕،Every 10 chapters a [Bonus Chapter] will be posted. These are NOT CONNECTED to the main story but MAY contain easter eggs for upcoming chapters.This story contains Sexual Content, Gore and Strong Language. Reader discretion is advised.

Information

Status: Hiatus
Year: 2021
Author: Symphony

Royal Road Stats

Rating: 3.8/ 5.0
Followers: 205
Views: 118,195

Chapters(68 total)

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Community Reviews(9)

whitesculptorRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
The story and plot start pretty good whilst not unique, we get a quick summary early on and possibly what to expect. Compared to many stories that go along with the "villainess" title, this one actually feels closer to the evilness oneself seeks. Smut wise haven't seen any as the story is slow-paced, so if necessary I'll adjust the review accordingly in the future.
Character-wise, initially it begins like one or two that could be considered stereotypical, and as we learn more about them, from backstory to personality we are shown there's a lot more to it.
Writing style even a primary kid could read while looking at google for 2 or 3 words that might require a bit more, in other words, it's simple and pretty good. On this note, the same goes for grammar, barely find any typo.
Lastly, if you intend to enjoy the story do stick along and read some more chapters. You'll soon realize how good it actually is, by this I do mean a lot of them as it is a slow-paced plot! Don't expect things to be given straight away like in a lot of web novels. Not every story you read one chapter and automatically can guess its outcome, some actually require more skill than that.
My props to the author keep it up.
Kay'oRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Boooooooy~ this is some quality shit. 5/5 for the nightmare time loop with a psychotic cast. Love the mc. She's calculative, appropriately cruel & going insane. Keep up the good work, love to Portugal for quenching my thirst for good writing thats in my taste. Get a different image and title though.
Made me write my first review, best thing I've read while.
RayyynRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
This Villainess story is very good so far. There are some grammar and spelling mistakes but nothing to get prissy about. The flow is good and feels interesting to read, definitely in a unique way. I really like the extra povs.
I am looking forward to what our villainess does next and what unintended consequences her actions have.
SrayanRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Overall a very enjoyable read so far. Deserves to be on the shortlists. If you like it as much as I did consider helping its score by giving a thumbs up to the favourable reviews and a thumbs down to unfavourables.
STORY: The story great fun. It is framed around a serial reincarnator female MC, with a Groundhog Day element. I don't envy the poor MC. The setting is similar to 18th century Gothic novel, suspenseful and dramatic with lots of villainy and "booo-hiss" characters and our poor heroine in the middle of it trying to live as happily as she can (she is tougher than normal Gothic heroines👍). So far she is not finding this easy.
STYLE: Very good by current RRL standards. Prior to web books, the few authors writing about “medieval style” fiction might spend decades researching the customs of the period in which they were writing. Obviously that is no longer normal for writers, especially in web fiction.
I think this author is doing well in their novel but may not have extensively studied the societies of the kind he/ she is writing about. This is a minor issue for most readers who haven’t read the history of these kinds of societies. For those who have read (a lot of) history there are a few “gaps” but hopefully nothing to break immersion. Overall I am impressed by this book. It doesn’t appear to be written by a professional historical fiction author but then that is not the focus. The historical factor is like background scenery. This book compares very well against the usual web-fiction written in the context of a “tiered” or noble society on RRL.
Grammar: I didn't find any grammar problems. Definitely nothing to break immersion, but I don't get bothered by minor grammar mistakes.
Character: The MC is brilliantly crafted. So far she has no developed allied character (she has acquired a potential "ally" character but not for long enough for him to be developed. There is a surfeit of villains, many of whom are somewhat developed. They are not one dimensional vill
ErumwhatRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
So far, the story has an interesting premise. It's not really a new idea, but it's nice that it's aimed at an older audience. Most of this sort are not, or worse yet, get stuck on the childhood phase. This one skips all that and even the previous lives. There has been a short part from one of the lives, but nothing lengthy.
On that note, the writing style doesn't drag out on details, so I rather like it. Grammar has been fine. No more than minor typos once every few chapters. Story at the moment feels a bit vague. Lots of hinting, but nothing concrete with what this story is trying to aim for. It does move at a decent pace though, so it's still interesting at the moment.
The characters are the only thing that I find a little lacking. The main character is good so far. She actually seems to be her age and gives no fs. The people who are suppose to be I guess uh...evil? are the ones I have an issue with. The one dude's inner monologue is like the stereotype of a cheezy villain. The sister, while not so ridiculous, does seem like the standard rich tart. Hopefully as the story progresses we'll see more unique characters.
Otherwise this story has a fairly solid start. I hope the author keeps with it as I'm enjoying the read.
molkRoyal Road
★★★★★ 4.5
PLOT: The story stays true to the genre but with a few turns and twists. The Mc is a villainess and she makes choises that hurt others, however she is surrounded by many other downright despicable people.
MC: the MC is a very troubled person with many issues. Due to her past this is understandable, it does make for a few frustrating situations though. The feeling you get is off a person that started very moral being pushed to cross morality lines and justify their behaviur to themselves while trying to stay sane.
WORLD: The world seems like a medevil kingdom with very little magic thrown in so far, a few hints and strange things... do not trust the cat! The world building so far is a bit lacluster, the author just assumes people will recoqnise what the different noble ranks overall possition in the kingdom are. The author does generally show more then tell which is nice, but I imagine people new to the genre could be a bit confused.
GRAMMER: The grammer is generally very good, their is however a few cases of weird sentence structure.
Pet peves: The bonus chapters just kinda pull you away from the story and spoil the moode, maybe they could be used for world building or history/geography of the kingdom instead. I have not detracted any stars because of this because it is a bonus and I assume they would be cut in a book edit.
evilshadowelfRoyal Road
★★★ 3.0
It is a dark story with little to no light. The MC is a tortured soul and this novel ensures you get to see a lot of the details.
Pretty much every guy is a massive piece of crap that is hardly capable of coherent thoughts outside of "MC pretty, I want."
Every Girl is there to either show how bad the men are or how stupid it is to go against the MC. common thought are "MC is stupid I can use her & MC doesn't know her place I should get rid of her."
The only reason I have kept reading is for the revenge and hoping the MC gets some joy but I am quickly getting fed up by the illogical stupidity of the antagonists.
If there isn't some type of mind tuckery going on, that is making them all obsessed with MC, this story will not make any sense.
kultistRoyal Road
★★★ 2.5
As the title says, I started reading because the premise was interesting and I tend to enjoy villainess stories. Unfortunately, I couldn't even make it through the first chapter without resorting to skimming.
By RoyalRoad standards, I suppose the grammar and style are fine, but if you're a native English speaker who has spent any amount of time reading published fiction, you'll find this story difficult to read. On top of the punctuation and word choice errors, there is an unfortunate tendency toward telling rather than showing.
Overall, I would hesitate to recommend this story.
LolaSmith77Royal Road
★ 0.5
Using the rape as backstory trope will always make me drop a story. You could have simply said her first husband was abusive and left it at that. Trauma porn isn’t necessary to make people pity the main character and the excessive detail you gave about the assault was even less needed.