The Villainess and the Demon Knight (Light Novel) Vol. 1

The Villainess and the Demon Knight (Light Novel) #1

by Nekota, Asahiko (illustrator)

Worst. Route. Ever. Being reincarnated as an otome game villainess is hard enough, but fate sure didn't hold back on stacking the odds against Cecelia. Her engagement is broken off, the heroine is harassing her, and she's forced to work in a brothel! To make matters worse, her first customer is none other than the heroine's childhood friend and debaucherous leader of the Imperial Guard, Duke Lucas Herbst. Terrified, Cecelia finds herself relentlessly pursued, only to wake up the next day in his mansion--marked as his fiancee?! Bound to this unhinged knight, the troubled villainess must endure his obsessive love. But is his intoxicating affection a curse...or is it a blessing in disguise?

Genres: Light Novel, Fantasy, Romance, Manga, Historical, Novels

386 pages, Paperback

First published December 6, 2017

Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 1 out of 5]

Unhealthy relationship? Check. Anatomically bizarre and overwritten sex scenes? Check. Borderline rape romance? Check. Yep, this book ticks all of my boxes for something I didn't enjoy.

[Riri · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not sure what I was expecting when I picked this up, but while it’s not terrible or anything, there are way to many issues for it to be enjoyable. I can ignore the questionable circumstances marking the start of Cecilia and Lucas’ relationship, even if it involves her getting sold to a brothel and him buying her. I’m also fine with his do-S yandere traits, even if it makes him feel like an outdated otome game trope from the 2010s. It’s still within the tolerable realm for me, really. But everything else? The heavily unbalanced ratio of plot and smut? The fact that Cecilia and Lucas mostly bang and barely talk, so the relationship has no depth? The way they fall in love at the speed of light? The inner monologue that strives to be funny but falls flat most of the time? The super stilted translation?

Nope.

There’s also absolutely no reason for this to be a reincarnation story. It plays no part in the plot aside from just making it easy to gloss over character introductions and even the general flow of the story. You could take out the whole reincarnation aspect entirely and it wouldn’t change a single thing, so it just feels like lazy writing.

Honestly if you just want smut and don’t care about plot, you’ll probably love this. I just prefer something that has a bit more story rather than just pages and pages of mindless sex scenes, even for light novel standards. A bit sad to drop this because the art is gorgeous, but plenty of better villainess books out there.

[Siiri Mirjami · Rating 4 out of 5]

Entertaining enough to read. I liked Cecilia as a narrator, loved the maids (Hannah, Anna, Kate and Elsa (mostly Elsa) and was okay with Lucas.

I knew what I was getting into, but the gratuitous sex scenes that seemed to last forever were not my jam. The other things were interesting, though.

(Save me from Cecilia calling Lucas Lord Lukie. I don't know how I suffered through that.)

[Cheyenne Nuben · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was absolutely entertaining. The inner monologue was fantastic.

[Emma Britt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Honestly not a bad book if you want spice first and plot second.

[Helene · Rating 1 out of 5]

Overall main female character (and all the dialogues) feel like they were written by a 13 year old... and not in a good way...
Can't even say the smut was worth the terrible inner monologue of the main female lead, or any of the dialogues between characters.
I'm used to way better quality/standards from Seven Seas Entertainment. This book was a total let down. I get it's from their "steamship" collection, but that shouldn't be an excuse!

[• Hutch · Rating 2 out of 5]

To start, I am not giving a low rating to this book because it was poorly written. It was actually fairly well written. Mostly I am giving it a low rating because I was expecting a light novel and got a book of smut.
Don’t get the wrong idea. There is nothing wrong with smut. I just wasn’t expecting this book to be so much of it.
I’ve never read a proper romance novel. Or to be more precise, a spicy “romance” novel. But I imagine a lot of them are what this book is. Tons and tons of sex and not a whole lot of storytelling outside of the sex — I am sure there are some that feature well developed storytelling, but I expect many are mostly sex bits. Frankly I feel like this title should not have been marked as a light novel and instead should be shelved in the romance section.
This “story” was effectively pages and pages and pages of sex with very little occurring in between those pages other than to get us from one sex scene to another.
If you like stories with lots and lots of sex and not a whole lot of plot, you are going to love this book. Absolutely love it.
Unfortunately for me, that is not what I was desiring. I am going to be one and done with this series. There is definitely an audience for this, but I am not it.

[Emma Kate · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF at 8%

Wow I should have read the reviews… its rape on page

-⭐️ Forced prostitution
-⭐️ FL is absolutely terrified of ML
-⭐️ ML is obsessed with FL’s virginity and lack of experience
-⭐️ ML threatens FL with a sword to kiss him
-⭐️ Toxic and obsessive ML
-⭐️ ML started to rape FL after passing out
-⭐️ ML stopped so he could break FL’s hymen when she was awake

I stopped there. Surprised and upset I even made it that far.

Why was this recommended as romance for women???

[Errantknight · Rating 1 out of 5]

Dnf. Noped out in the first or second chapter when the main character is sold to a brothel and purchased for her first night by the smirking ML. Her reaction? 'It's by the hour.' Deleted with prejudice. This is the opposite of why 'villainess' novels can be simple fun--the autonomy of the MC. I don't usually review light novels, but this one was too creepy not to.

[amani !! · Rating 2 out of 5]

i still cannot believe i looked the cashier in the eyes when i bought this. honestly, reading the back, i knew what to expect but didn’t know what do expect, if that makes sense. i haven’t even finished but i really don’t need to. this might as well be porn without plot, i cant even bring myself to dedicate more than 15 minutes at a time to this. the nicknames bring me to TEARS.

[J-Lynn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Stereotypical smutty story….

[Sofia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this story since I read the manga. It's a guilty pleasure read.

[Jessica · Rating 2 out of 5]

it's smut, so don't use your brain to think of the plot. i gave up after half of the book.
continuing just because i'm curious if there is any end for this story, because i think the first book is enough already.

[amandita · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5