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villainess takes charge, transported into a book, rewriting destiny, assembling a team of misfits, enemies to allies, reluctant leadership, subverting tropes, meta-narrative, playing the villain, morally ambiguous love interest, power struggle, hidden agendas, survival against odds, challenging fate, redefining good and evil, anti-hero's journey, unexpected alliances, complex female friendships, dark mentor, redemption arc, identity crisis, breaking the fourth wall, self-aware protagonist, manipulation and deceit, court politics, forbidden knowledge, tragic backstory, reluctant heroism, destiny versus free will
Long Live Evil
Sarah Rees Brennan
3.9 Rating on GoodReads
Summary
THIS IS A TALE FOR EVERYONE WHO’S EVER FALLEN FOR THE VILLAIN…
When her whole life collapsed, Rae still had books. Dying, she seizes a second chance at living: a magical bargain that lets her enter the world of her favorite fantasy series.
She wakes in a castle on the edge of a hellish chasm, in a kingdom on the brink of war. Home to dangerous monsters, scheming courtiers and her favourite fictional character: the Once and Forever Emperor. He’s impossibly alluring, as only fiction can be. And in this fantasy world, she discovers she's not the heroine, but the villainess in the Emperor's tale.
So be it. The wicked are better dressed, with better one-liners, even if they're doomed to bad ends. She assembles the wildly disparate villains of the story under her evil leadership, plotting to change their fate. But as the body count rises and the Emperor's fury increases, it seems Rae and her allies may not survive to see the final page.
Content/Trigger Warnings
cancer, terminal illness, murder, torture, flogging, parental abandonment, violence, blood, toxic relationships, classism, misogyny, sexism, war, death, injury details, medical content, confinement, emotional abuse, animal death, child death, execution, body shaming, bullying, gore, medical trauma, death of a parent, abandonment, ableism, body horror, infidelity, vomit, grief, fire-related injuries, alcohol use, war-related trauma
Content/Trigger Warnings
cancer, terminal illness, murder, torture, flogging, parental abandonment, violence, blood, toxic relationships, classism, misogyny, sexism, war, death, injury details, medical content, confinement, emotional abuse, animal death, child death, execution, body shaming, bullying, gore, medical trauma, death of a parent, abandonment, ableism, body horror, infidelity, vomit, grief, fire-related injuries, alcohol use, war-related trauma
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Long Live Evil
Sarah Rees Brennan
3.9 Rating on GoodReads
Fantasy Romance
Single Narration
Few ways to listen
Summary
THIS IS A TALE FOR EVERYONE WHO’S EVER FALLEN FOR THE VILLAIN…
When her whole life collapsed, Rae still had books. Dying, she seizes a second chance at living: a magical bargain that lets her enter the world of her favorite fantasy series.
She wakes in a castle on the edge of a hellish chasm, in a kingdom on the brink of war. Home to dangerous monsters, scheming courtiers and her favourite fictional character: the Once and Forever Emperor. He’s impossibly alluring, as only fiction can be. And in this fantasy world, she discovers she's not the heroine, but the villainess in the Emperor's tale.
So be it. The wicked are better dressed, with better one-liners, even if they're doomed to bad ends. She assembles the wildly disparate villains of the story under her evil leadership, plotting to change their fate. But as the body count rises and the Emperor's fury increases, it seems Rae and her allies may not survive to see the final page.
Tropes & Tags
villainess takes charge, transported into a book, rewriting destiny, assembling a team of misfits, enemies to allies, reluctant leadership, subverting tropes, meta-narrative, playing the villain, morally ambiguous love interest, power struggle, hidden agendas, survival against odds, challenging fate, redefining good and evil, anti-hero's journey, unexpected alliances, complex female friendships, dark mentor, redemption arc, identity crisis, breaking the fourth wall, self-aware protagonist, manipulation and deceit, court politics, forbidden knowledge, tragic backstory, reluctant heroism, destiny versus free will
Content/Trigger Warnings
cancer, terminal illness, murder, torture, flogging, parental abandonment, violence, blood, toxic relationships, classism, misogyny, sexism, war, death, injury details, medical content, confinement, emotional abuse, animal death, child death, execution, body shaming, bullying, gore, medical trauma, death of a parent, abandonment, ableism, body horror, infidelity, vomit, grief, fire-related injuries, alcohol use, war-related trauma
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