The Condemned Villainess Goes Back in Time and Aims to Become the Ultimate Villain (Light Novel), Vol. 1 Audiobook By Bakufu Narayama cover art

The Condemned Villainess Goes Back in Time and Aims to Become the Ultimate Villain (Light Novel), Vol. 1

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The Condemned Villainess Goes Back in Time and Aims to Become the Ultimate Villain (Light Novel), Vol. 1

By: Bakufu Narayama
Narrated by: Emily Bauer
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Reborn to Be Bad

Claudia, daughter of a duke, is tricked by her wicked half-sister and sold off to a brothel. Unwilling to accept defeat, Claudia uses the tools at her disposal and becomes one of the most successful sex workers in her new home. That's when she dies--only to be thrust back in time to age fourteen! Gone is the gullible girl of her academy days now that she's got street savvy and hard-won seductive skills. It's Claudia's turn to play the evil villainess, and there's nothing she won't do to protect what's hers!

©2021 Bakufu Narayama (P)2021 Bakufu Narayama Fantasy Feel-Good
Engaging Characters • Interesting Heroine • Enjoyable Story • Moving Parts • Good Performance • Complex Hero
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She does travel back in time and right the wrongs done to her and her friend, but she doesn’t do evil to accomplish it.

Title misleading

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Let's face it, the whole "villainess" thing is a popular fad and nothing new, and to be sure, the summary of this story probably sounds familiar if you are a fan of light novels or anime. All the same, I am a sucker for these types of stories and this one turned out to be a surprisingly well executed example of this subgenre. The characters and story are engaging and I found some parts quite moving. I hope this book and its author gain popularity so the author continues to release more books like it. Audible suggests that there are more books in the series yet to come, which is great, but honestly this one could stand alone so don't feel the need to hold off. There are no big cliffhangers at the end so feel free to enjoy this one now.

Actually Well Done

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The story overall is okay. Nothing new or overly interesting, but not bad either. If you can’t find a book you like, give it a try.

Okay book

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Claudia, after falling for her half-sister’s schemes get sent to the brothel. She repents in her new life, but time rewound. With a second chance at life, she decides to be more villainous than Fermina to avoid her previous fate, However, her villainous behavior is still in the infancy in the first book, so perhaps we’ll see it in the upcoming books. She does use some tricks from her prostitute days to manipulate others to her side, but she is very pure at heart still.

Despite some undeveloped character and plot setting, this was a pleasant listen. I appreciate the narrator and how she changes her tone to voice multiple characters.

Curious at how Claudia becomes villainous in future novels.

Pleasant Villainous Lady

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For someone who’s supposed to be a villainess she’s more of an idiot. I’m sorry but really? She’s more stupid to fall for the stuff her professional victim little sister keeps doing. And really? The way she’s supposed to act in the plot isn’t villainous at all l saw

Not a Villainess

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like that there was more then one person with a brain. the villain actually got called out on things that make no sense instead of the other characters just accepting it all with out question. currently binging the 2nd novel

love that it wasnt so predictable from her past life there were unpredictable aspects of the new time line

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Listened to this one twice. Performance is good. Engaging story. Been on a villainess kick lately and this is one of my favorites so far

Good story

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I have the hard copy of the novel in hand and decided to get the audiobook as well so I could continue to listen to the novel while cleaning and cooking. Only for the reader to literally skip 20 pages of a single chapter from a text break till the next chapter was completely taken out. I’m rather upset that this has been recorded and released as a complete novel when in fact it’s not.

The reader literally skipped 20 pages

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I love this story (such an interesting heroine, and I love the relationship between her and the prince), so I was super sad when I realized it was missing a very important section of the book. That is now fixed! The full version is the 9 hr and 50 min one (the problem one was just over 9 hrs).

If you already have it downloaded, just remove it and then redownload for the full one : )

Full version now available!

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I like that while her past life went down an unfortunate path, Claudia learned so so much from it and it made her a smarter person in her next life. Looking forward to book 2 as I think it explores her sex work days more.

Loved it!

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