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A review by wordsworn
The Villainess Turns the Hourglass, Vol. 4 by SANSOBEE, Antstudio
3.0
I'm enjoying this series overall, for a lot of different reasons, but I just gotta say...the fact that the GRAND PLAN of Mielle, this 15-year-old witch with a capital B, was.........to push her father down the stairs and then blame it on Aria while there was a party full of people from the Noble faction at their manor is, just. HILARIOUS. There is LITERALLY no reason for Aria to do that. She has her own money, she's engaged to THE PRINCE and that's going well, she's the sponsor of a ton of different successful new businesses, AND she's beloved by the commoners since she (here's a novel idea, take notes, Mielle!) actually CARES about them (since she once was one of them and knows how hard that life is) and helped build them a school, to better their lives.
Why would this plan even work? Why would ANYone believe her? Especially when newspaper articles have been HEAVILY SUGGESTING that hey, maybe all the bad rumors about Aria were started by her JEALOUS younger step-sister. Mielle is clearly the only one with anything to gain, this is the stupidest plan, especially since...her father is not SUPER OLD, he's probably going to survive the fall, and when he TELLS EVERYONE what she did, she's finished. Obvs. she's going to try to poison him (because of course she is, it didn't work once, so why not try it again!), but still. That could/should also be easy to prevent, if people are paying attention.
It's also annoying that Prince Asher had to SWEEP in and try to SAVE Aria when she could've handled it herself, much more cleanly and easily, if he had stayed in his lane. I get that he came because he does actually care about Aria, and that's good--I'm glad she's going to get a much better end with someone she loves and who loves her back--but. BRO. You know she's WELL beyond capable of playing the wicked chessmaster, for gosh sakes, let her cook! X'D
Looking forward to volume 5!
Why would this plan even work? Why would ANYone believe her? Especially when newspaper articles have been HEAVILY SUGGESTING that hey, maybe all the bad rumors about Aria were started by her JEALOUS younger step-sister. Mielle is clearly the only one with anything to gain, this is the stupidest plan, especially since...her father is not SUPER OLD, he's probably going to survive the fall, and when he TELLS EVERYONE what she did, she's finished. Obvs. she's going to try to poison him (because of course she is, it didn't work once, so why not try it again!), but still. That could/should also be easy to prevent, if people are paying attention.
It's also annoying that Prince Asher had to SWEEP in and try to SAVE Aria when she could've handled it herself, much more cleanly and easily, if he had stayed in his lane. I get that he came because he does actually care about Aria, and that's good--I'm glad she's going to get a much better end with someone she loves and who loves her back--but. BRO. You know she's WELL beyond capable of playing the wicked chessmaster, for gosh sakes, let her cook! X'D
Looking forward to volume 5!