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Because You Love to Hate Me: 13 Tales of Villainy by Amerie
4.0
Individual reviews of all the stories, overall review at the end.
The Blood of Imuriv:
3.5/5 I found the world, the rules and the little bit of history we got super super interesting. A monarchy with female heirs is a pretty interesting concept to me and I had fun just thinking about that. I felt the ending came very fast with almost no build up, but it shocked me and intrigued me so there is that. I wish I knew what happened next!
The Evil Vaccine: Keep the Darkness at Bay:
I laughed my head off all the way through this. It was so great
Jack:
2/5 It had me at the beginning, but I think it was a tad long. It kind of petered off and got a bit boring.
Giants and Tyrants:
Just an analysis. Now I know that the previous story was based off of something other than Jack and the Beanstalk though.
Gwen and Art and Lance:
3.5/5 An interesting one for sure. I actually did like the format of the text messages, but sometimes it was hard to keep track of who was who. I was a tad confused at the end, but it was kind of mysterious and had me wondering. It’s good to have something different.
The Bad Girl Hall of Fame:
Nothing much to say here, it was fine.
Shirley and Jim:
3/5 I don’t know much about Sherlock Holmes but this was still quite entertaining nonetheless. Although, I didn’t really get invested til the end. And then it ended. But the ending was really great, but the story itself was not too interesting.
Dear Sasha, the 411 for Villains:
It was pretty funny actually, I enjoyed it.
The Blessing of Little Wants:
4.5/5 I NEED A FULL NOVEL OF THIS STORY! I really, really want to know what happens next. I loved the fact that magic isn’t completely hidden from the world, but the full extent of it is. That was a neat and unique angle to come from. The ending intrigued me.
Will the Real Villain Please Stand Up:
An analysis, but a very good one. It actually made me think about the previous story, and I ended up liking “The Blessing of Little Wants” more after reading it.
The Sea Witch:
5/5 THIS WAS AMAZING! I cannot gush about this enough. I already love Marissa Meyer as I am a very big fan of Renegades. So I was already looking forward to this story but it actually exceeded my expectations. I loved all the references to the original fairy tale, that was a neat touch. This was the first one out of this anthology that was truly dripping with villainous energy. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time and I actually really felt for Nerit. Which is pretty impressive since she fully murdered someone at the end but honestly…...he kinda deserved it. Yikes.
Villain or Hero? You Decide!:
The first half was an interesting read and the second half was fun! Although I may have come out with mostly a’s (yeesh!)
Beautiful Venom:
5/5 Holy crap, this was beautiful. I’ve never been a big fan of the medusa myths, I don’t really know why. But this story gave me a newfound appreciation for the myth and the character. I really really felt for Mei Feng and it made me think. I also loved all the culture radiating off of this, that was a really nice touch. Absolutely jaw dropping and wonderful.
Without the Evil in the World, How do we see the good?:
I love hearing other people's thoughts about stories and books (it’s why I spend ages scrolling through goodreads reviews) so I was all over this. And I really like the wording, I might check this guy out! (I searched him up, I don’t think he posts anymore
The Blood of Imuriv:
3.5/5 I found the world, the rules and the little bit of history we got super super interesting. A monarchy with female heirs is a pretty interesting concept to me and I had fun just thinking about that. I felt the ending came very fast with almost no build up, but it shocked me and intrigued me so there is that. I wish I knew what happened next!
The Evil Vaccine: Keep the Darkness at Bay:
I laughed my head off all the way through this. It was so great
Jack:
2/5 It had me at the beginning, but I think it was a tad long. It kind of petered off and got a bit boring.
Giants and Tyrants:
Just an analysis. Now I know that the previous story was based off of something other than Jack and the Beanstalk though.
Gwen and Art and Lance:
3.5/5 An interesting one for sure. I actually did like the format of the text messages, but sometimes it was hard to keep track of who was who. I was a tad confused at the end, but it was kind of mysterious and had me wondering. It’s good to have something different.
The Bad Girl Hall of Fame:
Nothing much to say here, it was fine.
Shirley and Jim:
3/5 I don’t know much about Sherlock Holmes but this was still quite entertaining nonetheless. Although, I didn’t really get invested til the end. And then it ended. But the ending was really great, but the story itself was not too interesting.
Dear Sasha, the 411 for Villains:
It was pretty funny actually, I enjoyed it.
The Blessing of Little Wants:
4.5/5 I NEED A FULL NOVEL OF THIS STORY! I really, really want to know what happens next. I loved the fact that magic isn’t completely hidden from the world, but the full extent of it is. That was a neat and unique angle to come from. The ending intrigued me.
Will the Real Villain Please Stand Up:
An analysis, but a very good one. It actually made me think about the previous story, and I ended up liking “The Blessing of Little Wants” more after reading it.
The Sea Witch:
5/5 THIS WAS AMAZING! I cannot gush about this enough. I already love Marissa Meyer as I am a very big fan of Renegades. So I was already looking forward to this story but it actually exceeded my expectations. I loved all the references to the original fairy tale, that was a neat touch. This was the first one out of this anthology that was truly dripping with villainous energy. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time and I actually really felt for Nerit.
Villain or Hero? You Decide!:
The first half was an interesting read and the second half was fun! Although I may have come out with mostly a’s (yeesh!)
Beautiful Venom:
5/5 Holy crap, this was beautiful. I’ve never been a big fan of the medusa myths, I don’t really know why. But this story gave me a newfound appreciation for the myth and the character. I really really felt for Mei Feng and it made me think. I also loved all the culture radiating off of this, that was a really nice touch. Absolutely jaw dropping and wonderful.
Without the Evil in the World, How do we see the good?:
I love hearing other people's thoughts about stories and books (it’s why I spend ages scrolling through goodreads reviews) so I was all over this. And I really like the wording, I might check this guy out! (I searched him up, I don’t think he posts anymore