Higeki no Genkyou to Naru Saikyou Gedou Last Boss Joou wa Tami no Tame ni Tsukushimasu.
The Most Heretical Last Boss Queen: From Villainess to Savior

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Review based off first two (all currently released) LN's

Honestly a perfect archetypal LN, for anyone who's dabbled in the "otome" genre you've already read this book.

Reincarnated as the "villain" of the game, uses their knowledge to save all the "love interests" and makes them all fall for her while thinking they actually like the "protagonist" and that she's gonna die when the "bad ending" happens.

With all that out of the way I'll talk about the original aspects, for one the MC is actually quite strong unlike the usual "clumsy and weak" protagonist and actually ends up being a pretty strong willed and talented princess ... who comes to earn the respect and adoration of those around her. The world the LN is set in has people with "talents" which are basically random abilities which are actually quite varied like "age control" or teleportation. These abilities are central to the LN and aren't just add-ons like combat tends to be in similar "otome" novels which I'd say is a positive.

The plot is fairly interesting although the usual "embarrasses the love interests with extreme kindness" scenes are fairly lackluster and predictable.

Story: 6
Art: 4
Characters: 6
Enjoyment: 7
Overall: 6

CONCLUSION: A decently enjoyable LN which follows the precedents set by its genre to the letter with the addition of some decently interesting original flair.

This story is a pretty decent take on the whole villainess trope. Like the better ones, it has a strong and capable woman as its lead; the male love intrests are varied in both personality and background; the poweer of forsight is implomented into the plot in a capable manner. So as far as the story goes it is innteresting if you are already a fan of the trope. Doesn't brake any new grounds and could just as well been seen as a resking of 𝘔𝘺 𝘕𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘝𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴: 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘙𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘋𝘰𝘰𝘮! with some elemeents from other sources here and there.

The ... writing is alright. It is easy to read without feeling too simplistic and avoids going into tangets explaining everything and anything around in the world but it doesn't feel like you are missing too much details for the most part. The biggest issue with the writing is that every story arc is repeated but fom a different prespective. It's a -to be honest- lazy but effective way to deepen the chracters by showcasing their view and thoughts of what happens and letting the reader get a better understanding of them. This can of course get a bit monotonous annd make you feel a it robbed for content. Another issue I have is that the author constantly reminds the reader that the MC doesn't remember much from the first (out of at least 3, which was her favorit) game but never explisitly tells what the ending of that game is or what comes after. The games doesn't start until the MC is 18 years old which is still 1 year away from the 4th book. But it's hard to know if the villainess death is at the end of the first or last game since it is always said as "by the end of the game" without mentioning if it talks about just the first game or the game series as a whole. And the author never goes into what would happen in the later game if it is to be inteprited as the villainess dying in the first one or what content would be in the later ones is she is supposed to die in the last one.

The illustrations is someewhat below what one wold expect from a light novel. But that could just beme having too high standrads nd it isn't that important anyways.