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Engaging with the Plot #1
Engaging with the Plot: A Former Cat’s Attempt to Save Her Now Temporary Fiancé Volume 1
Lucille’s fiancé, the second prince, accuses her of a crime she didn’t commit and then breaks off their engagement. Not only that, but her unjust punishment is a new betrothal to a cursed marquess! After a prophetic dream foretells her eventual execution, Lucille awakens to memories of her past life...as Lilybell, the world’s most lovable cat, whose previous owners throughout history happened to include a great witch, a legendary alchemist, and a chosen hero.
According to her dream, Lucille’s new fiancé, Felix, already has a fated love destined to appear in the future. In other words, it’s only a temporary engagement, so why shouldn’t she just kick back and relax?
With her super positive mindset and the skills she inherited from Lilybell’s owners, Lucille soon finds herself helping the people around her. She also discovers the truth of her past companions and begins to unravel the mystery behind Felix’s curse.
According to her dream, Lucille’s new fiancé, Felix, already has a fated love destined to appear in the future. In other words, it’s only a temporary engagement, so why shouldn’t she just kick back and relax?
With her super positive mindset and the skills she inherited from Lilybell’s owners, Lucille soon finds herself helping the people around her. She also discovers the truth of her past companions and begins to unravel the mystery behind Felix’s curse.
- GenresLight Novel
253 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 12, 2025
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September 7, 2025
I thought this would be a light and fluffy read, but by the end I was struggling to keep my eyes open. I’ve read similar villainess stories before and enjoyed them as lazy afternoon popcorn reads, but this one just didn’t have enough meat on the bones. It’s far too long for how little story, character development, or actual points of interest it contains.
It’s not really worth going over the plot or characters; they’re tropes you’ve seen a hundred times before, just delivered in the dullest way possible.
Honestly, I should have DNF’d instead of forcing myself through the last 15%. I didn’t hate it, it's too inoffensive to hate, but I sure as hell didn’t like it.
It’s not really worth going over the plot or characters; they’re tropes you’ve seen a hundred times before, just delivered in the dullest way possible.
Honestly, I should have DNF’d instead of forcing myself through the last 15%. I didn’t hate it, it's too inoffensive to hate, but I sure as hell didn’t like it.
August 6, 2025
Holly plot armour Batman!!!
The premise of the book was interesting but the execution left a lot to be desired. The FMC sometimes is extremely smart but most of the time she’s just completely obtuse. Having been a cat in another life doesn’t justify her total lack understand of human interactions and behaviour, specially since she spent the last decade in her human life training to be a princess. You would expect that a person who grew up around the royal court and its intrigue wouldn’t be so naive.
Besides the FMC personality another thing that bothers me in this book is how easily all the problems are resolved. Nobody needs to make any effort to deal with conflicts or enemies because the FMC always comes with a solution in just 2 paragraphs and everybody just accepts it. There isn’t any character development in this first volume, the magical system doesn’t make sense, all relationships are super shallow and the Male Lead is just a “misunderstood tall, dark and handsome with sad backstory” cliché. Not even the cliffhanger at the end wasn’t enough to make me want to continue this series. 😔
The premise of the book was interesting but the execution left a lot to be desired. The FMC sometimes is extremely smart but most of the time she’s just completely obtuse. Having been a cat in another life doesn’t justify her total lack understand of human interactions and behaviour, specially since she spent the last decade in her human life training to be a princess. You would expect that a person who grew up around the royal court and its intrigue wouldn’t be so naive.
Besides the FMC personality another thing that bothers me in this book is how easily all the problems are resolved. Nobody needs to make any effort to deal with conflicts or enemies because the FMC always comes with a solution in just 2 paragraphs and everybody just accepts it. There isn’t any character development in this first volume, the magical system doesn’t make sense, all relationships are super shallow and the Male Lead is just a “misunderstood tall, dark and handsome with sad backstory” cliché. Not even the cliffhanger at the end wasn’t enough to make me want to continue this series. 😔
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