Even Exiled, She’s Still the Beloved Saint! St. Evelyn’s Weird and Wonderful Friends: Volume 1

Even Exiled, She’s Still the Beloved Saint! St. Evelyn’s Weird and Wonderful Friends (Light Novel) #1

by Harunadon, Camilla L. (Translator), Kurodeko (Illustrator)

She lost her fiancé, her sister, and her position as saint in one breath. Is nothing sacred anymore?!

Evelyn has spent most of her life dutifully performing her role as the saint and keeping the country safe with prayers and healing magic. But everything comes crashing down when her ex-fiancé, the crown prince, exiles her and names her incompetent sister as the new saint. With no money and no practical skills to speak of, she has her work cut out for her if she wants to find her place in the world.

Things start to look up after a mysterious young boy offers to help her make a living. Her experience with healing nets her a quick paycheck, and the people aren’t shy about sharing their devotion for her—she even gets proposed to! As discontent spreads over the prince’s folly and adoring fans flock to her side, Evelyn must navigate political intrigue, her newly realized fame, and unexpected romance in the air.

Genres: Light Novel

202 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 7, 2026

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Reviews

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love that Harunadon doesn't stick to just one genre. I'm not sure this was their strongest outing, but it does do a good job with lampooning the saintess subgenre.

[Ashley · Rating 2 out of 5]

Enjoyable enough at the beginning, then immediately runs head-on into tiresome trope after tiresome trope.

Here were my problems:
- obsessive woman character who's obsessed with the MC's every breath. She never lets up or acknowledges she's being crazy in any way. Basically the pervy old man trope except with a woman, and there's no ostracisation for it (at most the MC acts only slightly put off).
- MC falls in love with the first guy she meets who asks to marry her. She's been unsocialised for 23 years since 5 years old, yet this guy comes on hard and fast with no consideration, and the story treats it like it's normal. Evelyn even returns the feeling practically straight away. Completely uncompelling romance.
- most characters are insane or one way or another. At first, with the priests, the crown prince, and his fiance, it was humorous. But because the story can't take itself seriously when it needs to, the absurdity loses its appeal.
- The MC in general is not very insightful about other people, and has almost no consideration for her own wants and needs. She is just too passive. And also never gets any proper revenge on prince alex or her own sister. Their ousted from their position of power never to torment her... but that's it. Completely free to roam and everything. At the very least an epilogue of those two having a hard time would be appreciated.

Unfortunately I could not get immersed in the fantasy of the Saintess being kicked out by her fiance and everyone getting what they deserve. In many ways I would rather be anyone other than the saintess in this story since everyone's obsessed with her, and she doesn't do anything really to advance her own wants. With the level of political power she's displayed she could reform the country to make everyone live lives of plenty. But nah, get married to a count.