Villain's Legacy

by Ethan Gale

262 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 25, 2026

Reviews

[GrumpyOldMan · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was not all that good, but I'll give it an extra star for a first time author. The best description of the book is it's a skeleton. It's a bare bones plot that has some merit, but outside of a few relationship conversations and a few sex scenes, it's bare bones.

The MC is a small time logistics guy for a small time criminal that was killed. Being the only employee that shows up as the former boss's funeral, he inherits the man's operation. Which is just a contracted employee that is almost a slave. The former boss horded information on other criminals, so the MC and his contracted employee decide to play a version of Robin Hood by stealing from other criminals.

There are 2 primary LIs in this book, the contracted woman and a second that joins around 40% of the way through the book. The MC puts no effort into getting either woman that is shown on screen. He's a nice guy, which is apparently better than catnip to a catgirl to these women. The sex scenes are fairly short, and the first one is a little disturbing because the contracted woman basically dares him to have sex with her to test his behavior. I felt nothing for either woman, because we don't see the MC really building the relationships much.

There are lots of time skips in this book. Time that the relationships develop during that we don't see. There are planning sessions we don't see. There are heists we don't see. It's a whole lot of "tell" and very little "show" outside of sex scenes and a few key dialogue points.

The book ends on a cliffhanger, and I don't see myself reading the next book unless I'm really bored.

[nurfherder · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is very obviously heavily AI-assisted. Well outlined by the creator, so the plot is coherent and it doesn't have the 'dream-logic' jumps that show up in AI works that aren't well-curated, but the writing tonally flat, and much of it feels like you're reading a summary of events, rather than watching the story unfold. I couldn't do it.

[Roberto Flores · Rating 2 out of 5]

Harem is forced, nothing about it seems authentic. The pacing is slow with lots of planning, but nothing is ever shown. Gives it a shallow feeling. The ending is pathetic, a surprise twist cliffhanger. The book was a the star till the last two pages.

[Stardust · Rating 3 out of 5]

pretty good until cliffhanger

Ending on cliffhanger -1.
Otherwise pretty good. Smart but “powerless “ do goody inherits villan organisation by surprise. Decides to be a villain against villain.

[Mike Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

sometimes you just need a better class of villian

[Nick Massey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Outstanding

I was hooked from the start. Great book, really well told. Very cool concept. Loveable characters, great drama about relationships. More please, lots more 🙏

[Robert L. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good book

This is a fine fantasy harem adventure novel. It is well written and edited. I especially like the ice woman. I anxiously await the author's next novel