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September 8, 2025
I just realized that I apparently never entered this into Goodreads when I read it a couple years ago. It’s one of my favorite danmei!
4.5 stars- I’ve never read a book like this, it’s second person POV with 6 different endings. Dark paranormal romance between a priest and the half demon that he bought on a whim. It’s set in a world where the gates to hell have opened and humanity is engaging in a war against demons. This book has layers to it, it’s a character study examining the dangers of blind faith and indoctrination, the cost of war, and how people respond to trauma. The priest is a fascinating character, able to hold simultaneously conflicting worldviews and undergoing some very satisfying character growth. This would have been a perfect 5 star read for me but the last chapter of the final ending was rushed and overly saccharine, I felt like it didn’t match the tone and complexity of the rest of the story.
4.5 stars- I’ve never read a book like this, it’s second person POV with 6 different endings. Dark paranormal romance between a priest and the half demon that he bought on a whim. It’s set in a world where the gates to hell have opened and humanity is engaging in a war against demons. This book has layers to it, it’s a character study examining the dangers of blind faith and indoctrination, the cost of war, and how people respond to trauma. The priest is a fascinating character, able to hold simultaneously conflicting worldviews and undergoing some very satisfying character growth. This would have been a perfect 5 star read for me but the last chapter of the final ending was rushed and overly saccharine, I felt like it didn’t match the tone and complexity of the rest of the story.
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February 28, 2025DNF
For a web novel, this was amazingly well-written, with a good translation too. I was pleasantly surprised. The unique storytelling reminds me of Life Is Strange or Detroit: Become Human, where you can choose how the story unfolds. The author writes multiple endings based on the reader’s choices, which is a really interesting approach. I can’t deny the quality of the writing—it has the depth of a literary masterpiece.
Unfortunately, it’s just too dark for me. I read the tags and thought I could handle it, but the bad endings were too much. You do have the option to skip them, but I feel like doing so takes away from fully appreciating the story. Based on other reviews, there is a happy ending, but the tragedy tag shouldn’t be taken lightly, both the ML and MC go through horrific abuse. They’re two broken people who find each other and somehow make it work.
I just couldn’t finish it. For some reason, reading it made me really upset. There are a lot of five-star reviews on NU, so I know I’m probably missing out on a great story. But right now, I’m just not in the right state of mind to appreciate it.
English Title: One Silver Coin for a Pound of Demon
For a web novel, this was amazingly well-written, with a good translation too. I was pleasantly surprised. The unique storytelling reminds me of Life Is Strange or Detroit: Become Human, where you can choose how the story unfolds. The author writes multiple endings based on the reader’s choices, which is a really interesting approach. I can’t deny the quality of the writing—it has the depth of a literary masterpiece.
Unfortunately, it’s just too dark for me. I read the tags and thought I could handle it, but the bad endings were too much. You do have the option to skip them, but I feel like doing so takes away from fully appreciating the story. Based on other reviews, there is a happy ending, but the tragedy tag shouldn’t be taken lightly, both the ML and MC go through horrific abuse. They’re two broken people who find each other and somehow make it work.
I just couldn’t finish it. For some reason, reading it made me really upset. There are a lot of five-star reviews on NU, so I know I’m probably missing out on a great story. But right now, I’m just not in the right state of mind to appreciate it.
English Title: One Silver Coin for a Pound of Demon
July 25, 2022
Me encantó la historia, es muy interesante
December 23, 2024
Esta historia contiene varios TW y un montón de otros temas oscuros que no están idealizados. La sinopsis junto con la portada dan la impresión de una historia de terror/horror pero es todo lo contrario. Aunque al principio si empieza un poco turbio (mas por la cantidad de BE que tiene) nos muestra una historia de dos personas heridas que van apoyandose mutuamente a superar sus traumas. Es una historia de amor desgarradoramente hermosa entre dos personas rotas que se necesitan desesperadamente y se complementan el uno al otro.
En si, trata sobre la sanacion y el viaje espiritual que atraviesa el protagonista Enoc, un sacerdote que se enfrenta a las creencias que desde niño le han inculcado sobre el bien y el mal cuando se encuentra con este demonio mestizo y como eventualmente lo reconoce como persona y se empieza a cuestionar si lo que toda su vida le han enseñado es verdaderamente lo correcto.
La historia hace una critica a la religion y toca temas como la moral.
Esta escrita desde el punto de vista del sacerdote, y sus decisiones conducen a diferentes finales.
Algo que me gusto y me parecio super interesante es que la novela hace uso de la segunda persona para narrar la historia. Nunca habia encontrado una historia narrada de esa forma y pense que se me haria muy dificil de leer sin embargo el autor supo manejar su pluma de manera magistral por lo que la lectura fue facil y entretenida.
La dinamica de los personajes es muy buena y los personajes tienen buen desarrollo a lo largo de la historia. (Mas el protagonista, lo ame demasiado 😭 💞es tan bueno, noble y siempre busca ayudar a los demas).
El final me encantó, fue hermoso y agradeci por fin tener un Happy Ending. La recomiendo completamente.
En si, trata sobre la sanacion y el viaje espiritual que atraviesa el protagonista Enoc, un sacerdote que se enfrenta a las creencias que desde niño le han inculcado sobre el bien y el mal cuando se encuentra con este demonio mestizo y como eventualmente lo reconoce como persona y se empieza a cuestionar si lo que toda su vida le han enseñado es verdaderamente lo correcto.
La historia hace una critica a la religion y toca temas como la moral.
Esta escrita desde el punto de vista del sacerdote, y sus decisiones conducen a diferentes finales.
Algo que me gusto y me parecio super interesante es que la novela hace uso de la segunda persona para narrar la historia. Nunca habia encontrado una historia narrada de esa forma y pense que se me haria muy dificil de leer sin embargo el autor supo manejar su pluma de manera magistral por lo que la lectura fue facil y entretenida.
La dinamica de los personajes es muy buena y los personajes tienen buen desarrollo a lo largo de la historia. (Mas el protagonista, lo ame demasiado 😭 💞es tan bueno, noble y siempre busca ayudar a los demas).
El final me encantó, fue hermoso y agradeci por fin tener un Happy Ending. La recomiendo completamente.
July 15, 2025
a priest is offered a demon, a silver for a pound. he barters for just the head and torso. the demon wrenches its neck underneath the knife meant for its arm. the priest stops the knife and takes all 177 pounds home.
the first several chapters of this webnovel are dark and grotesque (almost all the trigger warnings this story comes with are concentrated in them) with a significant tonal shift that could have transitioned a lot more smoothly. however, the exploration of religious indoctrination and dehumanization was done shockingly well. the priest limits his own personhood, he is comforted by strict rules, he is able to commit atrocities as long as the church’s doctrine doesn’t forbid it, he feels guilty about good things if the doctrine does.
i found the depiction of god and the church in the priest’s eyes eloquently done. he sees the church and his place within it grand, he is willing to die for it, but ultimately it is nothing at all. god’s will dictates human determination as much as human determination dictates it. whatever is current is god’s will. it is inconsistent, dependent on what brings him peace or what he feels obligated towards.
the love story is quite sweet once it gets past the dark era but it’s the priest’s character that i think makes this most worth reading. also for a story posted on a forum, and then translated with the help of google translate, the writing is still pretty good. i’m forever going to think about “your hands are cold and numb, and you don’t know the shape of anything you’ve touched” foreverrrrr.
anyways, i love finding weird, obscure things that end up having something to say.
the first several chapters of this webnovel are dark and grotesque (almost all the trigger warnings this story comes with are concentrated in them) with a significant tonal shift that could have transitioned a lot more smoothly. however, the exploration of religious indoctrination and dehumanization was done shockingly well. the priest limits his own personhood, he is comforted by strict rules, he is able to commit atrocities as long as the church’s doctrine doesn’t forbid it, he feels guilty about good things if the doctrine does.
i found the depiction of god and the church in the priest’s eyes eloquently done. he sees the church and his place within it grand, he is willing to die for it, but ultimately it is nothing at all. god’s will dictates human determination as much as human determination dictates it. whatever is current is god’s will. it is inconsistent, dependent on what brings him peace or what he feels obligated towards.
the love story is quite sweet once it gets past the dark era but it’s the priest’s character that i think makes this most worth reading. also for a story posted on a forum, and then translated with the help of google translate, the writing is still pretty good. i’m forever going to think about “your hands are cold and numb, and you don’t know the shape of anything you’ve touched” foreverrrrr.
anyways, i love finding weird, obscure things that end up having something to say.
March 12, 2025
This was such an interesting read. I really loved the "visual novel" concept which is very rare to see in novels in general much less, web novels. Although the readers don't get a lot of choices to make, I was still heavily invested in the leads and the plot in general.
This novel is written from a second person point of view, which caught me off guard at first but afterwards, I got used to it. The two main characters are brilliantly written, with fleshed backstories, which is really impressive considering how short the novel is.
I liked how in the beginning the priest is shown to be quite heartless, uncaring towards the "demon" he bought, even at some point thinking to cut off some of his body parts as they were of no use to him. But then we see what led him to become this way and how his trauma, which he himself is unaware of, has affected him severely since his childhood. He is a really complex character and I cannot see him written in any other way other than this.
As for the "demon" himself, I really don't think I can talk much about him without spoiling anything. But it certainly broke my heart to see how much he had suffered in his life. I really wanted him to be happy despite everything. My poor baby.
The bad endings are also worth mentioning, although not necessary, but they are a very important part to the original plot and help us see the characters in different scenarios and how certain choices made by the reader influence their decisions. They were heartbreaking but so worth it.
This novel is written from a second person point of view, which caught me off guard at first but afterwards, I got used to it. The two main characters are brilliantly written, with fleshed backstories, which is really impressive considering how short the novel is.
I liked how in the beginning the priest is shown to be quite heartless, uncaring towards the "demon" he bought, even at some point thinking to cut off some of his body parts as they were of no use to him. But then we see what led him to become this way and how his trauma, which he himself is unaware of, has affected him severely since his childhood. He is a really complex character and I cannot see him written in any other way other than this.
As for the "demon" himself, I really don't think I can talk much about him without spoiling anything. But it certainly broke my heart to see how much he had suffered in his life. I really wanted him to be happy despite everything. My poor baby.
The bad endings are also worth mentioning, although not necessary, but they are a very important part to the original plot and help us see the characters in different scenarios and how certain choices made by the reader influence their decisions. They were heartbreaking but so worth it.
December 28, 2023
You know how some books read like they’re a movie? This is one of them, and I liked it. I think the progression of the storyline was written well and even though it started out kind of slow, it quickly picked up pace.
I really enjoyed the way Enoch (MC) and Lemuel’s (ML) relationship developed. Readers were able to learn more about them as they themselves understood more about each other. The developed the characters steadily and I was able to see how they changed as individuals and because of their relationship.
The thing is, like 95% of the story took place in Enoch’s house, a place that was once a living place became a home for them. You would think that it would be boring but the author had a way of turning their daily interactions into something weighted. Every day spent was meaningful for them and I could feel the warmth growing day by day as the feelings they had for each other grew stronger.
This story isn’t without its flaws but they didn’t really affect my reading experience. The 2nd person POV is something I was rather put off by at first but eventually I got used to it and in the end I don’t think the story would’ve felt the same if it was written in a different POV.
The several BEs sprinkled around the novel was an interesting departure from how typical novels are written. I was worried that the actual ending was going to be a BE too but I’m so glad Lemuel was a BAMF who loved Enoch enough to do what he did in order to secure their happiness.
I really enjoyed the way Enoch (MC) and Lemuel’s (ML) relationship developed. Readers were able to learn more about them as they themselves understood more about each other. The developed the characters steadily and I was able to see how they changed as individuals and because of their relationship.
The thing is, like 95% of the story took place in Enoch’s house, a place that was once a living place became a home for them. You would think that it would be boring but the author had a way of turning their daily interactions into something weighted. Every day spent was meaningful for them and I could feel the warmth growing day by day as the feelings they had for each other grew stronger.
This story isn’t without its flaws but they didn’t really affect my reading experience. The 2nd person POV is something I was rather put off by at first but eventually I got used to it and in the end I don’t think the story would’ve felt the same if it was written in a different POV.
The several BEs sprinkled around the novel was an interesting departure from how typical novels are written. I was worried that the actual ending was going to be a BE too but I’m so glad Lemuel was a BAMF who loved Enoch enough to do what he did in order to secure their happiness.
September 19, 2024
English title: One Silver Coin For a Pound of Demon
I heard about how dark this story was so I'm left a bit disappointed that after the beginning it was actually pretty sweet. This story is told in an interesting format. It uses the second point of view so "you" are doing a lot of cruel things to a demon you bought. It's also kind of a choose your own adventure type format where you'll be given two choices and you'll be given chapters for both options but one will always be a bad ending. Most of the darkest things happen in the beginning when you have the options of making the worst choices but I think a third of the way through, it starts being almost a sweet slice of life story. I would say the MC priest is autistic coded because he was raised by the church and he still thinks he has to abide by all the pious rules he was taught. Overall, it was an okay story.
Summary: The MC is a priest who happens to come across a demon, the ML, being sold cheaply for a silver coin a pound. He buys him on a whim and we go through various possibilities of what happens to them after he takes the demon home.
I heard about how dark this story was so I'm left a bit disappointed that after the beginning it was actually pretty sweet. This story is told in an interesting format. It uses the second point of view so "you" are doing a lot of cruel things to a demon you bought. It's also kind of a choose your own adventure type format where you'll be given two choices and you'll be given chapters for both options but one will always be a bad ending. Most of the darkest things happen in the beginning when you have the options of making the worst choices but I think a third of the way through, it starts being almost a sweet slice of life story. I would say the MC priest is autistic coded because he was raised by the church and he still thinks he has to abide by all the pious rules he was taught. Overall, it was an okay story.
Summary: The MC is a priest who happens to come across a demon, the ML, being sold cheaply for a silver coin a pound. He buys him on a whim and we go through various possibilities of what happens to them after he takes the demon home.
December 27, 2024
This swung from graphically fucked to graphically getting fucked in .01 seconds.
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