Secret Love Affair between a Former Saint and a Dark Hero

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Kim Jiyeon, a student on leave leading an ordinary life, finds herself transmigrated into the romance novel, ‘The Saint’s Flower,’ that her friend had shown her.

Within the novel that she had read only halfway through, there was a girl named Iora. The romantic world of the saintly heroine and the male hero was clearly not her own. Nonetheless, she believed she could find happiness because she had become a character in the novel, just like the protagonist.

However, everyone cast their hatred upon her, accusing her of being the tormenting villain and a fake holy virg*n, Iora. So, once again, she was threatened with death. A sacrificial lamb for the sacred female protagonist, a villain deserving of punishment, but it wasn’t so.

Iora was, in fact, a true holy saint. Returning to the beginning through the blessing of the divine .

She had no family, no haters, no sainthood, no beloved fiancé, and no need for any of it. She would walk a different path.

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A Dark Secret Romance With A Former Saintess and a Villain
A Secret Love Affair Between a Saintess and Villain
전직 성녀와 흑막의 비밀 연애
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Recommendation Lists
  1. [R-15] KR
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  3. Romance Novels
  4. Saint
  5. Came for the cover

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Nepenthe
Nepenthe
March 4, 2024
Status: c45
This is definitely an angst novel. (Or sweet potato, if you’re used to Korean slang.) Don’t take that “abusive characters” tag lightly.

It falls into a niche that I oddly enjoy.

The main character is broken and hopeless. She tries her best, but it takes everything she has just to get through the day. I enjoy reading about strong, determined heroines, but I suppose I also like broken heroines because they’re closer to my own life experiences. So, I find the MC’s character believable and not annoying—though I know some people won’t... more>> be able to stand her helplessness.

With that said, 45 chapters in we’re still setting up for the main plot. Certain characters are revealing their true colors while other important characters are being introduced. This novel has the potential to end up being really satisfying, but we’re definitely not there yet. I’ll try to come back and update this review once things start moving in that direction. <<less
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BlueG
BlueG rated it
March 31, 2024
Status: c51
This story is extremely slow burn, but surprisingly it's not too much of a drag, but it's definitely for the great translation that makes it more bearable to continue.

The beginning of the story is very heavy with tragedy and the author does a great job setting up the scenes and the tone to each chapter. We get to know the protagonist in a deep level through her monologues and I am constantly rooting for her peace. My biggest praise is that there's not a lot of plot-holes or totally unreasonable... more>> actions. The story is told with great clarity especially on the emotional impact on the readers.

Patience is key for reading this novel. From the cover, I assume that the ML would be the one with the black hair as described in the novel... He rarely shows up to a point I thought that the 2nd ML would be the ML, because he has more interactions with the MC than anyone else. When the ML does arrive, the chemistry is great between the ML and MC. They're both cheeky with each other and the MC is relaxed with him, but he won't be written until 15+ chapters later. Perhaps it might change in the future to which I hope. <<less
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Nom de Plume
Nom de Plume
August 16, 2024
Status: c65
This is some intense stuff. I was crying my way through almost all of it. The protagonist has a massive and shocking personality change upon entering the novel: from a stubborn quick-witted optimistic girl into a meek ab*sed child with no power to fight back against unusually cruel circumstances. You could say her original personality is completely suppressed by her new body. Both the physical and emotional ab*se are real and expounded upon with great detail. This story has the angst, usually compressed into the prologue depicting the horrible and... more>> tortuous backstory, fully spelled out for over 60 chapters. The worst part of her entire experience is that the poor girl was never meant to go to that world in the first place.

I am at chapter 65 now and I am greatly looking forward to seeing the protagonist act as her true self and start the counterattack against all of the ab*sers, including the original fiancé. Come back translator! It just started getting good. TT-TT <<less
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ObsidianBridexx
ObsidianBridexx rated it
April 16, 2024
Status: --
I’m only 6 chapters in vet the MC is really... idk she’s not annoying but very insecure of herself and always crying omg do something girl stop crying haha maybe it will get better I will continue and tell you after, but besides that transition is 10/10 very good thank you for your hard work
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