Deathbound Duke's Daughter

Terasu Senoo

Jun 2020 · Deathbound Duke's Daughter Vol 1 · J-Novel Club

About this ebook

One evening in early spring, eight-year-old Erika Aurelia realizes she’s the detestable little villainess from an otome game called Liber Monstrorum: The Winter Maiden and the Phantasmic Beasts. As if that wasn’t bad enough already, Erika’s role in the game is to pester the main character... and then die in order to kick off a mysterious series of events! These incidents are different in each love interest’s route, and seven routes means seven deaths to avoid. Not one to throw in the towel, Erika knows she must take action to destroy her death flags—and since her life is on the line, there’s no time to lose!

Her very first death flag is set to rise after she meets two noble children from a prominent magician’s house. In order to prevent the resulting incidents, the Gold Rush Murders, she arms herself with her brother's expensive(!!!) magical items and heads into the ancient Seafarer’s Ruins. But things don’t quite go according to plan...

Ratings and reviews

I absolutely love how this story was written. Despite the premise of the book starting as a typical isekai/reincarnation story, the setting, characters, and writing is more akin to a pure fantasy setting. The main character's past life does affect a few things, but it does not become a convinient tool for the story. I actually forgot this was an isekai partway through! I highly recommend it if you want a purer fantasy setting.

Nice book with unique main character who has a shadow of past but still tries to persevere.