Thanks to NetGalley and Yen Press for the ARC copy for "Lady Devil". This has not affected my review at all, which are my own thoughts.

If I have known this one was going to involve an incestuous relationship as the main romance while portraying it in such a, lets say, positive light, I would have not read it. But here we are, so lets dive into it. Because, if we take this fact out the window, the rest was quite enjoyable. And that frustrates me.

Lady Devil is the name our protagonist, Giovinetta Iseul Eurycrate Valdemar (just Giovinetta, or Inette to her twin brother), got after her first husband's heart was ripped out of his body on their wedding night. Years later, Inette is to remarry an older nobleman, a deal that could help end the war that's been going on for a while. Except, she doesn't want to be sold like that to someone she doesn't know nor does she want to be downgrade to a trophy wife and baby maker, which is understandable, but she makes really poor choices from then on. For in her desperation, she follows family rumors to a chamber where a devil (the devil of Ducommun, her family) is said to be kept and makes a wish. A plea to get rid of her future husband, except that it backfires and transform her twin brother Johannes into a devil himself, tainted the so lauded hero of the Valdemar country.

So, we have Giovinetta, who is to marry some man; she's sent a portrait to at least know how he looks. She is confined to her room, where she only sees Griselda, her nanny. We also have Johannes, her twin brother, a lauded hero of Valdemar that has fought in the war and come back home just now (at the start of the story). We also have guards, the father, and a third brother, the younger one, Winfried, who has gone and make himself a monk, so he isn't much around the castle.

As said on the plot's summary, desperate to not marry that man, Inette follows the family rumors that say the have a devil under the castle, in under ground chambers, that can grant any wishes. Is called the devil of Ducommun and it was tear apart limb by limb to be trapped in various coffins, most of which have been already destroy. She hammers one more coffin while asking for her husband to be gone so she doesn't have to merry him.
After this, no night is normal anymore.

This leads to Johannes turning into a devil, full on with wings, fangs, enormous size, claws... The complete set; I'm sure you can imagine it. Worry for him, Inette starts escaping from her room at night to pay him a visit and see what happens and if she can do anything about it. Without giving too much away, lets say that this is part of the story that I liked the least, because, even though it generates conflict between the twins that ends up bleeding into the secondary characters too and affecting the course of the plot, nothing can change this story for me due to the incest and how this relationship is portrait. At least the characters (mainly Inette since we follow her thoughts the most) have the decency to refer to it as a sin, but that doesn't deterred them, anyway😐

Also, as usual, the woman is so weak she faints from intense feelings🙄 And I know there's some sensations and feelings that can lead to the human body shutting down in real life, but in these stories it tends to be exaggerated to drive the drama up to the highest, contributing, in my opinion, to nothing. Such is the case of Inette.

But, lets forget for a moment that there is not such relationship in "Lady Devil". The art stood out to me, with vivid colors and a sharp attention to detail, painting great metaphors and imagery; my congratulations for the artists for creating such amazing display of illustrations. The lore of the world we know so far, how details were given, was also what kept me glue to the pages; i didn't really cared what happened between the siblins, but i wanted to know more about the devil of Ducommun, the devils in general that existed long ago and more; Winfried is the one studying that and he is such and interesting character, that I did read the volume completely for him and the devil's myth, really.

The only issue pacing/structure wise would be repetition of flashbacks, meaning, we see on the page Inette go to the cumbers to make a wish to the devil of Ducommun, yet, this fact is repeated like two or three more times in detail, as if we would forget about it in less than 50 pages. I'm not sure if the story originally was released chapter by chapter with long periods of time between them and that's why the repetition. But, if that's not the case, it is definitely jarring.

Anyway, even though the context of the story, the lore and such were good and give the story an interesting touch, I don't think i can recommend this one in good conscience. An incestuous relationship is quite the most stereotypical and harmful way of depicting twins that I've ever read (opinions of actual twins that I've read around bookish spaces agree with me, just in case someone wants to argue with the fact). And, really, incest that is justified by the story or portrait in a romantic light that hints at that it might be the actual romantic relationship that develops through the story until the end and the characters get their way and end up together will always be a no for me. Sorry, but it is what it is

Thank you, NetGalley, and to the author!
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Overall: 5/5

Overall this book will not be for everyone. There is incest. There is misogyny, old-fashioned ideas about a woman's role in the world, abuse of power, etc.

It is a mature manga. I do not recommend this for everyone. 🌶🌶🌶🌶🌶

The artwork is beautiful. The translation is amazing.

The characters are horrible people, lol. What I loved, though, is that the manga doesn't try to tell you they are. It gives you broken characters, explains why they are they way there are, and how they treat others based on their world views. Everyone is a victim. Everyone is a predator.

This first part does a character study. If you want something faster paced, I recommend looking elsewhere. If you want smut, this might not be for you.

For books like this a trigger warning here might help.

I’m only giving the 1 due to the art style being well done…this was…bad. I can’t get behind the incest/beastiality romance plot…I only continued this so that I didn’t DNF an ARC.

Interesting and exciting story, but too taboo for me

*Adult Read Only!*

"Lady Devil 01" is the first in a ten-book manhwa series drawn by Choco FUKI, adapted by Hanheun and based on an original story by B. Cenci. The story takes us into a world full of surprising twists and turns, social taboos and dark machinations.

"Lady Devil" caught my eye because of the cover. The drawing style immediately appealed to me and the blurb sounded like an exciting story with a forbidden love story, so I was hooked straight away! But I didn't know how forbidden this story would be. Because the story focuses on Giovinetta Vlademar, the only daughter of Duke Valdemar. Giovinetta had a very close relationship with her twin brother as a child, which ended in a kiss and Giovinetta was locked away and married off as punishment. This unleashed a series of events that opened up a dark and demonic path for Giovinetta, her brother Johan and the rest of the noble family.

Apart from the incest aspect, the story managed to win me over with the exciting twists and turns, interesting storyline, dark atmosphere and demons. However, I don't yet know whether I will continue to follow the story of Johan and Giovinetta.

I give "Lady Devil" 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC.

2.5 stars rounded up*

If I'm being honest with this review, I didn't particularly like Lady Devil, but I also didn't hate it. The execution of the story and plot were not the best, and it didn't really go anywhere. It was a little messy, and what I imagine is the main theme of this story - the demon, was not fleshed out as much as I would have liked.

Volume 1 of Lady Devil was quite boring, slow paced and left you with more questions than answers. Also, the twin incest was a plot twist I was not expecting, but this taboo romance was the only exciting thing about this story. We know very little of the world, the character's and their relationships as siblings. We got a little of a lot, but it was not enough.

The artwork at times, especially in relation to more intimate scenes with the devil were beautiful and one of my favourite things about this book.

I personally won't be rushing to read more of this series soon, but I would like to see where it is headed eventually.

Lady Devil, Vol. 1 had an interesting premise, but it didn’t fully deliver for me. While the artwork was beautiful, the pacing felt off, and the story lacked the depth I was hoping for. The characters had potential but didn’t feel fully developed. It had some good moments, but overall, it just didn’t hook me.

This is a lot darker than any of the other manhwa I've ever read, and contains a lot of super mature themes. Definitely check the trigger warnings before heading into this one, as a lot happens in this introductory volume to the story. While the story is interesting, I don't find myself particularly attached to any of the characters, and I truly fail to understand the connection between the twins. I think for readers who love a dark story this will definitely be an interesting dive, given they're okay with the taboo topics presented.

Look, here's the thing. It's very well illustrated. The plot is good. There's just one massive issue that I think I missed in translation, which is: the "forbidden romance" in the description is forbidden because it's incest.

The annoying thing, for me at least, is that there are SO many good forbidden tropes you can do in this psuedo-European historical setting. Rival royal familes! Class differences! Interracial relationships! Queer relationships! All of those things are (presumably) forbidden in this setting. And yet. Incest :/

Had literally any character other than her brother been the love interest, I'd be ready to keep reading. I have absolutely no desire to continue though. This book is not for me. I suspect the audience for this book will be extremely niche.

1.5 ⭐

I may have overlooked the incest part. But that's okay, I can handle a taboo relationship, I just thought it wasn't full incestuous, not that way.
The thing is, apart from that and the devil thing, nothing much happened. I guess the plot will revolve about their forbidden relationship and the evil left-out brother. So, I wasn't really into it, it was not that interesting that I feel the need to read the next book. The cover is pretty, though. It just that sometimes the drawing felt a little sloppy, the dialogues were... meh. I couldn't care about any character, too. I know the FMC is this way because of her environment but it didn't make her more likeable.
To be honest, I don't even cared about the incest thing at the end, what really bothered me was the plot, it was so boring and uninteresting.

While I have a feeling the incestuous plot line is going to veer onto a path of these twins, "forbidden love" destroying their kingdom, I just really don't enjoy incestuous plots, period. Honestly, if this had been anything ,but* incest this would be a solid 4-star read, which is why I gave it 3.

I won't be continuing the series, but I'm sure there are plenty who will enjoy it.

As always, thanks to NetGalley and Yen Press the eArc!

While I love the concept of this one, the execution was a bit too messy + also boring for me. I didn't feel invested in the story or the characters even after I finished the volume, but I did like the art style was kind of retro! That's just unfortunately the only positive I have. I just really wish that things were more fleshed out because even though a lot technically happened here, I didn't really get any foundation for what the stakes were, what the characters were like besides the very basics of these two characters want to be together, but they're not allowed to be because it's obviously forbidden romance and also there's a family curse. Look, maybe the problem is me and I skimmed too much, but I had to put the book down a few times because I was just THAT bored with it. 😭 Which is a HUGE shame because I absolutely love some of the themes that are in this story (hello twincest + MMC who turns into a devil? Easily a recipe for success in the right hands).

I have to admit that I saw the cover of this manhwa, loved the art and didn't read the description before reading it.
If I had read the description, I think I would have at least been a bit more prepared for what it is ultimately about.
I think all I can say that I liked is the art, which was beautiful, but the themes were just not for me.

WOW I did not do my research before reading this. This manwha is FULL of twists, turns, and taboo. Inette is locked in a tower after kissing her brother as kids, so she grows up basically to be married off to an old old man - and clearly doesn’t want that. So she makes a wish on a devil and chaos ensues. Not entirely sure if I would continue the story.

Perverted in a weird way.. kind of a bad way. The art was also decent enough for a manga, not the best but not bad.

Thanks to NetGalley and the author for granting me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Hahahahahahahaha well, this would be a 5 star horror read, the same way (the EXACT same way) Flowers in the Attic is an amazing horror novel. Unfortunately, I don't think this is meant to be horror.

One star for romance. It's the full-blooded twin fucking for me, if you can believe it. Not even the monsterfucker element could save that.

I've added one extra star because I genuinely appreciate a heroine who looks like an adult. That's how low the bar is I guess.

I think it should be made apparent that this heavily features incest between twins. I love darker themes but this just was not for me and if I had known I would not have picked it up.

Thank you NetGalley and Yen Press for the ARC!

To say this has some dark and forbidden taboos in it is a bit of an understatement. There's incest, forbidden romances, and old customs such as misogyny and arranged marriages against others wishes, for anyone curious about wanting to read this Arc. The art is amazing, and the writing albeit taboo has a way to grasp the readers interest. As I know a bit about the book since its Webtoon days I know about spoilers, but It has been reformatted in a way that looks appealing for a printed version.

SORRY but this is not for me


I didn't know it had incest, heeelp haha😅 That's what happened to me for not researching manhwas. Well, you learn from your mistakes. Well, anyway, I didn't like it, and you know what the worst part is? I'd like to finish the story on tappytoon to find out how it ends😫 haha


Thanks ize press for the arc

Unfortunately, this was not for me. The art was good, though occasionally somewhat explicit, but the content was darker than I care for.

I really only finished reading because it was an ARC.

TW: Incest

Desperate to avoid being married off to an old man, she makes a wish to a demon—setting off a chain of events that spiral into chaos. Every character in this story has their own obsessions and struggles, all tangled within a family curse.

Everything about this story is a wild mess, yet it pulls you in, making you eager to see what happens next.