Seize the Day: A World Conquest Isekai

Empress, Book 1

By: J. V. Simms

Narrated by: Hollie Jackson

Length: 19 hrs and 5 mins

Publisher's summary

When an ambitious teenage girl from Earth finds herself in a magical realm, she could be the hero—but she'd prefer to be the villain.

When power-hungry Everly is reborn into a medieval world where elemental magic rules and she receives her elemental servants—the oddly sadistic Eris and the fun-loving Titania—years earlier than one typically would, she knows she's destined for a command of necromantic magic the likes of which her peers can only dream.

Though she's the bastard daughter of a count and a precariously positioned concubine, Everly is determined to be a conqueror, warlord, and queen. She could be the hero of the realm, the person to save everyone, with her protectors—the Silver Lance—and her beautiful mage lover by her side.

But Everly's no hero. She's an aspiring villain, seeking the freedom that comes with doing wrong. And before long, she'll make everyone fear the name of the Empress . . .

The first volume of the hit portal fantasy series—with more than 400,000 views on Royal Road—now available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and Audible!

©2024 J. V. Simms (P)2024 Podium Audio

unexpected story also loved the banter

the banter between the characters was hilarious 😂.
Frankly though the story was more darker then I anticipated I was expecting more of an anti-hero story this is more of a story of a narcissistic Harley Quinn type of crazy meets fantasy world which was both unexpected and a kinda nice surprise

shits banging

very good story, looking forward to the next two. now go write more forget knight.

Excellent!

Love the plot! The narration was top tier! Can't wait for book 2 to follow the MC on her way to become The Empress.

Brilliant yet scary!

We seem to live in the world of illogical fantasy, if people where given power would they be good or evil 😈
Most books take us down the path of chaotic good or even neutral good.
This book is not for the faint of heart and it is well done without being gross. Very well done and told by narrator and author!
Waiting with bated breath for the next, bravo!!

Read the prologue, Its an evil MC. Negative reviews cause it hurt your sense of morals is .................

Good listen

The story was good but the pace could be better I wish it had some world building

great start

great start the mc is arazy and evil it was fun the problem begun in the middle when there were a bunch of random pov chapters

I hope the ending sticks.

Pretty difficult to write an MC who is aware they sound like a cartoon villian, but with too much narcissism to care and not make them an awful listen. In this instance I think they did an alright job. The author chose to balance the MC by making some of the other characters truly distasteful and using them as foil. It was definitely a book 1 so it will be interesting to see where it goes. There is a lot of potential here, the author avoided a lot of pitfalls by establishing that in the instances where her logic won't hold up, her narcissism patches the holes.

I wasn't a fan of the potential tether, I'm looking forward to a ridiculous story of bombastic villiany, so I hope the ending sticks. Her and Grail even made sure there is a hero with reason to oppose her just for fun.

It was worth the credit.

Finally!

A true villain as a MC FINALLY!!! Great story, lots of details, and WOW. I need 15 words.

Everly is boss

Everly is a despicable person with goals. I enjoyed the pop culture references, the action and the humor. The writing was great. The narrator was wonderful. Looking forward to the next one.

Ugh

Stage acting does not work with audiobooks. It’s a shame hollie has an excellent range. But she ruins it with B rated stage acting. i’m really struggling to get past the annoyance of it.
She also reads this book in three different speeds. Extremely slow normal and slightly faster than normal. So you can’t really change the speed you’re listening to because the rest of it will sound like garbage. Take a speed and stick with it.