The Villainess Turns the Hourglass is a manhwa comic romance novel written by Sansobee and created by Antstudio. The Villainess Turns the Hourglass tells a story of Aria and her stepsister and their prolonged and bitter hostility. Read summary below:
The Villainess Turns the Hourglass Summary
After her lowly mother married a count, Aria enjoyed a life full of luxury while harassing her gentle stepsister Mielle. Several years later, Aria is about to be executed when Mielle reveals that she wickedly tricked Aria into building the bad reputation that ultimately brought her to the scaffold. Just as Aria desparately wishes she could change her fate, she sees a curious hourglass that takes her back into the past. Now, Aria can destroy Mielle by using her own tactics against her like a true villainess. The power of the hourglass is on her side… Can Aria take everything from Mielle, or will her actions change the past in ways she couldn’t have imagined?
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MinRei
Apr 29, 2020
Loving the mc’s character so far, she doesn’t do a complete flip to her character (still a noble brat, just lowkey). This is the right kind of villain, instead of trying to be a better version of herself (in a good/innocent way) to help herself and others to avoid death/destruction she becomes a better person (in an evil way) in order to save herself and bring chaos to others.
If you’re a person who dislike actual villain “villain” (a person who does actual bad things) then you’ll find her actions uncomfortable. She’s a bitch.
At first I wasn’t excited about the romance part but wow, I love the ML and the two of them actually fit each other, no overly exaggerated blush, their interactions feels natural, I feel like a third wheel, a fangirl on the sides every time the ml appears.
Mc is a villain, and I’d be willing to be here underling. You’ll understand when you get to know her.
AnnCathrin
Sep 22, 2020
Recommended if you enjoy: political intrigue, stories involving nobility and royalty, ruthless female characters, strong female characters, or power struggles between different factions.
The MC and her sister are embroiled in a “war” within the household, where each tries to bring the other down – our MC for survival and revenge, the sister out of jealousy. This leads to a host of schemes, including – but not limited to – sending maids as spies, sabotaging each other, attempting to steal the fiancé, trying to ruin each other’s social reputation, and trying to impress the father of the family.
Some schemes fail, others succeed, just like in real life. Each action has a consequence, and (as far as I can see) nothing is forgotten. Along the way, we meet a host of other characters: supporters, antagonists, extras, and neutral parties.
Personally, I’m a huge fan of political intrigue and strong female characters, and in this story you get both.
The MC is constantly looking for ways to win and survive, never getting side-tracked or forgetting her objective like in other manwha I’ve read. While she does experience setbacks, she never lets them bring her down for long, instead finding ways to profit or learn from it. The MC feels very “natural” in general; it’s not hard for me to imagine that someone would behave like this after everything that happened in her past life.
So far, there hasn’t been a lot of romance for the MC, but the hints that we get feel very organic. All characters seem well-rounded and their actions understandable – so far, nobody behaved in a way that I absolutely couldn’t get where it came from.
I definitely recommend that you at least check it out, I haven’t regretted it.
RCBusy
Jul 2, 2022
READ 90 Chapters from this reviw.
I dropped it already, i have no more hope for it. This is the type of manhwa that tries to prolong the same plot while adding little side story to make it long. the type of manhwa where it needs to came close to ending before anything big happen between the romance and the revenge plot.
For me its a meh, i find the premise interesting about her being a villain before and how she was manipulated by her sister. But after awhile i dont find it interesting anymore, she is fighting a kid as an antogonist when she got back. There are a lot of smart and complex scenarios and that was really fun but at the end the reveng never felt satisfying, i just dont like a plot where it takes too long for the story to progress and kinda dull at that, imagine being reincarnated with an older soul and has a lot of capabilities and knowlege it would have felt easier to kill a child like her sister, 90 chapters in and the revenge plot is still there, i rather wanted the revenge plot or the plot against her sister to end in a minimum 50 chapters. Everything just stayed too long that it became boring and kinda repetative, everything about this manhwa takes too long, the revenge and even the romance. When talking about the romance its so dull and emotionless, i never got any emotional feeling when romance kicks in, and it never felt satisfying, both the leads also has so less of a time to meet, they will be together in no less then 4 chapters then wait for 15-30 chapters again before they can meet, you would find it hard to believe both the leads can have such affections to one another with so little time together. If you are reading this for the revenge plot this might be somewhat interesting but again its very repetative and the revenge is unsatisfactory and long enough to be annoying *just finish it already and move on to another plot for gods sake*. Also if you are reading for romance this isnt also it, again i say that the romance is just so dull. Just a bunch of pretty faces. Plus the relationship the two leads have is too perfect, they have no problem with their relationship other than they have both different goals and busy with their life outside of their relationship and i find that hard to like for a romance i dont like perfect couples with stupid wall that stops them from getting furthur in their relationship. There are also a lot uncessary talking that doesnt help build the character or the plot. Also i think i find a pattern here, everyone seems to be wearing a two face character, for me that doesnt make a character complex.
Art is okay, nothing too good to talk about, the only thing i dont like is the lack of details with other characters that arent important and it feels lazy seeing it.
I just really had a hard time reading this, i cant properly explain how i didnt like it, but something about every chapter makes it feel unsatisfying and not very entertaining to read.
Tamakisolace
Aug 5, 2020
LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS MANGA. Hands down the best isekai mang ever. The FL is super strong and developed and really calculating. The ML isnt a jerk seems to be a good person so far. and all the side characters are also really well written.
Definelty read it the art makes it sooo worth it its gorgeous!!!!
emptymind
Sep 26, 2022
**SPOILIES**
After much deliberation, with a heavy heart, I must drop this manhwa, because holy shit did it become boring.
The entire premise was amazing. A girl turns back time to get revenge on the sister who made her a villainess — and, while it stuck to this premise, it was GOOD. It was entertaining the ways they tried to sabotage each other in their game of politics.
However, after her sister is deafeted and the FL is on her way to becoming the most powerful woman in the empire, it just becomes dull. She’s no longer evil, or calculating, or anything, because she has no REASON to be. We found her capitvating BECAUSE she was all of these things.
Now, it’s just boring. I would suggest reading the first 100 chapters because it was genuinely my favorite manhwa for a couple years, but I can’t bring myself to finish it. I have better things to read.
9/10 beginning, 5/10 ending.
KSyl
Mar 9, 2021
Story :
The story is done quite well, and the pacing is nice too. But in some chaps some years passed by quite suddenly, and it kinda bugged me bcs it’s just too sudden. And tbh the romance part is too sudden for me.. 😔 but wow- it’s soooo nice to see the revenge part hahah
Art :
I really love the lineart in this manhwa, it’s so nice to see. The shading is quite simple, but it doesn’t make the whole art look cheap. All i can say is, it’s rlly beautiful.
Characters :
Ngl i really fell in love with “aria” from the first chapter. She has been reborn but her personality is still the same, and the only thing different is she knows the future and how she sees her “family”. You can see how she became more ruthless bcs of her “past”, but she hides it. And wow, she has a character growth, i’m sure u can see it as well ^^. As for the male lead, he’s a real eyecandy for sureee~~ but that’s it for me 😔 as far as i read now, i still don’t see anything that makes him “special” than other MLs…. As for mielle.. ofc i dont like her lmao, but the author really did a great job to made me laugh when she embarassed herself HAHAHAH 🤡. (Spoiler : I like emma more tho, i wished she had more scenes..).
Should you read this? As you can see by how popular this manhwa is, it’s totally recommended for anyone who wants to see sweet revenges lmao 🤡 this manhwa really deserves the fame it has. Tbh, about 9/10 reasons u need to read this is aria unnie- YOU’LL KNOW WHEN U READ THIS- SO READ IT ASAP.
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