When I reviewed Heimin no Kuse ni Namaikina!, Volume 3 (平民のくせに生意気な！), I said I would tell you all about my weakness. Well, as I read this volume I realized that my weakness is, of all things, the twins. I don’t much like children, or children characters and stories that show or use violence or exploitation against children usually make me really angry. But these two….youch. They gouge me right in the feels.

So Courteny Shaw’s narration of I’m in Love with the Villainess Audiobook, Volume 3 had me a blithering mess for pretty much every scene that covered the changing circumstances and lives of twins May and Aleah, the adopted daughters of Rae and Claire.

Shaw’s voices for the characters are very good. I could half-listen and still know exactly who was speaking. Her iteration of Aleah’s voice is especially interesting, as we know Aleah grew up int the slums, but she speaks with an approximation of Claire’s highborn accent and style.

The story wraps up the final pieces of the Revolution arc, then quickly launches us into the Nur arc, which gives Shaw a chance to crete voices for key characters like Philene and Dorothea, as well as Frieda’s excruciating mishmash of accent.  ^_^

By this point in the story, inori-sensei’s writing had really settled into a rhythm which makes this book move incredibly quickly. It helps too, that this volume includes many side stories from other character perspectives…and a big ole’ goopy happy scene for us to enjoy.

Ratings (for the adaptation only):

Overall – 10

As I have said of Volumes 1 and Volume 2, the only downside is the occasional odd pronunciation, but as the audiobook is in every other way, an excellent production, I’m just rolling with it at this point. Most importantly, this series makes the light novels more accessible  and I am 100% for that! Maybe reading the LNs wasn’t to your taste, but you want to know what happened after the anime? Try the I’m In  Love With The Villianess audiobooks – they are worth a listen.

Volume 4 hit devices this month, so we can even more demons, Sword Gods and food battles in the empire!