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Villains by Necessity

Villains by Necessity | Eve Forward

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Living after the victory of Good and Light has transformed the world into a utopia, a bored band of villains--a thief, a black knight, a Druid, and a man-eating sorceress--conspires to restore evil to the universe. Reprint. AB. PW.

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RainyDayReading

Villains by Necessity | Eve Forward

Finally managed to get my hands on a copy of this!!! I‘ve been looking for this for ages and it‘s finally mine! Can‘t wait to put it on a pile and read it...eventually 🤣🙈

Cheshirecat913 Ohhhh, I have that. I remember loving it when I read it years ago. I keep meaning to do a reread one day. 4y

Branwen YES! You are in for SUCH a treat! This book is a treasure! Look, @DaveGreen7777 !!! 4y

RainyDayReading @Cheshirecat913 It sounds so good! 4y

RainyDayReading @Branwen I think I originally saw you post about this and was like yep, I have to get a copy now haha 🤣 Can‘t wait to read it! 4y

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Villains by Necessity | Eve Forward

Thank you for this #Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView 😁

1️⃣ Absolutely! In pre-internet days I would visit multiple bookstores to see what they had. Now, sometimes I search sites like EBay to look for hard to find books, like the tagged book which is so rare I had to hunt online for it!

2️⃣ Ummm, I‘m actually more of a diet soda person myself!🥤 (Please don‘t judge me! 🙈)

TheSpineView No judgment here! Thanks for playing! 🥤📚😊 4y

Branwen Villains of Necessity is sooooo good! 😍 I'm so grateful that all your treasure hunting allowed me to read such a fantastic book! 💕📚 4y

DaveGreen7777 @TheSpineView You are most welcome! 😊 4y

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DaveGreen7777 @Branwen Awww, I‘m so happy you enjoyed the book! 🤗📚 4y

PaperbackPirate I‘m a soda person too! 🙌 4y

DaveGreen7777 @PaperbackPirate 😁🙌 4y

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Villains by Necessity | Eve Forward

Thank you for this Valuable #ManicMonday @JoScho 😁

#LetterV
📖 - “Villains By Necessity” by Eve Forward (sometimes the only way to get a hero to fight for something is to give them a villain to fight against! 🧐)
📝 - Vaughan, Brian K.
🎥 - Vanilla Sky
📺 - VR.5 (a very underrated sci-fi show featuring a pre-Buffy Anthony Stewart Head)
🎤 - Van Giersbergen, Dianne (Xandria)
🎸 - Volbeat
🎶 - “Voodoo Chile” by the Jimi Hendrix Experience

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Villains by Necessity | Eve Forward

I found these pretty flowers on my walk in the park today! 😍🌸💕📚

kspenmoll Lovely! Lilac color. 5y

Trashcanman Hugs to you, my lovely friend 💙 5y

Branwen @kspenmoll They were so strikingly beautiful! They really caught my eye! 😀 @Trashcanman Hugs to you too, my dear friend! 🤗💕📚 I hope you're doing well! 5y

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Villains by Necessity | Eve Forward

Reading in the sun felt sooooo good today! ☀️📚💕

swishandflick Looks lovely! 5y

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Villains by Necessity | Eve Forward

I really love reading at the park! 🤗📚💕🌾

Clare-Dragonfly That looks just lovely. 5y

Branwen @Clare-Dragonfly Thanks! I'm really lucky to live near such a great park! 🤗 It has tons of creeks, meadows, forests to walk in, and lots of benches for reading! 💖 5y

Crazeedi Very lovely😍 5y

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Villains by Necessity | Eve Forward

After days and days of thunderstorms the sun finally came out and I was able to take my book to the park! 🤗📚💕

LadyJade Love reading outside! 5y

DaveGreen7777 💚💚💚 5y

Branwen @LadyJade Me too! It's my favorite part of spring! 😀 5y

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Villains by Necessity | Eve Forward

Another thunderstorm-y kind of day, which I don't mind at all because it's perfectly cozy reading weather! ⛈💕📚 I love listening to the rain while I get to go on all sorts of fantasy adventures! 🐉💖🦄

BookmarkTavern I know nothing about this book besides the title, and I want it! 😂 5y

Branwen @ozma.of.oz It's a rare, out of print, AMAZING fantasy story about a group of villains who go on a quest to bring balance back to the world that has grown too 'Good' and 'boring'! 😂🤣 It's actually @DaveGreen7777 's favorite book and I won my copy in a villain contest he put together a while back! 😁💕📚 5y

Clare-Dragonfly A friend recommended this to me 15-20 years ago and I‘ve longed to read it ever since. Never found a copy! 5y

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TheSpineView 💙⛈⛈ especially the quiet patter of the rain. Very soothing. 5y

DaveGreen7777 HAPPINESS INTENSIFIES!!! 😀😀😀 5y

RainyDayReading This book sounds so cool! I‘m sad that it‘s out of print and hard to find. I‘ll keep my eye out for it though in case I run across it! 5y

Meaw_catlady Oooh you are reading it ! I need toooo!! 🖤 5y

Branwen @Clare-Dragonfly It's really quite good! I hope you find a copy sometime soon! 😀🤞 @TheSpineView Yes! I love it so much! ⛈💕 @DaveGreen7777 HOORAY! 💕📚😀 @RainyDayReading I really hope you find it! It's truly an amazing book! 😀📚 @Meaw_catlady YASSSS! It's sooooo good so far! 💕📚 5y

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Villains by Necessity | Eve Forward

Chocolate cake 🍰 plus a fantastic fantasy book? 📚 Sounds like a perfect Saturday night to me! 😁👍

GrilledCheeseSamurai 🤘 5y

brit91 Yum!😍🎂 5y

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Villains by Necessity | Eve Forward

Receive my book from @DaveGreen7777 for his villain giveaway I tied for best villain with @Branwen I‘m super excited about this ! It looks like a great fantasy!! Also I had to take an epic book selfie to honor my friend Dave ! 🖖🖤

DaveGreen7777 YAY!!! I hope you enjoy this book as much as I did, Rachel! I love this selfie! 🤗💕 5y

Branwen Whoo Hoo! Huzzah for villains! 😁 💕 5y

sudi Great selfie 😊💕 5y

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Villains by Necessity | Eve Forward

Maho is standing guard over the wonderous book I recieved in the mail from my book bestie @DaveGreen7777 !!! I co-won his recent villians giveaway along with @Meaw_catlady and I am SO HYPED to read this book! Thank you so much, my friend! Even though this giveaway was focused on villians, you'll always be a hero to me! 🤓📚💕🖖 #bookmail #catsoflitsy #littenkitten #bookbestie

AmyG ❤️cat nose! 5y

ladym30 Adorable! 5y

Meaw_catlady Awww adorable picture!! 5y

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brit91 His nose!😍💖😻 5y

DaveGreen7777 YAY!!! I‘m so happy it arrived! Hope you enjoy the book, Becky! 🤗💕 5y

Branwen @Meaw_catlady @ladym30 Thank you! 🤗 @brit91 @AmyG Right?! So cute! 😸💕 @DaveGreen7777 Thank you so much! I can't wait to read it and discuss it with you! 5y

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Villains by Necessity | Eve Forward

#TheWorldNeedsAVillian

My #5000LitfluenceGiveaway has officially ended! There were great entries by some awesome Littens! In the end, I was having so much trouble choosing between “Snape” by @Meaw_catlady and “Mara Jade” by @Branwen that I declared it a tie! Congratulations Rachel and Becky, your books will be shipped shortly!

Thank you to everyone who participated and everyone who helped me reach 5,000 Litfluence! You‘re all heroes to me!

tammysue Congrats @Branwen and @Meaw_catlady! 5y

Branwen HOORAY! THANK YOU SO MUCH, I AM SO SUPER EXCITED! 😃💕📚 I am really looking forward to reading it when it gets here! 🤗 5y

Branwen @tammysue Thanks so much, friend! 😁💕 5y

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Meaw_catlady Yay! Villains for the win!!! 🖤 @Branwen congrats! We are both great villains! 5y

Branwen @Meaw_catlady Huzzah! Congrats to you to, my friend! I totally agree, we are awesome villians! 😎💕 5y

Branwen @DaveGreen7777 Could you sign and date the inside of my copy so I will never forget this momentous and joyous occasion? 😀💕📚 5y

DaveGreen7777 @Meaw_catlady @Branwen I‘m so happy you both had fun with this giveaway! I can definitely autograph the books before I send them out! 😁 5y

Meaw_catlady @branwen @DaveGreen7777 yes great idea! 👏 5y

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Villains by Necessity | Eve Forward

Friendly reminder that my giveaway for a rare print copy of “Villains By Necessity” is active until August 1st. If you want to take part, here‘s all you have to do:

1️⃣ Share a post about one of your favorite fictional villains. You can tag any book or add any image you like.

2️⃣ Tag me in the post and use #TheWorldNeedsAVillain

3️⃣ After August 1st, I‘ll announce the winning post. Winner will be sent the book, and I‘ll incur all shipping fees!

vivastory I'm curious to know who your favorite villains is 5y

rretzler 💕Andrew Scott as Moriarty! 5y

DaveGreen7777 @vivastory Good question! One of my early favorites was Iago from Shakespeare‘s “Othello”, as he was an early version of a villain who corrupted others just because he could! I also like The Joker for the whole dynamic of his existing to bring chaos to Batman‘s attempts at order. And Lanfear from the Wheel of Time series was great since she was so powerful, and her motivations were twisted yet still managed to be sympathetic as well. 5y

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DaveGreen7777 @rretzler I love his portrayal as Jim Moriarty! 😁 5y

Branwen MUAHAHAHA! Erm...I'm not so good at producing an evil laugh I guess! 😂🤣 5y

DaveGreen7777 @Branwen TEE HEE! Oh, wow, my evil laugh was WAY off! 😂 5y

Branwen @DaveGreen7777 😂🤣👍 5y

Molly_the_mezzo This is so hard! I love a good villain, and between books and films, there are so many great ones! 5y

DaveGreen7777 @Molly_the_mezzo Yeah, I understand! That‘s why I set the giveaway up so people can post about any one of their favorites... picking an absolute favorite villain would just be too hard! 😱 5y

Molly_the_mezzo @DaveGreen7777 It really would! 5y

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Villains by Necessity | Eve Forward

#TheWorldNeedsAVillain

This was me trying to do an evil villain laugh... I don‘t think it translates well into a two dimensional photograph! 🤦🏻‍♂️

To celebrate reaching 5,000 Litfluence, I am doing a giveaway for a paperback version of one of my favorite books of all time. “Villains By Necessity” has been out of print for a long time, so it can be very hard to find a physical copy. The rules for the giveaway are in the comments below.

DaveGreen7777 1. Post about one of your favorite fictional villains, with a brief description of why you like that villain. Please be sure to tag me and use the hashtag #TheWorldNeedsAVillain, so I know it‘s for the giveaway. (edited) 5y

DaveGreen7777 2. You can tag whatever book you want and use what ever image you want. The villain doesn‘t even necessarily have to be a literary one, if there‘s a movie or TV villain you want to use instead. (edited) 5y

DaveGreen7777 3. Giveaway ends on August 1st. At that time, I‘ll pick my favorite post and will send the book to the giveaway winner. I‘ll incur all shipping costs. This giveaway is my way of thanking you all for all the kindness you‘ve shown me. Hope you all have fun with this giveaway! 😊 5y

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Ddzmini Love love love the tie 😍😍😍📖😋 5y

DaveGreen7777 Awww, thank you so much @Ddzmini 😊 5y

JoScho 🖤🖤🖤🖤 5y

Meaw_catlady Yay!! I will have to think about which Villain 🦹🏻‍♀️ to choose! 5y

DaveGreen7777 @JoScho 😊😊😊 5y

DaveGreen7777 @Meaw_catlady MUAH-HA-HA!!! Looking forward to seeing which villain you go with! 😁😈 5y

Branwen I'm totally going for it! I need a new copy of this book since my old one got heavily damaged during the move! 😟🐱 ALSO OMG THAT TIE IS AMAZING!!! I have to think long and hard to pick the absolute BEST villian post! 😈 5y

DaveGreen7777 @branwen YAS!!! I can‘t wait to see which villain you go with, Becky! 😁😈 5y

BooknerdsLife Wow! Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉 & You always have the most awesome tie!!!😍😆👍🏼 Hahaaa I love your idea of a giveaway! 😈😈 5y

DaveGreen7777 @BooknerdsLife Thank you! This seemed like a giveaway idea people could have fun with! 😁😈 5y

BooknerdsLife @DaveGreen7777 😈 Absolutely 🤣👍🏼 5y

GypsyKat Haha! Awesome! Congratulations!🎉 5y

DaveGreen7777 Thank you @GypsyKat 😊😀 5y

Suet624 Awesome photo! 5y

DaveGreen7777 @Suet624 Thank you so much! 😀 5y

wanderinglynn Awesome tie! 👍🏻👍🏻 5y

DaveGreen7777 @wanderinglynn Thank you! 😁😁😁 5y

TobeyTheScavengerMonk My friend loves this book and I read it upon his suggestion and had a blast with it. 5y

DaveGreen7777 @TobeyTheScavengerMonk Glad you enjoyed this book, too! 😀 5y

JoyBlue Love your tie!!! I think you pulled off The villainous laugh look better than you think. 🤭 (edited) 5y

DaveGreen7777 @JoyBlue Thank you so much, you‘re very kind! ☺️ 5y

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Villains by Necessity | Eve Forward

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Five out of five stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This book is out of print and can be hard to find, but it‘s soooooo worth seeking out! The premise is such a brilliant twist on the theme of good vs. evil. Good has completely triumphed over evil, and the lack of balance is threatening to burn the world out, so now a band of rogues must reintroduce villainy into the world in order to save it!

Funny and thought provoking, one of my favorite books of all time!

CrowCAH Welcome to the Litsy community! 😊 6y

Branwen Yaaaaaaaay! Welcome to litsy, my dear! 😀🎉😀🎉 6y

DaveGreen7777 @CrowCAH Thank you, I feel welcome here already! 😊 6y

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DaveGreen7777 @Branwen Awwww, thank you, Becky! And thanks for introducing me to this wonderful community! 😀 6y

Bronte_Chintz Welcome to Litsy! I hope you love it here! 6y

DaveGreen7777 @Bronte_Chintz Thank you so much, I really appreciate that! 😊 6y

Bronte_Chintz @DaveGreen7777 it‘s the best community! 💖 6y

Branwen @Bronte_Chintz It really really is! 🤗💕 6y

Nute Welcome to Litsy! You‘ll make many friends here. Looking forward to getting to know you. 6y

DaveGreen7777 @Nute Thank you so much! I appreciate the kind words! 😊 6y

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Villains by Necessity | Eve Forward

Woke up to this... seems one of the cats either disapproves of my shelving choices, or thinks these are the books I should read next 😹

Tamra Fun new idea for TBR! Takes all the pressure off. 7y

TobeyTheScavengerMonk Villains by Necessity is one of my friend‘s favorite books of all time! 7y

Andrea4 Guuuuuuus.... 7y

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llwheeler @Tamra Lol! True 😆 7y

llwheeler @TobeyTheScavengerMonk Good to know! I grabbed it from a used book sale... um... probably getting close to 15 yrs ago now, but didn't know anything about it and haven't heard anyone talking about it. I will make sure to bump it up the tbr! (at least within next 15 yrs? Lol) 7y

llwheeler @Andrea4 Lmao probably... 7y

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Villains by Necessity | Eve Forward

#riotgrams #favoritevillain I like villains with a complex backstory, so the reimaginings of many classic villains like the wicked Witch of the West & Maleficent are my favorite vilkain/heroes. Snape also falls into this category ☺

Tanzy13 I also love complex villains that are not so black and white if you know what I mean :) 8y

rubyslippersreads I'm a little concerned about Mrs. Potts in this picture. 😂 8y

Redjewel_7734 @rubyslippersreads maybe there's more to her story that we need to know 😂 8y

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