<![CDATA[A Tale of the Secret Saint novel]]>This popped up on Amazon's recommendations for me a couple of days ago. Figured, why not?

Now, I'm stuck waiting until late February to continue on...

Born into a long line of knights, Fia is determined to become a knight herself, just like all her siblings. But a brush with death awakens memories of her past life as a Saint--a woman who wields rare, powerful healing and protection magic--along with the ability to use that magic herself! The downside is that Fia also remembers her past life's untimely death, and the danger she will be in if anyone finds out what she really is. She vows to stay on her knighthood path and keep her powers a secret forever! But how can she resist using her newfound powers when they're just so useful?

It's not "epic", but kind of fun. The MC is a bit over powered, is NOT "born as the protag in game I played before dying in Japan," but IS trying to avoid the "bad end" that she had in her last life.

She gets her past life memories and powers after being (almost) killed by a dragon. From there, she decides she has to hide her abilities until she becomes strong enough to avoid that former bad end.

There are aspects of Mile/Kaoru (keeps slipping up while trying to hide her OP nature) and Katarina (accumulating potential suitors without realizing it).

Unfortunately, it's too soon to pre-order v2 on Kindle. I can order the paperback, but still wouldn't get it for 3 4 months.

]]>https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/5003/a-tale-of-the-secret-saint-novelRSS for NodeMon, 18 May 2026 10:01:21 GMTSun, 17 Oct 2021 22:39:53 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to A Tale of the Secret Saint novel on Thu, 31 Mar 2022 18:44:51 GMT]]>I can't stand that.

"Oh look here... there is a new Volume of X!"
"....."
"Dammit it's the damn manga!"

I also wish I could have Amazon filter out JNC Titles since I read all those, well... here

]]>https://forums.j-novel.club/post/190493https://forums.j-novel.club/post/190493Thu, 31 Mar 2022 18:44:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A Tale of the Secret Saint novel on Thu, 31 Mar 2022 18:26:55 GMT]]>@kuali Yeah, it's already way worse.

Just folding the storefronts is already a nightmare for ease of use, and automatically putting all the comics into kindle AND the comixology app is both confusing and leading to things like double downloads (yeah it doesn't track downloads of the same thing across platforms)

]]>https://forums.j-novel.club/post/190487https://forums.j-novel.club/post/190487Thu, 31 Mar 2022 18:26:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A Tale of the Secret Saint novel on Thu, 31 Mar 2022 18:17:38 GMT]]>@kuali said in A Tale of the Secret Saint novel:

And honestly, I can't help but think folding Comixology in to the main Amazon library will only make the situation worse in future :(

Yes, right now when I see "from amazon and comxiology" it warns me that I'm looking at a manga title. When that goes away I expect I'll be bitten by the manga-by-mistake mistake too.

]]>https://forums.j-novel.club/post/190482https://forums.j-novel.club/post/190482Thu, 31 Mar 2022 18:17:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A Tale of the Secret Saint novel on Thu, 31 Mar 2022 17:29:02 GMT]]>@kilocron I was lucky enough to check it on the day, so I got my refund, but... yeah, there's a strong whiff of 'they just didn't care' about how Amazon handles this stuff.

And honestly, I can't help but think folding Comixology in to the main Amazon library will only make the situation worse in future :(

]]>https://forums.j-novel.club/post/190465https://forums.j-novel.club/post/190465Thu, 31 Mar 2022 17:29:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A Tale of the Secret Saint novel on Thu, 31 Mar 2022 17:20:45 GMT]]>I rather enjoy this series. Shame it comes out so dang slow.

That whole garbage with Amazon right ticked me off too. I had it preordered, then I saw it was delivered but I didn't feel like reading it then and there... fast forward 2-3 weeks and I decide to read it. Come to find out it's the manga. Too late for a refund. Grrrr......

Finally got Vol 2 proper and I enjoyed it, though not as much as Vol 1.

]]>https://forums.j-novel.club/post/190461https://forums.j-novel.club/post/190461Thu, 31 Mar 2022 17:20:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A Tale of the Secret Saint novel on Thu, 31 Mar 2022 16:18:57 GMT]]>@harmlessdave My group of April 19 releases are now split between the 19th and 26th. Rascal Does Not Dream v7 is delaying my watching the movie, which covers v6 and 7.

]]>https://forums.j-novel.club/post/190450https://forums.j-novel.club/post/190450Thu, 31 Mar 2022 16:18:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A Tale of the Secret Saint novel on Thu, 31 Mar 2022 16:12:55 GMT]]>@windsagio said in A Tale of the Secret Saint novel:

@someoldguy It's the one terrible thing about both Yen and SSE, incredibly slow schedules with frequent delays.

I was settling in to read Death March volume 16 on Monday evening, checked my Kindle, saw nothing. Went to Amazon -- delayed again for another week?!

(Vader) NoooOOOOOOOooooOOOOOoooooo!

]]>https://forums.j-novel.club/post/190448https://forums.j-novel.club/post/190448Thu, 31 Mar 2022 16:12:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A Tale of the Secret Saint novel on Thu, 31 Mar 2022 16:02:46 GMT]]>@someoldguy It's the one terrible thing about both Yen and SSE, incredibly slow schedules with frequent delays.

]]>https://forums.j-novel.club/post/190445https://forums.j-novel.club/post/190445Thu, 31 Mar 2022 16:02:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A Tale of the Secret Saint novel on Thu, 31 Mar 2022 13:22:45 GMT]]>@windsagio Pretty much agree, now that I've had time to read volume 1 part 2... :)

Volume 3 is currently scheduled for July 19 in paper. Lots of stuff to fill the gap until then, but now I've got half a dozen different series that are in "why is it taking so long?!" status.

]]>https://forums.j-novel.club/post/190428https://forums.j-novel.club/post/190428Thu, 31 Mar 2022 13:22:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A Tale of the Secret Saint novel on Fri, 25 Mar 2022 01:48:28 GMT]]>I enjoyed it as a silly fun clueless protagonist story like the early Abilities Average with Mile so smug about "fooling" people :) .

I agree volume 2 is more like 1/2 book + bonus stories. I do hope we get a volume 3 and it has more main story.

]]>https://forums.j-novel.club/post/188930https://forums.j-novel.club/post/188930Fri, 25 Mar 2022 01:48:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A Tale of the Secret Saint novel on Thu, 24 Mar 2022 21:29:16 GMT]]>@kuali Those were pretty much my thoughts after finishing it. It probably would've come across better reading directly after volume 1, but the massive delay seven seas had for some reason coupled with the fact it was just a glorified third act left me a bit flat sadly.

Hopefully the third volume returns to the high bar the first set.

]]>https://forums.j-novel.club/post/188845https://forums.j-novel.club/post/188845Thu, 24 Mar 2022 21:29:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A Tale of the Secret Saint novel on Thu, 24 Mar 2022 20:25:30 GMT]]>@windsagio It feels a lot like what would have been a good first novel was slightly too long to fit into one book, so it got split into two and padded out with side stories. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it as well - but the 2 books worth of text probably only has 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 books' worth of plot in it.

]]>https://forums.j-novel.club/post/188834https://forums.j-novel.club/post/188834Thu, 24 Mar 2022 20:25:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A Tale of the Secret Saint novel on Thu, 24 Mar 2022 19:38:46 GMT]]>@someoldguy I read it, was pretty fun, not too much progress on the main plot (whatever that is supposed to be), but a lot of funny character moments and harem solidification.

]]>https://forums.j-novel.club/post/188816https://forums.j-novel.club/post/188816Thu, 24 Mar 2022 19:38:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A Tale of the Secret Saint novel on Thu, 24 Mar 2022 19:37:49 GMT]]>Volume 2 of the NOVEL was released 3/22 on Amazon. After listing nothing but the paper version for months (it releases next month), it finally appeared.

Haven't read it yet.

]]>https://forums.j-novel.club/post/188815https://forums.j-novel.club/post/188815Thu, 24 Mar 2022 19:37:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A Tale of the Secret Saint novel on Thu, 03 Feb 2022 03:18:44 GMT]]>@harmlessdave Recommending this series in the first place, BRILLIANT!

After that... Not so much.

]]>https://forums.j-novel.club/post/178650https://forums.j-novel.club/post/178650Thu, 03 Feb 2022 03:18:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A Tale of the Secret Saint novel on Thu, 03 Feb 2022 02:55:40 GMT]]>@windsagio said in A Tale of the Secret Saint novel:

@pcj Yeah, I bought manga V2 thinking it was LN V2, and man I'm still kinda pissed!

Amazon keeps sending me emails pushing Saint 2 and Loner Life 2, but of course they are the manga not the LNs. Grrrrrr!

That and my Kindle lately has been showing "next in your series!" lock screen ads...for kindle books I already purchased from Amazon ages ago.

Their AI for recommendations is a mix of evil and incompetent, with only rare flashes of useful.

]]>https://forums.j-novel.club/post/178644https://forums.j-novel.club/post/178644Thu, 03 Feb 2022 02:55:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A Tale of the Secret Saint novel on Thu, 03 Feb 2022 02:49:01 GMT]]>@pcj Yeah, I bought manga V2 thinking it was LN V2, and man I'm still kinda pissed!

]]>https://forums.j-novel.club/post/178641https://forums.j-novel.club/post/178641Thu, 03 Feb 2022 02:49:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A Tale of the Secret Saint novel on Thu, 03 Feb 2022 02:01:11 GMT]]>@someoldguy And if you have it on Kindle and you're reading the novels but not the manga, beware because Amazon mis-labeled it as the light novel again. It's not the light novel (volume 2 of that isn't out in English yet), it's indeed the manga.

]]>https://forums.j-novel.club/post/178626https://forums.j-novel.club/post/178626Thu, 03 Feb 2022 02:01:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A Tale of the Secret Saint novel on Wed, 02 Feb 2022 15:59:20 GMT]]>V2 of the manga released yesterday. It covers up to the end of the novel V1.

]]>https://forums.j-novel.club/post/178510https://forums.j-novel.club/post/178510Wed, 02 Feb 2022 15:59:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A Tale of the Secret Saint novel on Tue, 04 Jan 2022 21:21:06 GMT]]>@la-mergouille said in A Tale of the Secret Saint novel:

Pour éviter les oublis, j'utilise ceci personnellement

https://www.reddit.com/r/LightNovels/wiki/upcomingreleases/#wiki_january

Thanks, that's a good list with several titles Amazon didn't think to tell me about.

]]>https://forums.j-novel.club/post/173448https://forums.j-novel.club/post/173448Tue, 04 Jan 2022 21:21:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A Tale of the Secret Saint novel on Tue, 04 Jan 2022 16:23:24 GMT]]>Pour éviter les oublis, j'utilise ceci personnellement

https://www.reddit.com/r/LightNovels/wiki/upcomingreleases/#wiki_january

]]>https://forums.j-novel.club/post/173409https://forums.j-novel.club/post/173409Tue, 04 Jan 2022 16:23:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A Tale of the Secret Saint novel on Mon, 03 Jan 2022 20:13:31 GMT]]>@someoldguy said in A Tale of the Secret Saint novel:

The second LN is still scheduled for April, and I can't pre-order that.

Yep, it's annoying that only the print editions are listed, and print is listed for several months after the digital versions will become available.

I cope (like I said above) by having a notes file with dates of everything I might want in calendar order, and then preorder about a month in advance.

]]>https://forums.j-novel.club/post/173162https://forums.j-novel.club/post/173162Mon, 03 Jan 2022 20:13:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A Tale of the Secret Saint novel on Mon, 03 Jan 2022 18:25:20 GMT]]>Grrr... Amazon did it again, confusing "light novel" and "manga".

Last night my Kindle popped up a notification that v2 was now available for pre-order, releasing February 1, 2022. This morning I clicked the button...

Then I noticed that v2 of "4-book series" for the novel is actually book 2 of the manga series. The second LN is still scheduled for April, and I can't pre-order that.

]]>https://forums.j-novel.club/post/173146https://forums.j-novel.club/post/173146Mon, 03 Jan 2022 18:25:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to A Tale of the Secret Saint novel on Tue, 19 Oct 2021 06:29:18 GMT]]>@someoldguy I read about half of this so far, based on your recommendation, and I'm really enjoying it. The main character has amazing analytical skills (I'm pretty sure here that her analytics are a standalone ability that goes beyond her Saint power to read someone's health status, because she can list off all the cues that clued her in on something when people pester her about how she knew - "Your step is just a bit longer on your right leg, and you tend to put your weight on your right foot when standing, yet you're a highly trained knight who should have perfect posture, which makes that unusual. That's how I figured out that your left leg was injured." - and figuring out monsters' attack patterns by observing how they fight so she can take advantage of the openings they leave, etc)

But she reads the room and interprets what others say about as well as Bakarina (i.e. she can't)

This confuses the hell out of her superiors in the knight brigade on the order of "how can someone so stupid be so smart" and vice versa, which leads to great comedy.

]]>https://forums.j-novel.club/post/161626https://forums.j-novel.club/post/161626Tue, 19 Oct 2021 06:29:18 GMT