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I really wanted to like this. Interesting premise, alpha x beta, the MC is the one who proposes a contract marriage, ptsd that doesn't get cured just from "love, " and a total green flag alpha ml. But there's just so many plot points that feel obviously forced. The main villains are ridiculously lacking in tact. MC is so easy to put in dangerous situations like he breathes damsel in distress. Dialogue is awkward sometimes too.The author seems confused in writing a western fantasy x omegaverse x palace/political drama. It's one of those situations where you chase too many rabbits and get none right.As just a romance it's decent, but a lot of the novel is centered around palace drama. It's supposed to be a western (ie european) royal family drama too but the author seems to have very shallow knowledge of royalty in western civilizations. It reads like an ancient china, convoluted palace drama with no concubines. The only concubine died right away.As a western fantasy there were mentions of elves and a dwarf but they hardly exist in the entire story. Like why even put these elements in?? Just to give justification for fairy blood in the MC so he can have silver hair and purple eyes cause that looks cool? Very juvenile writing.Even the whole omegaverse part is not well done. MC is a beta so he's super hated, tortured and ab*sed despite being the first born prince, just because alphas are the best, but the Empire's army is so weak they need ml's kingdom to essentially be their army against other nations??? Then why do you need alphas if your army sucks anyway? I mean it's refreshing to see a novel where omegas aren't bottom rung, but then to try to put betas as replacements for the more typical omega treatment is just weak writing.The author tried to explain that male betas x male alphas can't give birth, and male beta x omega can't birth alphas so male betas are useless. But there's female alphas so what's the problem? Why can't the male beta just get with a female alpha and have potential alpha kids? Author didn't think it through.Anyway I was very unsatisfied when reading this novel. It was also quite tiresome to read. One of my pet peeves is when important side characters have no life outside MC or ml. Like they only exist for the mc/ML and have no development otherwise. This novel is full of that.
