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F*ck... My heart...I've read other works from this author. And usually (generally speaking about chinese romance novels) the MC is a cold/calculative beauty that participates in harem/household intrigue. If it's rebirth/soul reincarnation caused by an unfair death, it will focus on the revenge aspect of it. However, this MC is different.He Yan is silly but cunning, funny but smart. She's headstrong and resilient, and she does it all with a smile on her face even if she hurts inside. Of course, she wasn't originally that way. But dying once and being away from your cr*ppy family can do incredible things to your personality.I di have a bit of a problem with the new family though.Spoiler
Nothing against them, really, they are all so sweet and caring that it hurts. Why? Because the real HY (the og owner of the body) is no longer with them. I understand that giving MC the opportunity of being loved by her family can be taken as compensation for the unfair life she lived until then. Still, I don't usually like switcheroos like these because it feels deceiving.
[collapse]Also, you do have to suspend your belief with them. There aren't conflicts that arise because of the personality change, which is difficult to believe. It can be chalked up to the gather being too much of a daughter doting father to care ig. Could have been better.I loved the way almost everyone gets character development in this story. Unfortunately, some of the villains are too two dimensioned. But at some point I kind of felt bad for MC's cousin, but he deserved to bear the brunt of his actions anyway.As said before, this is not an entirely revenge oriented story, which is kind of nice imo. Why? So MC's life and development aren't restricted by seeking revenge. As a person, she has other ambitions and desires, which I love in a female character. For her, military life is not just a way to get her just desserts, it's her sweat, tears and blood, it's her calling.ML is funny on his own accord. The typical cold, extremely handsome and intelligent guy that is in a powerful position. But it is made clear that there's a lot of humanity behind that handsome exterior that everyone seems to swoon over and even label as uncaring.The relationship is sweet with its own little problems, most of them happen because of MC's way of thinking (can't blame he though).The other characters are very well done. Some complain about the excessive backstories but imo most of them are well-made. They leave an impact on their world and on other characters like many human interactions do irl. Had a difficult time remembering some of MC's friends/comrades, but that's on me. If anything, my only complain would be the way the Uttos are portrayed. They being 'dumb', 'arrogant' and 'barbaric' made them too easy to defeat. And also too easy to hate, I would have loved to see more complexity on them.And here is my meltdown (spoilers from the end of the novel) SpoilerYAN HE NOOOOOOOOOO *wails* AND HER FRIENDS, AND THE 2ML'S SERVANT GIRL, WHY? WHYYYYY?
[collapse]*sighs* I mean, is kinda realistic in that aspect ig. But... My heart... *sobs*A strong reccomendation: Avoid spending long periods of time between chapters while reading this novel. If possible read it in one go. It will hit harder that way.
