- #1
It was good until it wasn't.It was good because it had a strong start. Most stories take their time with me but the first chapter of this one, made such a strong impression that I thought it would continue on towards the succeeding chapters. But that was a wrong assumption.Our FL has had some very bad stuff happen to her, and you wouldn't want to wish it on anyone else. It was a pitiful backstory and it works if it builds up our MC to be a strong lead. It's just.. The way it was all handled/tackled in the story—felt a bit too shallow for my liking. It was there for the sake of plot (understandable) but nothing more. I would've liked it if our FL had a bit more time to process the things she's felt, both in the past life and her current one—to show us the complexities of dealing with family stuff and traumas.And then, as the story proceeds, I feel like she loses the fire that drives her—she's lost, and as a reader I also eventually got lost. LOL even while writing this I am very conflicted with how I feel. But maybe, it's just because the romantic stuff and the action fantasy that was happening at the same time weren't properly melted with each other that I got confused. Yeah, that's it.All in all, still a good and decent read (if you can get past the ick that all that build up for a badass FMC would just go down the drain as she ends up being all giddy cause of handsome faces).I ship FL with the Marquis though, or maybe even Robert if he appears in the future chapters. But absolutely not that prince.
