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I like it except for Raina. I feel like I understand her. She is capable and it is her right. In another story, she'd be celebrated as a heroine fighting for her right. Her attraction towards the emperor feels forced to be honest, and goes completely against her character. She is above all said to be waiting to get the duke title. She would instantly lose that if she becomes the empress. The author could have made it so that the daughters are hostile towards Catherine because of their current circumstances. Having Raina eventually become the duchess and maybe marrying one of the brothers. (Who marries into her family.) And Catherine could help Rebecca overcome her complexes. Right before the emperor arrived, the daughters felt like real foes, complex characters but after the emperor appears, they just lose all that. When will writers stop pitting women against women, using a man as an excuse. They had a perfectly good 3d conflict ongoing due to circumstances, but chose to make it a fight for a man instead. Truly disappointing
