This is worse than Palace of Bardo cuz at least he realistically hated his abuser

I was truly hoping in trying to give another go but from the comments alone, it seems like this story is still a lost cause. Shes truly going for the prince bastard huh. Like, lemme get this straight. We were given, in the beginning of this story, a hopeful and new start to her life. A green and red haird cuties that ISN'T the same guy that abused her, an inspiring plan to become the head knight of her family just like her dad, and a SOLID PLAN TO AVOID AND NOT END UP WITH THE SAME GUY THAT ABUSED HER.

AND YET. She still somehow FALLS IN LOVE WITH THAT SAME GUY DESPITE TWO (mostly just one, cuz let's be honest. Vegetable hair is kinda iffy) POSSIBLE CANDIDATES FOR LOVE. Like, ffs. Ok, this isn't my first rodeo in these kinds of stories since I've read Palace of Bardo, God of Pains Bride, Killing Stalking, etc. I'm honestly open to these kinds of things AS LONG AS THEYRE WRITTEN WELL.

Cuz while reading this, I honestly asked myself "Why do I hate this more even though I've read stuff like Palace of Bardo?" And that's when it hit me. Its because of the way Palace of Bardo was written. And by that, I mean HE HATED his abuser. Like her, he knew about his past with the Emperor and tried to get away from him and obviously hated him. He also explicitly showed how he suffered under his hands and how traumatized he is

With Aristia, she was obviously scared of him but it didn't feel like he hated the man that did so much damage to her enough because a mere few chapters later , it's almost like she forgot her trauma and was suddenly buddy buddy with him. Palace of Bardo addresses what the emperor had done to him in way that feel grounded and realistic.

And it's just sad thinking that this couldve been better. Because I was so hopeful about this story. Now, this is obviously just my opinion on this story and if you're happy with Ruven ending up with Aristia, that's fine and I can understand that. Everyone has their own opinions after all. I mean, I like pineapple pizza but I know not everyone does and I respect that. It's just not their cup of tea.

But what I don't like is when people get angry at people who don't want Aristia and Ruven to get together without logical basis. It's bad that the author are getting death threats and I hope that people would stop doing stupid shit like that. But, it's also bad to just hate on people who are justifiably upset over a story that we had high hopes for. Most importantly when it was written in such a way that we would actually hope that she'd do better. Like, we seriously have valid arguments as to why we dont want them together from both a moral standpoint to a writing standpoint.

Tbh, I'm truly just disappointed rather than mad. I'm disappointed that this ended up the way it did because this had the chance to become something wonderful but ended up with such a bad ending. I imagined her being a powerful, strong woman who lives a whole new better life far from her previous one. It's just sad at this point.