i do agree tia’s emotional development is great but i dislike how the author uses that to pave way to add more romance into the novel. as many readers have noticed the plot is slowly decreasing (action drama and conflict wise) bc the author has spent sm on trying to create romance. as much as romance is enjoyable the authors path seems to slowly fall into the foot steps as many other failed novels, where the plot becomes splotched bc they tried to water down the original bolder/more independent traits of the female lead to give way to feminine almost damsel in waiting type of image (mostly for romantic scene purposes). this is shown when tia once went from someone going in herself and paying for an assassin, to a woman left waiting in the carriage feeling guilt over several soldiers deaths while the male lead is out doing things. it’s a trope commonly seen in authors who use a ‘bad ass female lead’ to lure in readers then try to cater to the readers looking for romantic scenes by gradually changing the female lead under the guise of “development” or “feelings”. ig it’s just a bit disappointing hopefully the author picks up
i do agree tia’s emotional development is great but i dislike how the author uses that to pave way to add more romance into the novel. as many readers have noticed the plot is slowly decreasing (action drama and conflict wise) bc the author has spent sm on trying to create romance. as much as romance is enjoyable the authors path seems to slowly fall into the foot steps as many other failed novels, where the plot becomes splotched bc they tried to water down the original bolder/more independent traits of the female lead to give way to feminine almost damsel in waiting type of image (mostly for romantic scene purposes). this is shown when tia once went from someone going in herself and paying for an assassin, to a woman left waiting in the carriage feeling guilt over several soldiers deaths while the male lead is out doing things. it’s a trope commonly seen in authors who use a ‘bad ass female lead’ to lure in readers then try to cater to the readers looking for romantic scenes by gradually changing the female lead under the guise of “development” or “feelings”. ig it’s just a bit disappointing hopefully the author picks up