I think the author needs to take a break

This story always had lovely pacing and characters, and I always felt it was untouchable.

The chapters about the backstory was lovely, but everything else after that seems rushed, with weird pacing, the art has 'hardened' and I'm not sure where we are going from here

I wonder if critisims from people during the backstory time, shook the author up a bit? I hope she regains reins over the story again