All that effort you put into standing up to your husband you should have put toward your f...

Family does that to you sometimes. Have you acting like you haven't grown leagues

You sound insensitive as hell.
Why do you guys keep blaming Maxi, Like think for a bit even if Maxi did try refuse, the Father would've found a way, whatever tricks he can conjure to take her back, And as for Maxi by that moment she was already emotionally spent and mentally drained, but still pushing to meet Riftan, and then her Father comes in to drain her even more by telling her about the Miscarriage in the worst possible way, and then telling her that Riftan wouldn't take her back and would try to divorce her, and that she's even more worthless, even tho she unknowingly lost her baby and no one told her, NOT EVEN HER OWN HUSBAND, who should've told her. So no Maxi going with her Father wasn't her best choice, but that was her only option, because she couldn't help it, And Riftan sent her a way in the worst possible way, why is she responsible for knowing his EVERY thought and what he intends, she isn't a mind reader. And think about it, when you're up against your biggest fear, they make you irrational to a point you become defenseless, Her Father is her biggest threat and she fears him the most, and when you fear something your usual responses will be to avoid it or allow it to render you defenseless, and until you learn to face it and that doesn't come easy, the only options in your head is to take it on without fighting back, especially in Maxi's case where she's not given a lot of paths to avoid it or be able to fight it, and she's not mentally capable at that very moment to think up a way to fight her Father just like that. You're not reading a story with a strong and very witty female lead who despite her previous abuse she's still able to conquer them, you're reading a story with realistic depiction of a relationship between an Abuser and their Victim, its sad that you blame her for not being able to choose to say No

Any time you people see someone saying Maxi needs to take just a pinch of responsibility for her situation yall get the huffing and puffing lol Sheesh! Its just a story yall lol

Ok so clearly you didn't even bother reading my comment. And y'all like to use this stupid excuse " Its just a story " all the damn time, If this is what you say for a fictional character, I can imagine you also blaming a victim of abuse in real life. Again you're insensitive

Again you’re too invested in fiction lol The truth is, and its not the first time I’ve said this, some of things Maxi is going through could have been avoided had she made different choices. Some of those choices she rejected. Choices that could have kept safe and away from her father. A cruel truth is still a truth. But again she isnt real so what are you huffing and puffing for?

Oh I don't disagree that she shouldn't have been so reckless, Like believe me I was frustrated at how she went to see Riftan instead of staying at that castle, and although she was supposed to be hidden and Riftan shouldn't have known she was there, she by mistakenly saw him in the pond or lake, and then instead of running to not make him catch a wiff of her she stays staring at him behind that tree. I belive Maxi can be flawed too, but in this case I still won't blame her because its a trauma response. And its not about she's real or not, We're having a discussion about a character who is abused and you chose to deflect it as, " Oh she's not real " then I ask you this, if you were in her shoes would you easily come to a decision and " Take responsibility for your situation " I don't disagree that she maybe she could've pushed to stay and wait for Riftan and hear from him if he wants to divorce her or not. But take into consideration all the recent that have followed her, making a witty and calculated decision when her father just dropped another bomb on her, would be too much to expect. Yah she's a fictional character, but is it so wrong to empathise with her decisions no matter how frustrating they are? Unless their borderline stupid, which isn't the case here

While im not in her shoes fear would actually keep me away. Knowing how she feels about Riftan that even just a glimpse of him uplifts her I would not have gone back to my father who whooped my ass every day. I stand by what I said. She had all this stand up power for her husband who in fact, which yall hate to admit, is trying to be good to her, but the man that you wanted so bad to get away from you just up and give up? I will give her credit for trying because she did try to stand her ground at first but please. Them knights was there to support her and if she would have told him no they would have raised hell for her. She even admits that all these things she did to stay with Riftan is how she ended up right back where she is. Victims have power too and she has proved that she has it and needs to use it on the people that really deserves it