this has been recommended so many times that i gave it a second chance, but i can’t help but wonder if im missing something. even putting aside the way they met, MC and ML’s lack of chemistry is genuinely baffling. in no universe am i convinced they’re in love. MC has a crush at most, but the ML? he needed at least another dozen chapters of actual yearning. i think the story was juggling a bit too much to handle the “romance” well, and rightfully so — i was one thousand percent more interested in MC’s trauma plot than him having random sex with the ML for the fifth time or whatever — but it insists upon hinging on a dynamic that just falls flat for me.
i don’t know. It doesn’t even feel like they actually got to know each other well. the world building and general concept are great, but the execution leaves a lot to be desired.
this has been recommended so many times that i gave it a second chance, but i can’t help but wonder if im missing something. even putting aside the way they met, MC and ML’s lack of chemistry is genuinely baffling. in no universe am i convinced they’re in love. MC has a crush at most, but the ML? he needed at least another dozen chapters of actual yearning. i think the story was juggling a bit too much to handle the “romance” well, and rightfully so — i was one thousand percent more interested in MC’s trauma plot than him having random sex with the ML for the fifth time or whatever — but it insists upon hinging on a dynamic that just falls flat for me.
i don’t know. It doesn’t even feel like they actually got to know each other well. the world building and general concept are great, but the execution leaves a lot to be desired.