I love the main character HOWEVER the love interest is VERY SEVERELY underdeveloped. I can get behind a romance where both parties have difficulty trusting each other and being vulnerable due to their past trauma. IN THIS STORY, the MC is pushed by others to be more honest, to give more information, to stop withholding secrets. Which is great! The story NEVER pushes the Love Interest to be authentic as well. He is just CONSTANTLY reacting to the MC. CONSTANTLY investigating the MC. And when asked to trust his partner? He immediately resorts to confining the MC's independence and freedom. This only gets resolved AT THE END. He is literally like "My bad for chaining you up and blinding you, I didnt intend to leave you vulnerable to enemy attacks. Aight, moving on." AND THEY MOVE ON LIKE THAT WAS JUST A TINY BUMP ON THE ROAD. WHHHAAAAAAAAAATTTTT. MC gets CONSEQUENES OUT THE WAZOOH for not opening up (Which I appreciate btw). However the Love Interest is NEVER PUSHED to change. The MC asks for change, but the Love Interest NEVER MAKES MEANINGFUL, PERMANENT CHANGE for him. ITS BULLSHIT. The only time he changes is at the end AFTER HE RECIEVES GOOD COOKIE!!!!!! NO SIR!!! You DO NOT deserve cookie after DRUGGING, BLINDING and CHAINING your boyfriend up. I am GOOD with some dark themes so long as the Love Interest is redeemable. The story OBVIOUSLY tries to redeem him. But its SOOO HALF-ASSED. 2/stars. Love the MC though.
I love the main character HOWEVER the love interest is VERY SEVERELY underdeveloped. I can get behind a romance where both parties have difficulty trusting each other and being vulnerable due to their past trauma. IN THIS STORY, the MC is pushed by others to be more honest, to give more information, to stop withholding secrets. Which is great! The story NEVER pushes the Love Interest to be authentic as well. He is just CONSTANTLY reacting to the MC. CONSTANTLY investigating the MC. And when asked to trust his partner? He immediately resorts to confining the MC's independence and freedom. This only gets resolved AT THE END. He is literally like "My bad for chaining you up and blinding you, I didnt intend to leave you vulnerable to enemy attacks. Aight, moving on." AND THEY MOVE ON LIKE THAT WAS JUST A TINY BUMP ON THE ROAD. WHHHAAAAAAAAAATTTTT. MC gets CONSEQUENES OUT THE WAZOOH for not opening up (Which I appreciate btw). However the Love Interest is NEVER PUSHED to change. The MC asks for change, but the Love Interest NEVER MAKES MEANINGFUL, PERMANENT CHANGE for him. ITS BULLSHIT. The only time he changes is at the end AFTER HE RECIEVES GOOD COOKIE!!!!!! NO SIR!!! You DO NOT deserve cookie after DRUGGING, BLINDING and CHAINING your boyfriend up. I am GOOD with some dark themes so long as the Love Interest is redeemable. The story OBVIOUSLY tries to redeem him. But its SOOO HALF-ASSED. 2/stars. Love the MC though.