The beginning dragged on for so long, but finally when we got into the story, the emperor(ML) suddenly has a 180 personality change and is a complete and utter jerk? He has such anger issues and yells at everyone even getting slightly physically violent with the fl the first time they are reunited. (And don't give me some bs about it being because he is a beast when he seemed perfectly capable of being kind for the entire first part) And he isn't the only one whos personality changes! What happened to all that fight the princess had? While she has moments that are meant to depict her as "strong badass FL", they are tiny disputes that hold no weight in comparison to the main story line, and when it comes to the main story or anything actually important regarding her life, she suddenly is a meek and obedient mouse? How stupid did she have to be to drink the potion the creepy and awful kings aide literally just hands her? And now that she thinks her maid is dead, why isn't she running away from the palace? She was willing to go as far as to run away before, but now she sudddnly can't bring herself to say she doesn't want to be the crown princess when the emperor of all people asks?!?!? Also, between the fl and ml there is all but zero romantic chemistry between them, and any physical chemistry is slim to none. Her maid got beaten black and blue for her, yet because she has to keep her powers a secret (for seemingly no reason on top of that) she doesn't heal her. I could go on and on, but nothing she does makes any sense, and for a fl, her personality is something akin to a minor antagonist. She's rude, and if she isn't being rude, she is simply staying quiet letting people walk all over her in the very moments she should actually be saying something. This is one of the least satisfying, most frustrating reads I've come across in a while, maybe even ever.
The beginning dragged on for so long, but finally when we got into the story, the emperor(ML) suddenly has a 180 personality change and is a complete and utter jerk? He has such anger issues and yells at everyone even getting slightly physically violent with the fl the first time they are reunited. (And don't give me some bs about it being because he is a beast when he seemed perfectly capable of being kind for the entire first part) And he isn't the only one whos personality changes! What happened to all that fight the princess had? While she has moments that are meant to depict her as "strong badass FL", they are tiny disputes that hold no weight in comparison to the main story line, and when it comes to the main story or anything actually important regarding her life, she suddenly is a meek and obedient mouse? How stupid did she have to be to drink the potion the creepy and awful kings aide literally just hands her? And now that she thinks her maid is dead, why isn't she running away from the palace? She was willing to go as far as to run away before, but now she sudddnly can't bring herself to say she doesn't want to be the crown princess when the emperor of all people asks?!?!? Also, between the fl and ml there is all but zero romantic chemistry between them, and any physical chemistry is slim to none. Her maid got beaten black and blue for her, yet because she has to keep her powers a secret (for seemingly no reason on top of that) she doesn't heal her. I could go on and on, but nothing she does makes any sense, and for a fl, her personality is something akin to a minor antagonist. She's rude, and if she isn't being rude, she is simply staying quiet letting people walk all over her in the very moments she should actually be saying something. This is one of the least satisfying, most frustrating reads I've come across in a while, maybe even ever.