this is a very cut and dry childhood to lovers story and in an attempt to extend it and make it more...exciting (?) the author decided to bring in MR.Doppleganger. Had he looked even less like her literally deceased brother, I feel like I wouldn't have had such a huge issue with it. Instead, he's a carbon copy and it's honestly disgusting to even think about in a romantic sense. Sure our fmc doesn't even look his way, not really, but that is still a distracting portion of the plot. Had they just kept it to childhood friends to lovers with some grief and guilt spread in between, it would've been just fine.
this is a very cut and dry childhood to lovers story and in an attempt to extend it and make it more...exciting (?) the author decided to bring in MR.Doppleganger. Had he looked even less like her literally deceased brother, I feel like I wouldn't have had such a huge issue with it. Instead, he's a carbon copy and it's honestly disgusting to even think about in a romantic sense. Sure our fmc doesn't even look his way, not really, but that is still a distracting portion of the plot. Had they just kept it to childhood friends to lovers with some grief and guilt spread in between, it would've been just fine.