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no bc i love this story for ERIS. shes something this story does so, so good. she's not invincibly badass or incapable of wrong, and its precisely that little moral gray zone that makes her addicting to watch. eris and hellena are literal polar opposites (hell, they have opposing hair and eye colors), but the story is amazing at flipping that dark/light trope and turning the both of them into sympathetic, real girls. girls that want to live: without a prince or anyone. hot take, but anakhin is my least favorite (thats a very high bar) part of this story. though he made the ending all the more bittersweet, id argue that his very existence takes away from my favorite parts of eris. she never needed another to stand on her own, and i think thats what this story is all about.

p.s, if anyone has links to the novel, please put them down below!!!!

i thought that BL had come a long way... picked this up cus i saw it had a 9.3 rating, but i was really disappointed with the whole "don't anger me or else you literally suffer" gimmick, genuinely what's the point??? mc is already warming up to the ml DESPITE this, given his personality i truly believe he would have helped him eventually regardless of being tortured every time he pissed him off. i would have hoped it would be gone 37 chapters in but i can't understand how anyone would see the appeal in a relationship built off of passing out every time you try and communicate how bad you're getting treated...