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since i started reading korean novels its so rare for me to find ones that i actually love wholeheartedly and check all my boxes plot and writing-wise and so far only two books have fit the criteria, those two being tcf/lcf and this one (like i already thought tcf was perfect but this is like if u took all its good points and added in romance as a bonus and i generally dislike the combination of action and romance cause i feel its never well executed). its genuinely so good yo
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if the nigga who was bullied so bad he attempted suicide tells u who was behind the bullying why tf would u as teachers not believe him???? cause the dude is a good kid is such a bs excuse too cause of course he doesn’t do ts in front of the teachers and acting is a thing???? id lose my mind if i were mc
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Definitely happens irl tho. One of my bullies was like that. She acted like the perfect student in front of teachers, but when they weren’t looking she bullied multiple classmates. My classmates and her own “friends” were literally scared of her. She was psycho. She constantly boasted about how great she was at faking things because of the acting lessons she took. Whenever I told my teachers about how she was bullying me she’d easily get away with it by crying and faking remorse. One time a teacher saw her slap me across my face and she still got away with it by crying. People like that are evil narcissistic manipulators.
managed to find the novel raws and am somehow managing with a translator (i think its the complete thing?!?) so heres a few notes/spoilers ig
- dorman is soooo useless omg she might as well not have them with her
- its a veryyyy slow romance and arsian is def ml but why am i on ch 145/215 and theres no progress arsian def has feelings but idt he even knows what it is or like the word for it but theres zero sign of the mc reciprocating so far (they have a few moments still tho like the whole only she can calm him down n dat)
- mc and ravi dont have the same father
- stepdad has a real daughter but its complicated
- we find mcs real dad and hes also a duke but in a different country/empire and its also complicated n stuff (idk how i feel about him tbh)
- mc has two more siblings with real dad both boys one adopted and older than her
- ml adopts a lil brother i swear the whole book is like a campaign for adoption (real tho)
- mcs older bro (real dad side) was also involved with the whole dying and repeating the life thing cause dorman is a useless he-goat.
overall the book is okay innit nothin groundbreaking but a nice read still but i do feel like they draggin it out a bit.
edit: im now on ch 160+ and the romance is finally progressing. also let me say this one more time dorman is soooo useless
I’m laughing at how many times you said dorman is useless LOL
LMAO dorman sure is useless HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAA
im actually so irritated cause why introduce him as a character just for him to know stuff then just choose to not tell the mc beforehand until it actually happens not to even mention the most recent part where
*spoilers ahead*
mc is starting to develop feelings yh but doesn’t know what it is so she’s asking the chef and butler ghosts why her heart hurts around arsian but those two are also hella dense so they’re like maybe shes sick, whole time dorman is there and is like “oh thats not- im just gonna keep quiet”??,!,?; like dpmo rn and say something just dragging it n mind u the next few chapters after that the romance progress has come to a complete halt. zero mention of arsian even.
how long is it gonna take for the manhwa to catch up to chapter 160 RAAHHHHH I NEED MORE ROMANCE