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Honestly, the queen reminds me of Cersei Lannister from Game of Thrones. I hate that out of all the villains I've read, in my opinion, she's the best at this game. She's just leagues better than other villainous parents with poor background stories and it honestly baffles me that she's so calculative to the point she makes the story seem like child's play and that she does it for the love of the game (I might be wrong though, don't come for me, I haven't read the novel yet).
Now here's another hot take and it's just MY opinion... The supposed ML in this story is so emotionless it's like trying to eat a well-done, rubbery, and unseasoned steak. "But that's literally his character description!" And let me tell you it's so utterly flat that he's just outright pitiful to look at. Maybe I'm just not letting this marinate enough but the only thing I'm really looking forward to is for Thalia/Talia to escape that hellhole and find her happiness...even if that means getting with this boring ML.
I agree with the Cersei Lannister description.
And I also would like to see the FL outside of that hellhole. And... I know she does not think of running away and that's all, but everything is surrounded by enemies, and her way of surviving inside the palace is not the most intelligent one.
Though I don't think she would be able to survive outside the palace either...
Someone here's about to die...and I think it might be me when I reach this story's bittersweet end.