I would have liked the beginning a bit more if the prince had instead broken off the engagement for her sake as well, instead of cuss he was just dumb and lacked common sense. Nothing really would have needed to change in the story either, but his overally character and subsequent actions later would have made more sense/been seen in a bit of a better light. He still could have truly been in love with the other girl, still could have called it off at that party, and still had the fake meltdown. Truthfully if his motivations were different, he was a bit smarter/more cunning, and he had planned it out to a certain extent with her, then her continued loyalty, and his later actions with the investigation would have been better. Again even his meltdown during his house arrest could have been written as the beginning of his investigation, and him finding out could have been through cleverness instead of luck. In this way he helps his childhood friend accomplish her dreams (since she said breaking off her engagement from her end is difficult), protects his family and people, stops a treason plot, and still been able to end up with the love of his life. I think he could have been an interesting/more nuanced character if he was just written a bit better. He didn't need to be written as exceptional, just a bit smarter, with more common sense. I do still like the story and its characters overall, this is just one major aspect I wish was done better.
Quick psa, please don't put alcohol inside any hole but the mouth. The actions are fine in fantasy, but direct absorption of alcohol like that can be really dangerous for first timers like Courtney and Richard. Courtney because she has no point of reference on how much is too much, and what to look out for, and Richard because he doesn't seem to know any limits on what is dangerously far. Tbh though, any good domy mommy would ideally have enough presence of mind to know what to look out for, and when to stop for the subs own good. Have fun out there fellow degens, but please always remember to be careful. Pleasure shouldn't come at the expense of permanent or long lasting harm. Bdsm and abuse are not the same thing, so don't let anyone try to tell you your no doesn't really mean no. That last sentence wasn't directed towards Courtney and Richard since their play is still fully consensual, but rather a reminder to all the irl peeps to keep yourselves safe, and that even in Bdsm no means no (safe word = new word for no during play).
Coffee isn't great either, but its also not nearly as dangerous as alcohol. The biggest reason is that the guts allow for the toxic aspects of wine (mainly the alcohol) to pass directly into the body before the liver and kidneys can filter it to a safer level. On the one hand you get drunk significantly faster, on the other doing it too much/often can expedite organ damage. The human body is good at maintaining balance given normal/ adequate nutrition and only moderate drinking.
Eh for me so long as this doesn't turn into a harem, or have the women turn useless for no reason, I'm fine with the constant huge knockers. At this point I just consider it an art style choice and pretty much just ignore it (not matter how excessive).
Not really no. Even the attendants who were working in the official hunter market were pretty stacked. They just weren't shown as closely, and their cloths weren't as tight or revealing. The only woman shown so far to be smaller is new goddess who was rather flat. Thus far its been mostly narratively important women that you see close enough to notice (like the S+ rank middle aged owner of the hunter market).










Just in case anyone is curious, I recently saw that the full extra story/epilogue for the novel is finally on tapas. Now the full novel, side stories, and special epilogue are all there. I'm flat broke so i haven't read much of the epilogue, sorry if you were hoping for spoilers in that one. The epilogue is a directly connected side story of reed and Ally together in a world that tesilid doesn't exist in, only reed. For those who know, they'll understand (i hope) why that's such a big deal.