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I know people have qualms about it, I understand it I also root for Lutin better and it's clear her young age sways her unsure fully between the choice BUT...
GOOOOOD FUCKING GOD I FUCKING LOVE MARIELLE. she's so fucking cute, her personality is actual a flaw in certain situations, she's beloved and it makes sense but she's still treated substandard by high society despite her connections and it's not even just the sense.. she's spiritually a Jane Austen character and I have a weak fucking spot for Jane Austen so her, the three blossoms of the inns, Lady Aurelia, Natalie the Maid, the fucking mothers? Ezra, The princesses all had such good distinct characters and this is a book for girls and I mean that in the best fucking way. There's a heart to the genre it's settling in, there's a heart in how they portray even the tropes of it, there's love here in this craft and it's not revolutionary, it's not the next Mona Lisa but god I don't mind having a guilty pleasure because a painting I whole heartedly love in my favourite cafe is just as wonderful as a masterpiece in the Louvre.