Nothing like the novel

So I looked it up, and this story is a novel adaption. But both stories have very little in common, so for once, me reading ahead does nothing. ╮(￣▽￣)╭

For example, in the novel, Francis (the father) returns home shortly after the mother dies, and actually gets to meet and name Greta! She was abducted a few months later, when thieves break into the mansion.

Other differences are that Greta wasn't Number 5, she was Number 103 in the novel.

Also, Theodore (the brother) never bullies her in the novel, and Greta is told through the maids how hard Theodore worked to become Francis' successor (she hasn't even started taking fencing lessons yet; they're still "waiting on her health to improve" months later). Actually, so far Theodore functions as Francis' assistant in the novel, adjusting his schedule, urging him to actually do his job as Duke, and prying him off Greta when Francis inevitably starts spinning her around because of adorableness.

There are only 22 chapters in the novel so far (it's ongoing), and I got up to preparing for Greta's first tea party before giving up. (〜￣△￣)〜