My rating and review: 6/10

This is my review with minor and major spoilers which I have separated into two parts. The minor spoilers don't really give much away at all but the major spoilers explain my real problems with the story.

*Minor spoilers:

Honestly the story started out ok. I was immediately drawn to the main character's positive personality. I also thought arwin and noelle were cute together. However, as I progressed, the dialogue became kind of bad (for example the when Barnes sees the flowers in the desert and talks to himself about how he is hallucinating. That dialogue was so lengthy, repetiive and unnecessary).

At some points the author decided to rehash the characters thoughts/wants/desires multiple times (for example when the princess wanted Leticia to stay in the capital, first the side characters talked about the princess' intentions, and then the author skipped right to the princess inner monologue which basically told the readers everything the side characters JUST told us, therefore wasting our time. And don't even get me started on the last 10 chapters. Honestly that was my least favorite finale out of all the mangas/manhwas I have ever read, for reasons I will mention below:









MAJOR SPOILERS BELOW

Honestly I really disliked the finale. And it is a shame for how much I initially liked the story. How many times are they going to kill and revive a person? Honestly I thought the majority of Julian's arc was done after it was revealed he knew he was going to die. And then the villian somehow revived him, just to torture him? And then he died again? And then they brought him back to life again? By the time he had died for the second time I was so done. It had already been firmly established that Julian was dead for ~120 chapters, so it really didn't feel satisfying for him to be randomly revived two times again. Just let his soul rest in peace please?

If the author really wanted to revive him later on, they should have hinted at it throughout the story so that his presence was at the back of readers minds. Maybe Leticia sees Julian in her dreams frequently? Or there is a "force" that occasionally helps her out which is later revealed to be Julian?

I didn't really enjoy the concept of the wings, either. The fact that they instinctively feel positive feelings towards Leticia brings into question their own free will. Not to mention the concept of 'the balance' was iffy to me. They made it seem like the balance was an inherent, 'subconscious' part of the world, but instead it ended up being a random monster who people strike deals with? And for some reason the almighty dragon and goddess cannot defeat it?

Lastly, it was quite unsatisfying for the real villian to not be an actual person but just "the darkness" who is an inherently evil being? It just didn't really feel satisfying that the main characters were basically pawns fighting someone else's war against a force that in reality didn't have a grudge against any of them in particular. I mean, sure, the darkness wanted to see Leticia suffer. But that was only because it wanted to get revenge on the goddess.


Now for my petty complaints: honestly it was annoying how everything in the world seemed to revolve around Leticia. I mean, I know she is the main character, but the chapter where it said the princess displayed her 'submission" to Leticia in front of the public? I abosolutly CRINGED at this. Really.

What is even so special about Leticia? Not trying to be mean, but she was born into wealth and status and is the chosen one by the goddess. Yes, she was abused, but as we saw in the story, many commoners were also abused, taken advantage of, killed,etc, so abuse is not specific to Leticia.

I say this to say: it is not a problem that Leticia is the main character, but it is a problem that everything in the world revolves around her when (in my opinion), there is nothing super extraordinary about her outside of her supernatural powers and status, which she was born into. Was she even able to achieve anything without using her wealth, powers or status? Debateable.

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