The story is all over the place. It's attempting to use serious themes without the needed setup & pacing to make them meaningful, each new pseudo rape/not rape feels dragging. Which is a waste because this could've been really interesting, I was low-key game for the empress and MC to end up together as they try to heal from the abuse of the Emperor. But it's too late, it's already treading on corny. Won't stop me from reading though just to see what happens, expectations be damned
The story is all over the place. It's attempting to use serious themes without the needed setup & pacing to make them meaningful, each new pseudo rape/not rape feels dragging. Which is a waste because this could've been really interesting, I was low-key game for the empress and MC to end up together as they try to heal from the abuse of the Emperor. But it's too late, it's already treading on corny. Won't stop me from reading though just to see what happens, expectations be damned