I'm about to get some hate with this comment, but I can't keep in any longer: I can't stand the ML. I don't think he's a good partner for the FL. The ML doesn't feel like he had any growth in the years they have been apart. He doesn't match the FL's emotional maturity. He gives off a childlike vibe that doesn't resonate with me. Being childlike when they first met, fine, okay, even though he's several years older than her, but in the subsequent years apart he hasn't grown -- only in height. We don't see him do any training (sword or magic) that will help facilitate his mental growth. Yes, the FL is more mature due her circumstances, but the ML is the Crown Prince and needs the mental wherewithal to handle that position. Right now they feel too mixed match to form any adult relationship. And, no, I didn't want him to turn into an aloof ML but I would hope the author would tune down that goofball side of him or at least give him more than physical maturity to balance it out.
I'm about to get some hate with this comment, but I can't keep in any longer: I can't stand the ML. I don't think he's a good partner for the FL. The ML doesn't feel like he had any growth in the years they have been apart. He doesn't match the FL's emotional maturity. He gives off a childlike vibe that doesn't resonate with me. Being childlike when they first met, fine, okay, even though he's several years older than her, but in the subsequent years apart he hasn't grown -- only in height. We don't see him do any training (sword or magic) that will help facilitate his mental growth. Yes, the FL is more mature due her circumstances, but the ML is the Crown Prince and needs the mental wherewithal to handle that position. Right now they feel too mixed match to form any adult relationship. And, no, I didn't want him to turn into an aloof ML but I would hope the author would tune down that goofball side of him or at least give him more than physical maturity to balance it out.