
The story towards the end's a bit rushed for me. They introduce Calion like some big-shot villain, and then when they start plotting things, it gets rushed.

Definitely agree. So much of the political maneuvering was in the last 20 chapters. Things were happening constantly.
The stuff with Calion (and his timely demise), the second prince and the background of the monarch were literally a few panels long. There was so much info and world building which I love and look for in every work I read but it felt like too much to tell in too little time.
I was having a hard time continuing this one. There's some times that I think of dropping this (things like there's too many sex scenes to the point that I find it annoying), but still, I want to give it a chance and finally reached ch 96.
Story-wise, if you're going to ask me, they're good at building problems, but when it comes to resolving them, it's a bit mehh, and I couldn't see much character development.