
This have a lot of flaws... but tbh I can overlook it as it's fantasy... the freckles glasses hair and overweight are a way to make people less attractive according to most beauty standards. The skintone on another hand... I guess author got some serious whiplash since it was there only for some chapters. On that note, having tanned skin (again I'm not talking about having dark skin, but really being sun-kissed) was viewed as unbecoming of nobility since it was associated with hard labor. That is objectively speaking, but I'm glad they changed it (I do think she looked super pretty tanned tho).
What I can't really understand is her and her mother's position in the father's house. Because it's not really made clear if they are a polygamous society or not. Tbh it's kinda confusing.