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hot take, but i think the side stories are what makes this story interesting. getting a glimpse of every side character's life is pretty cool, and i like the author's takes and view on sex work. i guess you can argue that the switch from a focused plot to this kind of fragmented storytelling wasn't super well executed but i still dig it. we have so many romance series we can read anyway, but we don't have many series that are centered on a positive view of sex work, so i don't mind the romance taking a back seat for a while