
[ending spoiler]
ngl the ending would have been so much more impactful if MC or duke died
I had a small feeling nobody would die so all tension wasn't there throughout the whole thing
if the duke died it would have been so symbolic of how his love for MC was worth giving up his immirtality for since living an eternal life without his life's only purpose isn't one worth living
or MC's death would have made the duke's situation so much more difficult choosing to die or continue living for the sake of his dead family...
and the prince only changed due to MC so who knows how he would be if she was gone.
I love a happy ending but sometimes I wish the high stakes actually mattered

it would be so good if authors didn't force shitty female characters and straight men writing women stuff
like there are so many ways to write good female characters and these people choose "useless + obsessed with mc + damsel in distress" for all of it
exploring her privelege and explaining pity vs goodwill was great, love it.
But her being nonsensically attached to mc for no reason other than for straight men's fantasy made it so much worse.
She's a tool for her father, an object following MC, the first thing she does is try to marry him... so annoying
MC is too nice and too dumb and naïve and it makes me angry. She blushes and gets shy at the smallest fucking thing it's giving 12 year old fantasized romance
(assumed) ML is typical black cat type - annoying and an asshole
kid is kinda okay? but also something is weird
of everyhting though MC blushing and crushing on the random guy is too ovrrdone and I'm sick of this stupid trope