I actually wanted Luke to be with my babe kasia
Hell no
I absolutely agree with you and I feel like it's such a shame because there were a lot of themes and ideas in this that could have really been interesting. And although a lot of it is mediocre like the randomness and odd pacing of it all, I'm just happy that our male lead is not the crown Prince. It really is such a shame though because I feel like it started off strong but where it all really started to go downhill is when kasia comes back and all the sudden the crown Prince is like all over her for no reason. I really wish the story could have taken a more serious tone like "the venleness must die". I'm unsure if that's the correct name but it's the one where the main chick has black hair green eyes and actually wants to go back to her original world throughout the entire thing and I believe it's completed. Anyways this could have definitely had a lot more psychological Aspects and really have been great but it was still nice and at least there wasn't anything too stupid.
It's interesting that the 2nd prince, who was introduced first, ended up being not the first nor second ML, but the third ML Lol. Kasia had more chemistry with Luke (maybe even Swindell) than she did with the prince. The story was a cute read with a happy ending, but it's pretty mediocre. Despite the setting taking place on a large scale (a country's war), the worldbuilding and character development is very shallow.