am i the only one disappointed that everyone knew her plan all along... idk she's set up t...

I think that's kinda the point though especially with this last chapter, where both Aides and Wellmy herself point out that she's actually not as intelligent or skillful as her sister. Her plan also wasn't as clean as she describes it, because everyone manages to see little things that don't line up with her other actions (her coming in person to bring Iora food, sending off that noble girl to Iora instead of keeping her herself when she likely could've helped her influence grow, etc). We get shown this realization that in reality Wellmy's actions aren't quite as disguised or difficult to understand as she thinks it is. Wellmy is portrayed as an "unreliable narrator" because well, she's limited to her own ideas and view. To Wellmy she's doing this very discreetly but to others who look closely enough it's actually quite obvious.

Feel similar—it takes away from the tension and drama you feel when it’s like “well it would have worked out anyways even if she did nothing bc everyone knew about it and was doing stuff too”. Like I wanted a shock reveal from SOMEONE in the crowd, please dg like one gasp somewhere so she can be validated

that's chill and everything, but the way the story started at a climax and then decided to kill that momentum with flashbacks and contradictions makes it hard to engage with the material. The plot points are fine and could be well done, but the pacing is off for me, and there's no flow to it. Plus im not emotionally attached to any of these characters yet so the plot twist doesn't hit. ig that's why i was disappointed everyone lowkey knew; it felt like i read through her part for nothing

I think it's also just one of those turn your brain off stories lol, I read it for fun and not to take it seriously and that's it. I was expecting a good story too but the plot is interesting (just not well executed) so I'll read it anyways.