beta
I remember dropping this and decided to re-read and give it another chance and yeah, I still not a big fan of the main relationship
don't get me wrong, when getting past them meeting and instantly fl catches feels then yeah, there are cute moments between the two, but it still feels so empty when there was no pay off to getting those moments. it was not until way later in the story when they have actually gotten to know each other better did I start to feel anything (mainly from actually seeing daniel's developing feelings).
but! there was so little initial development between the two. everyone else had some kind of development from the start meeting and progressively seeing their thoughts and views change to how they came to like FL. it feels like daniel is just thrown at us and believe there is chemistry with no build up at the start. it felt sudden and any development was an afterthought. they were already lined up to falling in love from the first meeting, so it just makes seeing his feelings grow feel so unrewarding since they were basically already a thing .
We knew of his existence since the start of the story but he was barely there until midway, we didn't get to know his character until all of a sudden he was the main focus of interest for her affection and it is so vexing for FL to instantly catch feelings for him I just wish we got to see both sides of the relationship developing feelings. We got to see how Daniel's feelings changed and developed towards the later part of the series. it is just frustrating to me.