
Like I want to give it a chance since the beginning chapter was interesting but literally all down hill from there. The info dump italic text is annoying to read and it just feels like the pacing is off. One second we are taking forever on something and the next we are skipping over shit and that’s frustrating.
Made it to ch 20

This is interesting and very lightweight while also adding in just enough drama. It’s not too annoying and it’s not over the top on the dramatics.
I like it because you get the feeling and understanding of a somewhat in depth story while it also being breeze to read (aka you won’t be sad or irritated reading it.)

However, I think that’s the point. They both got involved in a ‘Situationship’ that neither of them wanted but both of them had to accept, and before they could even really get close, because of the shitty princesses actions and then Odette’s fathers accident they were forced into a marriage neither of them really wanted or cared for. So they haven’t had literally any time to really bond or get close.
I think for what it is supposed to be the writer does an amazing job explaining their circumstances. And while I did see people say Odette was ‘boring’ I personally think you are wrong. She has been forced to live like a mouse for her whole life basically. She talks about how her mother taught her early on the dignity of a noble/royal and how to be honorable which we can see the stark difference in her behavior versus her sisters who was never taught those things.
Odette very clearly has interest in art and has shown a few times how she gets angry, but then forces herself to swallow her anger. I think once she reaches a breaking point we will see her personality really blossom.

To everyone saying that the Emperor is bad.
Technically he is and he is not. To be clear, there are two very different timelines happening. In the first timeline we all know and understand that he is a piece of garbage scum of the earth who could stub there toe for the rest of their life, and it still wouldn’t be enough.
In the second timeline everyone seems to think he is the same person and he is not. He grew up next to Yeo-dam and is way more ‘human’ than he was. This speaks to the way he was nurtured and taught by Yeo-dam as he grew up. So even though some points of his personality are similar he is still drastically different from his first timeline self.
Is that this is a little frustrating cause it’s like “oh this is just destiny and it will happen, you can’t change it” which is just dumb
Honestly why she went to the front lines to start with makes no sense. If I were a mother I would go to my kid without a second thought and sense she is obviously a very good mom the action of going to the frontline doesn’t really fit her persona and that’s incredibly annoying. I can’t stand when authors make crappy and convenient excuses just to move a story in a bad direction. At least put some effort into it.
Ikr that dude spewing nonsense should have had better excuses when persuading her too I just felt like y is she still listening . I know she is a good mom but like when her daughter is left alone with a grandpa with no powers I would check on her no matter who was in the way