Laeana

Honestly everyone has their different tastes and is free to like and dislike stories, but if you did not like this story, nothing keeps you from just stepping out. Insulting other readers and judging them for liking a story is not the flex that you think. It costs nothing to be respectful of other people’s tastes, I didn’t think it needed to be said but apparently it’s a useful reminder for some people…

The summary didn’t appeal much to me but the story is good. I find the way everything is depicted with a sense of reality fantastic, the story gets cruel sometimes and it just seems terrible. There’s no embellishment of what’s happening.
It has a lot of strong characters that are conflicting and not always morally correct, everyone has different goal and objectives but it doesn’t mean that they’re evil in themselves, they’re just doing everything to survive. I found myself disliking the King and liking him sometimes for example - and it’s a good thing to say. You’re involved in the story, and it’s not black or white, just like it is irl.
The FL has a pretty strong character, she’s put in a rough situation right from the start, a situation where she’s uncomfortable and that she fights a bit, but she finds ways to succeed and to be smart about it. The romance with the ML isn’t overwhelmingly present but it didn’t disturb me, because I found the story captivating enough. Some speeches left me strong impressions, such as the one the Queen said to the King after she met him again about forgetfulness. It was so bittersweet but also tragic, in a beautiful way - everyone had advised against it and they got together, and she ended up regretting it. It’s all there is to the story, tragedy and drama, in a way that is very enjoyable, to me at the very least.