Laeana's Topics (55)

Can anyone (and does anyone know) kindly spoil me who’s the ML? Cause I honestly like the story a lot but I don’t want to continue it if I’m going to be disappointed about the outcome. Thanks in advance if you do!

I don’t know why the ending was so rushed but it really was. I wish we had more of Grace’s parents together and how they ended up together cause we’re told about them off screen and we see them briefly but they’re already together, which is a shame. Speaking of that, her father literally appears for two seconds and does not have a big impact. Their meeting isn’t that much of an emotional thing or anything. The prince has his backstory shown and how pitiful he is just to stay an ass in the end, even the story with Penelope leads nowhere. I don’t get what was the point of making them so close and getting the reader’s sympathy all that for nothing. Ignis was KILLED for almost nothing and like, killed killed. What the fuck. The prince also disappeared, I guess he exploded lmao. It’s like this story felt like it had too many characters and had to throw them around. We don’t even see Deckhard and his lover again on screen like whut? We were hinting at some romance for them to finally have NOTHING (rolling eyes). The princess doesn’t appear on screen either and like where is she what’s happening. Why must four years happen for the ML to wake up? Like it’s so wrong and why four years, it looks like the author threw a dice to decide. Also maybe it’s just me but why the f would Grace be more legitimate for the throne when there is an actual princess here? It just feels like any typical reincarnation story where for some reason the FL must end up in the highest position of power.
To summarize it, the ending was so, so lacking, which is a real shame compared to the rest of the story that I really enjoyed. It was a nice read but to be left with this is a bitter taste in my mouth.

I honestly loved it! Great plot, I’m not a connoisseur of perfumes but I found it a mesmerizing aspect of the story, where you keep wondering what Ariel will invent again and how she’ll solve situations with it. I liked Ariel’s personality, and the fact she transmigrated and realized her dream makes it even more emotional. I liked Cedric’s duality, cold and intimidating, and yet falling so bad for Ariel and not realizing it. We love obnoxious beans! I also enjoyed the drawing and the pace of the plot, that really felt perfect for me, I never got a moment of boredom or frustration about it. The treatment of the second ML stays interesting and keeps him useful to the plot, he isn’t thrown in the background once he’s rejected, which was nice. Overall I found the relationship between Ariel and Cedric really cute, surprised I haven’t heard about this story earlier, but not disappointed with it at all.

Dropped at chapter 33 because I don’t think it’s for me. I don’t really like the ML, I don’t like these kind of dynamics of ML pretending to be innocent cutie pie in front of Eloise, just to be actually murderous, cunning etc irl. It just feels like he’s lying to her constantly, but because he wants her to like him or something, he doesn’t show as he truly is.

And I find it quite frustrating cause then - she doesn’t like your real you, and I just can’t bear a facade like that. The guy is really competent, strong, and he’s playing naive and loss of memories, and tries to keep it going. He’s also jealous and possessive of Eloise while bro she doesn’t belong to you??

And I guess the fact Eloise is so naive to fall into it makes it even more frustrating like, she’s supposed to be a badass intelligent character and she just can’t see further than that.

Otherwise, maybe it’s just me but the pacing is too slow to me. It may be because I got frustrated about Caein (the male lead) that still hadn’t revealed that he doesn’t have amnesia and it’s not how he really is and we’re almost reaching a third of the story, but I can’t find it appealing. I keep reading parts without reading them, with my brain not registering or wanting to just scroll through pages and skip chapters.

I think overall Caein is not too much my type of ML as he’s young, juvenile and looks frankly frail - thing that is accentuated by his act around Eloise. Such a shame! Cause I like the drawings, the premise seemed nice enough and Eloise’s character seemed nice as well. Maybe I’ll come back to try to finish it but as of for now, I can’t seem to keep going.

It’s only my thoughts tho, so make sure to have a peek by yourself to see if you like it or not!

Platinum is really funny in terms of how much bs he says : “I thought it would be better if we could develop emotions without knowing each other’s background”. Bro. You literally approached her because you thought she was Marianne. Literally, there’s no developing emotions without knowing the background because all you care about is her background and whether she was Marianne or not. “I couldn’t wait patiently, that’s why our relationship fell apart.” Can you stop being delusional? What kind of relationship? The kind where you pick someone up and when you realize oh wait someone else may be Marianne you let them down? Not to say that he also acted in a questionable way, that was a bit too close to sexual harassment. You did NOT have a relationship before that, except in your fantasy and your desire to get her back after knowing Amber is not Marianne and being desperate about it. “I wish you would listen to the reason why I want you just once.” Because you think she’s Marianne. No but like, I think it’s a bit deeper than just thinking she’s Marianne, but it still doesn’t excuse anything. He isn’t exactly interested in who she is really and what she likes, but more in who he thinks she is. I think he also develops some attraction to her because of how she acted with him, but it’s in the end always tainted by the fact that he thinks she’s Marianne so it influences his perspective too much. Overall, Platinum is still an horrid choice and I’m glad Obsidian keeps her options “open” in her acting, but I really like how she immersed herself into it. She’s really a charming persona. I’m curious to have more development about Sapphire and his intentions- see how the dynamics are around him.
And the side couple is just SO adorable, like he’s brushing her hair and they’re projecting into marriage, just get married already you two are so cute!!

The chapter is marked as the end but I hope it’s not over as some things still need to be solved (like the ID thief, and her friend walking again for example). Overall the resolving of the last situation (getting into the void etc) felt very rushed? I don’t know if it’s just me but I almost had a hard time following the last chapter because they went really fast and skipped from one panel to another. It feels weird when suddenly the plot is getting so fast when the rest was not paced like that at all. I really like Dawn’s personality, because I find it refreshing. Personally I could never act that way, but it really feels honorable, and kind of adorable to be honest. I’ve rooted for her to get with Chasel from the start, as you could immediately see their dynamics play out, the way they’re pretty much opposite and in the end Dawn helps Chasel to get out from his bubble of loneliness, responsibility and burden. They look really cute together, and I want a kiss! Or at least some dates and some feelings confession please!
Percy was kind of annoying at the start, even if you get to comprehend more of her afterward and she gets better. But like Dawn didn’t even choose her teacher, it’s like day 2 she’s been bullied 3468 times already and now there’s that woman who comes around and attacks her with magic … when she literally just arrived and DONT know magic like what is wrong with you lady? I don’t really like the “couple” she forms with the teacher, because although he’s probably not much older than her, there’s something that irks me about it.
I liked the design of Coal, even if honestly I liked the drawings in general, and I liked his personality, the way he could bicker with Dawn, which installed a lot of familiarity between them but with this vibe I kind of felt like it wouldn’t go much further than that. In the eyes of Dawn it was really a friendship and they kinda gave me siblings vibes when they bickered, which was funny nonetheless.
Overall, the universe is really great and I’m happy with it but I want more. I feel like it’s not properly exploited? There’s a lot of potential to it still and it’s lacking some proper expansion. 65 chapters is way too short, we need at least 100 for the narrative to be properly placed. Honestly around chapter 55 I felt like it would never be the end in ten chapters? It seemed impossible because of where we were at that time in the story. The resolution isn’t the best with the mysteries left. The story rushed toward the 40s/50s last chapters? When the pace before was great, which is a shame. Still liked it though!

The story was good, even if it honestly didn’t took the road I thought it would! Digging the debt and mafia aspect in contrast to how peaceful their life was when they were together with the kids at home, just cooking and enjoying themselves felt wow. Like sometimes the situation just kept piling up and it felt pretty deep in despair! I often felt like the story was so cute but also I wanted it to continue but didn’t find any solution for it to happen. Whenever there was a solution, you just knew that it was temporary.

I’m glad the mess with how did you get in that book was addressed, and that it was a real world after all. Even if I couldn’t help be like fr guy if you’re migrating into a new world, take clothes and money with you! If you move to another country, wouldn’t you do that? Don’t go there almost empty ended what

I liked the couple, they were cute together and they had some nice dynamics, even if honestly a mess in terms of communication (on both side). Jaewoo’s character sometimes annoyed me a little for the way he was making decisions but I also always felt like they could be excused by the situation unfolding. In general I liked his character that I found funny and relatable, all the good recipes got me damn hungry!

I didn’t like Mujin. Maybe it’s just me, but his character was bad (which is normal given the plot) and even if his tsuntsun attitude was sometimes cute or likable, he was such a hindrance to the main relationship, trying to solve things by violence, to force himself on Jaewoo and to prey on them when they were in a vulnerable situation. It’s hard to like a character like that, at least for me it is. In the end he gets better, with the grief that also made him reflect on himself, but f hell bro, sexual harassment and trying to claim someone yours when they are in love with someone else is definitely NOT the way to make them fall for you lol.

Overall, I was waiting for this story to be complete to read it and although I took a bit of an involuntary break before finishing it, I had no trouble reading through it at all. It was honestly enjoyable, and I was glad to find some isekai ish modern world kind of plot, especially with the BL mark.

It felt kind of out of nowhere, just plot convenient. Like I don’t have anything more to tell about her when she’s 12, let’s immediately skip to an age where it’s more interesting. I honestly didn’t enjoy the way it was so sudden and that it was five years. I liked the way it was going while the FL was young and I’m a bit sad her dad was in coma for five years! I guess they kept him alive with magic or sth but I was like if he’s not eating or drinking for five years that can’t be good??
Anyway I hope the rest of the story will be good, I’ll go back to reading now

I saw the advertising on Instagram and well dark topic right away because suicide attempt but then in chapter 2, the dude is straight up raped :/ toxic relationship hello… it’s probably just my own tolerance but I have a hard time forgetting that/going beyond that. He hurt him, he took his first time without his consent and he made him bleed, while threatening him with his little brother and else. That’s really a bad start… I think it’s not really for me, maybe I’ll try to come back later, who knows.

Overall good scenario. Interesting choices with several love interests but I was glad she ended choosing the demon prince. The scenario did feel a bit long at the end, to me. Like around chapter 100-110 I was wanting to end it faster. I feel like even if the maron guild is foreshadowed, the big villain of it all is not really? So his appearance feels very ah. Ok. And I don’t like that his possession justifies all of the first prince actions. But it’s also because they made me feel quite icky, which impacted my perspective of him overall.

This story went quite far, from the getting rid of stepmother and stepsister to battle for the thrones/war with demons. I don’t like the fact that her being reincarnated never really was on the table and was unsaid. And that uh no reasons for it really explained? I’m someone who prefer when it’s a bit clearer than that.

I really like the second prince’s growth. From his love for her to be willing to stand for himself. I feel like it was a good narrative arc. I really appreciated the count’s character as well and how he was depicted.

The relationship between the FL and ML was good. I found it endearing even if they have been idiots in love for quite a bit of the story. I liked the parallel with ML’s sister’s story that ended in tragedy, and that added some complexity to the characters.

A character I really not liked;
Her brother is kind of bad :/ it’s not for the lack of trying but that doesn’t make him a good brother. He comes back so late in the story, although his sister is always hoping it will happen, because he doesn’t want to face step mother and step sister (so he runs away from the situation and let his sister suffer nasty abuse). In the original story he only comes back after she’s dead - if that doesn’t tell you how bad he is. In here, when he comes back he’s controlling, annoying, trying to shelter his sister even if she’s kind of an adult now and doesn’t really need him, which lead to a lot of unnecessary actions. He also at first tries to kind of sell her off to his friend, who’s an asshole. Also he has suspicions that the ML is linked to his sister but instead of asking the question before fighting him off, he gravely injured him before he goes oh btw are you related to my sister? And then he feels guilty about hurting an important person to her like DUH. The FL kind of run away from home at first because he’s playing stupid. Then when they meet again, the ML has to “prove himself”? To whom? Cause until there the brother has only made bad decisions regarding his sister, if anything the brother is the one who has to prove himself lol.
Good thing he at least recognizes that she grew on his own and that she doesn’t need him.
He also didn’t assist to her wedding and left her behind (again lol) and he didn’t even say bye face to face he left her a f letter.
Yeah he’s a good friend to Dian and maybe a good lover to Ramona but you definitely wouldn’t want to have that guy in your family.
(Also poor Dian who’s in for a lot of thirdwheeling lol).

So overall a good story, with all its characters, even the one I didn’t like, as I felt like it made the plot what it is. It’s also good to have characters that make bad decisions etc, as it’s the way life is. I’d say reading this was a positive experience. I read a lot of chapters all at once (the arc with stepmothers and the ML becoming the ML was good) but I was less enthusiastic about the conclusion and the pace of it.