@MyiPodisCute

hot take but I low key don't like the mc and honestly she weirdly comes off as a villain to me

There's some weird moral choices I guess, more so with random side characters who she KNOWS were either brainwashed or had no choice but to help fake Cosette and she's like oh well guess they should be banished and flogged for wanting to get her and her brother off the streets

I liked her in the beginning but idk she just kind of bothers me. Also the romance is really wishy washy and not in a fun way.

Long story short her little brother, the Knight, Cosette's mom and the "true cosette" are who I was rooting for. The real Cosette should have been the mc after the "rewind" with the mc still trying to get revenge without knowing this Cosette is actually good. That would have been cool and then the mc's evil (imo) actions would fit better just like what her grandpa did. They just seem darker.

this is so frustrating to read I feel like some characters are lacking critical thinking skills

Also it feels like we take one step forward and two steps back when it comes to communication. He could tell Ruby was lying but continued to give her brother the benefit of the doubt even though he saw how she reacted to freya and the maid bullying her? He knows she's good at pretending she's not been hurt but continues to stand by even when he thinks it's happening. And then ruby makes a whole monologue about telling him the truth but can't just hint she doesn't want to be near her brother? And even the scene where her brother kissed her it looked so unconsensual no way they're all standing there like omg did she just kiss him?? And then they let freya run around like she wasn't gonna spread that information immediately? I don't know something about the characters' actions make sense and no sense at the same time. It's like you can tell they're holding back mentally for the sake of drawing out the drama when in reality a lot of these issues could be resolved if some of the characters thought for two seconds.