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THIS is how you make a cute female lead without watering her character down into some bimbo. The female lead can stand on her own and has just the right amount of innocence to her that it doesn't make her look completely stupid. I love this. Male lead matches her perfectly. He's not too detached to the point that he's an irredeemable asshole.
I've read one before this which kind of has the same plot of "I married the daughter of my enemy to use her and bring them down" and I just felt like the female lead was written to be too dependant on the male lead where her only characteristics was that she'd help him catch bad guys. Other than that, there wasn't a strong sense of individuality and depth into her character making the male lead stand out.
Long rant sorry I just find this refreshing.