Honestly I didn’t know that there’s such a huge age gap between them two. Couldn’t she have been a little more grown? I mean, she just turned 18 and he’s already 27…they could’ve at least made her 20
And I feel like the mother Miralia is a really good villain/character. She also schemed to get where she’s now. Like mother like daughter.
But in reality the age gap is not "that" big. Even if we're talking in the real world. It's 9 years. Maybe the only icky part is that she's young and that all of the marriage parts started when she was young. But if we think it like if she was 20-22 and he was 29-31 it would be better looking on paper or saying it out loud, but it's still kinda the same. The age gap won't go away even when she'll turn 30.
It’s a period piece, so the age gap isn’t that surprising. That said, the ick of an 18 year old marrying a 27 year old is more a maturity thing since they are both adults and, in this case, Tia has already lived more than her 18 years so she’s only an 18 year old in body and not in mind.
Yeah, it really wouldn't have changed the story at all to have her be a bit older. Even if there's in-story reasons for the age gap to exist it doesn't change the fact that the author chose to write it like that in the first place.
The way he impregnated her then left if he was in some gang shit then he shouldn’t have had raw sex with her bc he knew he couldn’t take responsibility. He made her a single mother instead. Das so sad
You can sleep together without having sex you know this would actually prepare her for more intense body contact later on.
Anyways, I’m really trying not to compare their fictional relationship with my previous ones, but the way he’s saying such sincere words of affection is making me realize that I wish someone would’ve said them to me. I’ve watched a video recently we’re the girl while crying said: “for once I don’t want to be the poet I also want to be the poem”
The only thing I mind is that the prince is a close cousin to her. Like, REALLY close. Both of their mothers are sisters. Jeeez
The ml is such a green flag like giirrrlll the way I would be all over him
This is such a good read…10/10