Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion

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I've read about a baker's dozen isekai manga/mahnwa, and this is by far the best one. It has drama and romance without being over the top. The plot has intrigue, mystery, and is compelling without being too contrived. Everything is well thought out and the story is well constructed. All of the characters are interesting in their own way, every single one. The twists are well-timed and while you can predict the occasional plot turn, most are welcomed surprises. The only thing that keeps this from being a 10/10 is some pacing issues. There are certain parts that overstay their welcome and I feel like ... the climax and ending of the story are a tad rushed. It's not something that overly detracts from the beauty of this story, but it's something that keeps it from reaching the level of masterpiece for me. It's a high quality story and I highly recommend it.

it's been a long time since i last read it so my memory may be innacurate.

PLOT: the story starts off with raeliana wanting to do something about her ill-fated life as an expendable character in the novel she read. at first glance, it isn't much different from other transmigration manhwas. as the story progresses, it gives clues about the truth behind her transmigration, arguably the main conflict of the story. literally everything that happened to her life as raeliana was because of a certain action of someone who didn't want to remain as a nobody in a novel (it's confusing since i can't really provide ... too much spoilers).

The most memorable is the fact the reason why Noah suddenly liked Raeliana. gotta admit, i liked their dynamic when they were still pretending to be a couple but when noah fell in love, i got turned off. i can't really find any credible reason why he would like her cause i don't consider 'because you're different' valid. to me, it felt forced and that was hard for me to read during the story.

i'd rather not go with the specifics. the story is pretty decent with a few holes here and there, with the biggest one being the romance. the characters are decent as well. not too complex but not too bland either. def one of the better manhwas out there

A story of romance and mystery in an isekai with subpar writing.

I wanted to write a huge review, but life is too short to waste on this Manhwa. So, i will keep this simple.

The pacing is very inconsistent. It starts out great, but after the first arc, it just stops progressing plot and adds a lot of filler content until we get to the final arc. You can easily cut half the chapters and still not lose any actual content.

I read a lot of isekai trash, so i can honestly deal with boring story or whatever. But the worst part is plot conveniences. ... The number of plot conveniences makes it clear that the author had no idea what he was doing.

1. You setup a mystery and now we need to catch the culprit somehow. What do we do? We just introduce a convenient "long forgotten" magic spell which shows you the owner of the handwriting and immediately catch the culprit. Eventually, introducing "dark" magicians and even gods to solve mysteries.

2. FMC sees a villain going towards the baby's (prince) room and suddenly remembers that in the book, he's going to kill the baby. like wtf?? If you already knew this was going to happen, why not warn others? You already leaked knowledge of different future events to both MC and his brother (the king himself), why not tell them about the baby's death.

The romance is also pretty boring. If you take away the fact that our FMC knows future of this book/world, then she has no unique traits. There were some sparks when they first meet, as he is trying to figure out how FMC knows his secrets, but eventually he falls in love because plot demands so.

The main reason to have an average score is the decent Art and really hot characters like Vivian. I have a thing for red hair-ed women. There are other issues, but i cannot explain them without spoiling the story.

With that said, If you like cringe romances, you will have fun. There are plenty of sweet and funny moments between MC/FMC. Just make sure to have low expectations.