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I really enjoyed this manhwa! If you're looking for a rather straight forward otome-isekai style romance, I do recommend this story.

STORY
I usually judge the quality of a story if I still remember at least parts of it weeks after finishing it. For this one, I do! I actually enjoyed learning about each character, and it did have a good bit of appropriate conflict. I wasn't bored at all reading it, and I actually binged it all in a day or so.

CHARACTERS
I really liked the main characters. I found myself rather enthralled in their stories! ...But I will say I was pretty disappointed in the character ... of Simon (rival to main male lead). It reminded me a lot of the dynamic of Sebastian and Francis in the show Reign. You can't help but feel terrible for the dude...forced to live in the shadow of the ML, never getting anything he desires...practically a husk of a human. I liked the strong relationship he had with Ian, but it just sucked. I feel like even when it ended he didn't get much development or focus at all. It would've been nice to see more of him.

The characters of Louise (main FL) and Stella were done very well. I loved how they developed into the characters they were by the ending.

ART
The art was gorgeous!! Very well done. No complaints whatsoever.

Overall I do recommend this story for those starting out in the otome-isekai romance department. You will not be disappointed!

I'm actually kinda sad to have rated this manwha so low, but I have my reasons.

Genuinely, this is a pretty high quality manwha - It's well written with a cast of 3-dimensional characters with genuinely lovely art and well balanced and thought out plot lines. It was a delightful read and it wasn't a slog, ending at a good pace and wrapping up any loose threads.

Though, despite all of this, I rated the series very low because of two very prominent factors; The weird relationship between Stella Lapis and one of her teachers and the fact the ending, despite it's merits, glosses over a lot ... of stuff to try and hit every relationship base possible.

1. Stella Lapis is written well, following the theme of nuanced characters she is, despite her ups and downs, someone you can really sympathise with and understand her motives throughout the series. However, at the end of the manwha she begins to try and engage with a professor romantically. Of course, the professor tries to get her to not do this, but it's half a--ed at best. The ending specifically has a scene where they clearly have the chance to become a couple and it's just extremely gross and comes out from left field, no prior warning given.

2. The ending up until a certain point is very good, it takes a few chapters to fully wrap everything up but in the grand finale it's ruined by the rush through of Louise and Ian's relationship. We go from the finale moments in a ball to immediately them sleeping together, to Louise meeting an old friend to their wedding. It's all disjointed and really didn't need to be included as it muddled the experience of the story.

Overall, I think reading it would be worth it, but I personally was so taken a-back by Stella's ending that I just couldn't bring myself to rate it high.