Charming the Duke of the North

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Fake dating AU but she's a skilled actress and she have comically funny opponents. Her ways to act lovey-dovey, actions to escape death, plus bit trauma bonding with previous fiancée. Funny good stuff for my petty people :))

spoiler time.
Story 9/10
The mystery looking for the killer is so good tbh? The choice to ass bit of psychological genre on it was cool stuff. The story chose that the perpetrator is stress from different people and not just a sole super secret murderer. FL relating to the ex was so good for story. The romance is just right since im here for the comedy. The funny trying ... to show off is very good. its like dating sims vibe!

Character 10/10
so far i dont have problems since the FL is such a good girlboss. She's a great actress so acting is definitely her schtick. Her being not that weak is great too since she does stunts before. The northern duke is cute and fills the archetype. There's 2 "villainess" appearing but they are far different from each other that making their banter is so nice. Sweet cutie and a cunning poised noble is so great combination.

Story: 6/10
The story wasn't really anything special, as you can find many other manhwa with the same theme of a fantasy romance, a fake relationship contract, the lead coming from another world, all of the above, etc. Throughout the story, the pacing was mostly good until I got to the last 20-ish chapters. It felt as if it was just a little bit rushed because the events were just being thrown around. A lot of the occurrences that were in favor of the leads were obviously plot armor, and some of them also just genuinely didn't make sense. I also would really like to know ... how the FL's original world was handling her absence, but I don't recall ever reading anything about that... However, despite the previous things that I disliked, I really enjoyed the slow burn-ish romance and how they grew to realize their feelings for each other.

Characters: 5/10
Same with the story, the characters weren't really anything special, either, and the same kinds of characters can be found in many other manhwas. There wasn't anything intriguing about how they were written. However, I like how the author incorporated the FL's identity in Korea into her identity in Iklein. Seeing the character she became with the help of her other self was interesting.

Art: 8/10
I have nothing critical to say about the artwork. Majority of the chapters consisted of beautiful drawings, and I enjoyed the cartoonish drawings here and there, too. You can really tell how much work the artist put into their artwork.

Enjoyment: 8/10
While there were multiple moments of confusion or questioning the actuality/logic of some events, I never felt bored reading this manhwa. I enjoyed the romance and suspense. The author also did a good job of incorporating comedy into the story pretty often, even in the middle of a moment that you think would be serious. Others might not like this, but I enjoyed this, too.

Overall: 7/10
In summary, Charming the Duke of the North was nothing entirely special. The plot and theme was very common, nothing stood out about the writing, and the plot armor was way too obvious for me. However, despite all of this, I still genuinely enjoyed this manhwa. The art was beautiful, the slow burn was good, the drama and suspense kept me on my seat, and I laughed multiple times while reading. Mathematically speaking, this manhwa would be rated a 6.75/10, so I'm going to round it up and rate it 7/10.

* I'm very easily pleased. If you're a more critical reader, you'll probably enjoy this less than I did and rate it lower.

I really like this fantasy history genre, but I feel confused reading this. Maybe It's fault of translation but action scenes or jokes sometimes doesn't make sense and I get lost. The story is trying to be detective because heroine and the duke are trying to resolve who is behind murders. I wonder who didi it and I really hope that It will all make sense in the end.
Romance between two main characters is a must but I am confused with them too. One time they realise that they love each other and next time this miracelously dissapear and we are back at square ... one.
To tell the true I like that the heroine is something of a Mary Sue (character who is amazing at everything) because she used to be a very good actress in her world so I get it in that sense.

Overall the story telling could be better but the main theme of this manhwa is unique and interesting.