Avoiding the Heavenly Emperor

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This is such a sweet and interesting story with good character development. Moreover, the plot comes together really well at the end. I highly recommend it - it's a mix of historical fantasy and romance.

It follows our main girl, Bam Binee, who has a simple goal of becoming a civil servant by participating in the Heavenly Empress Selection - but along the way she grows and changes. Moreover, she meets her childhood friend and a conflict arises.

Along the way, I not only fell in love with Binee and how she is true to herself in challenging circumstances, but also her close friends and family ... members. The way you learn about this intriguing world that is a mixture of Korean history, modern life with fantastic creatures becomes just as interesting as Binee's journey.

Through this journey, Binee's world changes and goes from a small town to the Celestial palace; her background, upbringing and talent are all parts of her story. A story of believing and finding yourself.

I'm starting this off with a spoiler warning but one you may want to know before going ahead with reading this. In the ending chapters 80-110 it is revealed Lady Oreum has romantic feelings for her father. During an illusion match where they needed to create a family member using their musical talent she excelled at making the replica only to end up kissing him in front of everyone. It seems as though no one in that room supported it as they were grossed out and surprised. Her father has well has rejected these feelings based on her thoughts before the match which Bam Binee ... had heard. Though a side character it was weird for the author to add this subplot but if it's your type of thing go ahead and read.
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Another thing though it's very minor is that the empress is trying to do that same thing that happened in the past to her son. She had been forced to marry someone she had not loved and now instead of deciding to let go of her grievances she has for Bam Binee's father,(that let me tell you isn't his fault. It was the previous emperor's fault but since he passed she had to put them onto someone else), she is trying to get two ladies who want something else with their life to marry him despite him being in love with Bam Binee. Though i'm glad that at the end she finally lets go it still bothers me that it still happened.

What I enjoyed the most out of this story was the overcoming of challenges faced and the side plot of Bam Binee's friend and the soldier's love for each other which was really sweet and her father had supported it. The romance between fl and the ml is quite sweet, She ends up fighting to the end after finding out he's emperor which is nice and im glad she overcame that hurdle. I liked her character and how she showed her personality in her actions and expressions little by little. The ending was also nice in the way they didn't rush it or anything since it was the thing hyped up the entire story.

(This is OBVIOUSLY rushed and badly written so I hope you can forgive me but I wanted to warn everyone who didn't like that sort of thing to back away.)