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Really ended up liking the characters, and the Art grew on me. I enjoyed the conversations and the chemistry the main characters had. Unlike many of these stories the FL and ML actually talk and have banter/chemistry. But man oh man were the miscommunications a headache in this one. If you are sensitive to characters misunderstanding each other and not communicating, you will be pulling your hair out the whole story. My score just kept dropping the more I read. I can definitely understand why someone would rate this 7 or 8 out of 10 but if you are like me and can't stand constant ... miscommunications driving the plot you will want to skip this one.

Mixed feelings on this one. On one hand I really enjoyed the world building and plot, but I was growing tired of the characters, romance, and the dialogue by the end. I will try to keep my thoughts as spoiler free as possible but not everyone agrees on the line so still giving a warning and marking the review as spoilers.

8/10 - World building - The setting actually felt unique. Powerful characters and gods were constrained by the rules of the universe. The history behind the Saintess and the Dragon's heir's was interesting and really felt like an authentic fantasy world. So many of these ... Manwha can feel like they have such bland worlds. The "Wings" of the Saintess I thought was an interesting power system that fit well with the established lore.

8/10 - Plot - While basic, I think the plot was certainly interesting. There were twists, turns, and betrayals. I bought into the characters actions and the story was not dragged out over 200+ chapters. I was always interested in what would happen next or how certain plot developments would happen.

5/10 - Characters - Unfortunately I feel like the characters are a pretty big weakness for this one. While I wouldn't say any of the characters were BAD, none of them were standouts to me. Nobody really had unique personalities. When the side characters weren't around the main characters they didn't talk about their own lives or interests, they were always talking about the main characters and how much they loved them. Because all the wings are supposed to love the Saintess inherently so once they 'awaken' they all become the same characters with the same motivations and behaviors. In 2 weeks I would be surprised if I remembered nearly any of the characters names.

5/10 - Romance - They basically fall in love with each other in their first meeting then pine for each other in their thoughts for the rest of the manhwa. There is very little growing together, or learning more about each other. There is never really any what's your favorite color, food, hobby, etc moment. They like one another because they are both attractive, know each other suffered, and are very nice people. Some may find this kind of romance cute as they eventually shower each other with affection, but it felt pretty hollow to me. If a realistic important romance is what you want I would skip this. If you don't mind a Sleeping Beauty or Little Mermaid type romance you can still enjoy it.

6/10 - Dialogue - Most of the Manhwa read like a twisted version of the Bechdel test. Where the main characters were constantly all the other characters talked about. There weren't really scenes of characters talking about their own lives, or scheming about something unrelated to the main characters. Like two of the Wings are supposed to be in love and we never see them talk, unless they talk about the main characters. And when the main characters WERE the focus, sometimes where would be nearly full chapters where the characters are just in their own head talking about how much they love the other. Or thinking about how they can't confess their love/secret to keep them safe. This might be fine once or twice in story, but I would seriously guess at least half of 20+ chapters have this sort of constant internal monologue repeating the same things over an over.

Overall I would probably give this one some where between a 6 or 7 depending on how you were to weigh whats important to you in a story. I don't regret reading it, but its certainly not going on my must read or favorites list.

There were definitely many positive aspects to this Manhwa. The main leads have great chemistry, and the artwork is unique and expressive. It's also nice to see adult romance with some adult problems. However I have mixed feelings overall as there were also many negatives. Honestly I am kinda surprised by how high the average rating is.

So many of the characters problems could have been resolved by simply communicating. If this is a pet peeve for you in romance stories skip this one. It's okay for there to be miscommunications sometimes, that's just human relationships, but miscommunication was essentially the only thing that pushed ... the story forward. It's filled with cliches like people overhearing gossip, getting hurt, but not talking about it so everyone is just confused they are behaving differently. Everyone is insanely jealous of everyone else. The side characters are two dimensional and many don't get any development until the side stories after the main ending. The author didn't even bother to resolve the relationship between the main character and one of her two best friends before the rather abrupt ending.

Overall I feel like there was a good manhwa hiding somewhere in this. I think if the author had toned down some of the overused cliche tropes, lengthened the series a bit to round out the side characters and interpersonal relationships, and did a better job resolving the loose plot threads before the end, this could have been an all time great. But as it stands I can only really recommend this to someone who doesn't have a large backlog of other things to read, someone who doesn't care about tropes, and someone looking for a simple completed 'childhood friends actually win' story. Would not really say this is a must read, but also can't say it's terrible.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6