Comadrin's manga / #Strong FL(59)

I liked the story. She was a pretty cool FL for an Harlequin, and I loved the king's former fiancee. The ML was a bit of a dope, but he worked hard, and at least he wasn't the arrogant, egotistical alphahole so beloved of HQ authors.

It was an interesting story. However, of all the "high class" aristos, the only ones worth the powder to blow themselves up were the late Cyril and the ML. The ML's mother, sister, ex-girlfriend, and interior designer were vindictive mannerless pigs. The ML himself started off as a pretty supercilious snob, but he improved. He could definitely have improved more by being more open and communicative with his wife. For the majority of the story, it seemed like he worked quite hard to be always in charge, keeping her just a little off balance. The FL's grandmother, contrary to his mother's judgment, was adorable. If anything, the portrayal of the "upper class" as uncivil, petty a**holes makes me happy with my middle class upbringing by parents with education, manners, and empathy, if not huge bank accounts.

A good lesson in why you shouldn't hide the truth from someone you care for. Perhaps it only happens in fiction, but when someone pushes away someone they love "for their own safety" it invariably puts the "protected one" in more danger. It's like the trope in even "serious" crime dramas, where the grizzled veteran cop or intelligence agent breaks basic rule #1 for the sake of the plot, and all hell breaks loose. I find it laughable that the "pro of all pros" who have been walking on the edge of death for years suddenly act like impatient teenagers. Kind of like having to yell out the name of your signature martial arts move in life or death combat. Just dumb.

Dude was a complete moron and stuck up jerk. He "cared so much for his brother" that he never noticed that bro was living in a mansion with his lover for some years. He takes everything on the surface for gospel and never looks beneath or bothers to use his critical faculties (if he has any) to bear on the problems. AND... what in the hell is with these flaming, brain-damaged Harlequin MLs who can take a girl's virginity and yet still be absolutely convinced that she's a promiscuous slut. That's not just stupid, it's on par with fundamentalist "religious leaders" who publicly proclaim that immodest women are the cause of earthquakes. I mean, Holy Cow, if you're going to have fantasies, at least dream of elves and fairies instead of something that stupid and banal! Perhaps if the FL had slapped the snot out of him a few more times, it might have cleared his head a bit.

Title should have been "Entitled, Stupid, and Misogynistic." It's what the whole story was about.

I enjoyed it. At first the ML threw me off acting all hot and cold, but his was an understandable trauma, not made-up angst that so many HQ MLs use to act like scumbags.

Very nice story. I also really like Masami Hoshino's artwork. I have noticed that the stories that she turns into manga are almost always well-written and the characters more than 2 dimensional. Good job!

I liked the story. It was nice, and aside from the smug and pushy consultant, they were all nice people. They sure did fall into the rack fast, though. Kind of like, "Hi. I'm here to take you to dinner on our first date. Now take off your clothes."

Sorry to downgrade this, but he knew he was seducing her and that he wouldn't make a commitment from the start. He also knew that she was hurting from a previous trauma. In my book, this makes him a cad. When she said that he was attacking her because he felt guilty, I felt that she really hit the nail on the head. She deserved better.

She rocked! The ML was okay, can't really get down on him too much as he was dealing with a LOT of crap from his childhood. The FL, now, was one of the best written characters I've found in this genre. When Ms. Green does it right, she really creates some great female characters.