female lead is lazy but when she makes her moves she will never leave a problem behind. if your waiting pondering wether to read this or not, read it cause it's a great novel for me.
i can say, the story sometimes can be all over, some scenarios doesn't make sense or a sudden introduction of a new plot isn't properly explained. overall its a normal to somewhat less favourable novel to read to pass time.
Tough luck I would say. I already finished lotm and I think I put SS on hold indefinitely. I have not found any other good books except for these two for a while.