I love the story... am so excited to know how it'll end between Sly and Monica....
I love this book. The characters, Colton ad Kate have come so far.
good story
loving this!!!
It's s really good starting point for a story. good setting, good characters and good plot. Though the writer could have really benefited from someone to proof read. There are a lot of spelling mistakes and mistakes where Grayson would often be replaced with Jackson. Grammar was not always good.
I am so in love with this book. The way the family and friends love one another, I feel like I can see them so clearly. This book is definitely a must-read.
I love reading on this app
Good and suspenseful
this book just Woow, top addicted . I skipped my beauty sleep to finish this book and read more than 123 chapters in a night
Let me just start by saying: the author's ability to create atmosphere with zero effort is terrifying. The very first image — a crooked wedding procession of four or five people, playing a 'lifeless suona' on a muddy country path, inside a sedan chair that's 'drafty on all sides and had red paint peeling away' — that's it. That's the whole mood. This isn't a glamorous historical romance. This is gritty, sad, and slightly absurd. And I'm obsessed. Then there's the bridal chamber scene. Song Xia walks in expecting... I don't even know what, but definitely not THIS. The room has double-happiness characters on the doors, a new quilt on the bed, and absolutely NOTHING ELSE. No lanterns, no lotus seeds, no peanuts, no personal belongings. It's like a hotel room designed by someone who's never lived in a house. "The room possessed virtually no traces of daily life." That line alone tells us SO MUCH about Shen Huaijing without explaining anything. This man doesn't live — he EXISTS. He's been prepared for this marriage like it's a transaction, not a union. And then he drops the bomb that they're 'moving house right after getting married.' What does that even mean?? The contrast between the two sedan chairs is also such a sharp visual detail — the broken, peeling one Song Xia arrives in versus the 'spacious, comfortable new sedan chair' she's shoved into. The sister-in-law's fake joy, the steward's casual dismissal, the copper coins thrown like a tip for a human being — these tiny details paint a world where people are commodities and warmth is performative. And the moment Song Xia sees her brother being pulled back? The prose goes from observational to visceral in one sentence. 'A spot inside Song Xia's heart collapsed with a resounding crash.' You can HEAR that crash. It's not described — it's experienced. The world feels real because it's not romanticized. The wedding rituals are described with this mix of absurdity and horror — bowing to a rooster because the groom is too frail. Song Xia's internal reaction, wanting to 'run away' from feudalism displayed so blatantly, grounds the historical setting in a modern consciousness that makes everything feel fresher and more dangerous.
Need more. Hurry up. This format is maddening.
Refreshing storyline