HUGE INFODUMPS! And author constantly repeats the same thing OVER AND OVER AND OVER again.Also, one chapter he introduces a new rule of this book, later he will break this rule.Let me put it this way. The normal conversation in this novel goes like this,Mc says something.The person mc is talking to replies with unfamiliar terminology.Author takes 3 paragraphs to explain.The mc replies with unknown terminology again.Author explains using 3 paragraph again.Every conversation is a tool for the author to dump huuuuge info that will probably never be mentioned again.30 chapters in and VERY LITTLE has actually happened. But boy oh boy you probably know about half of all technical details on how fey, fey grades, fey characteristics, various companies, tools, fey cultivation plans used in this book's universe.Also, to the review that said no system, that is true. But the mc has a huge all encompassing cheat when it comes to feys. Not a bad thing per say but just mentioning.Dialogue is VERY dry because of the constant info dumps in them. So i s the exposition. And whenever any character in this story is feeling something, like happiness or anger, the author explains exactly why that character is feeling that, why the mc mad them feel like that, what the mc thinks about that character, etcetc you get my point.I mean the readers aren't dumb. the author doesn't have to explain why the mc's sister is feeling happy when the mc got her a good fey. But the author does, line by line, breaking down what she was feeling.Also, in this world it is apparently really hard for people to train something called 'runes'. But the mc just has to look in a certain random direction and recite poems. Then boom, new rune.Author said only contractors can choose skills for fey, but a few chapters later we see people choosing skill for fey not contracted to them.Author spends HUGE TIME explaining how things work, but when executing them in the book he literally throws all that out of the window and lets the characters break every rule he established.Oh and don't get me started with FEYS. Random fey appears, author takes a chapter to explain all the characteristics of that fey.Like he does that for almost every fey. Even the ones not related to mc or any major character.This is not a novel, it is one GIANT INFO DUMP or MONSTER ENCYCLOPEDIA. Not recommended.
Another great book by this author! I love that the books are well written and the stories are not predictable!
There's this recurring tension throughout the chapters between growth and decay, and the symbolism is woven so naturally into the narrative that it doesn't feel heavy-handed at all. The opening image of Ruolian's marriage is described as "like a bamboo shoot, step by step, she would grow tall." Bamboo is the perfect symbol here—it's resilient, it grows from modest beginnings, and it bends without breaking. This is the life Shaohuai wants for his sister: not wealth or power, but steady, honorable growth. Contrast that with the hibiscus imagery for Ruoying. "Hibiscus petals fell in the August sky." The hibiscus is beautiful but short-lived, and August is late summer—decay is already beginning. In the original story, her beauty becomes her curse because the family has no protection left. The fallen petals symbolize innocence destroyed by circumstances beyond her control. Then there's the marquisate itself as a symbol. It's declining—evident in the desperate suitors being considered for Ruolian, in Grandmother's increasing control over household matters, in the way Pei Bingyuan has to explain basic financial realities to his mother. But it's not dead yet. It's in this liminal space where one person's choices—Shaohuai's choices—could still redirect the trajectory. The imperial exams function as the ultimate symbol of upward mobility. They're the ladder out of decline, the mechanism by which a marquisate's grandson can earn his family's future through merit rather than birthright. Shaohuai's resolution to study isn't just personal ambition—it's an act of love for everyone in that household.
good story
I'm here for the comments. Well I will not continue reading this then.
I love the book. Wow. It has everything in it. Great book.
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Hey Rosie, thanks for this book. I adore Nick, Gabe and Amelia.
I can't with Zee, if she thinks again she can run and please do update soon, The updates really make my depressing days bright so I request to update soon. GBU author for writing a wonderful book like this
Can’t wait for more chapters
Same story with a different name. This even gets worse, with the language skills. Man, it is apparent you are not anywhere closer to required English skills
looking forward to more chapters to be posted today...thank you