Okay, this story in my opinion is cute.

The plot is okay, not too bad and not too good either. I feel like something is missing, I like the first season but I feel like season 3-4 is a bit rushed. Some mystery remained unsolved and it was a bit confusing, especially the ending.

To be honest, I quite like Raeliana’s character development but it needs more depth. And we don’t get much of Noah’s character development, I feel like they wasted Noah and the King’s backstory even though you can explore more.

I actually gave it a 9, because I enjoyed the plot but I can’t say that it’s one of my favs nor it’s good to the point that I recommend it. I def recommend this for avid readers though, but ig light readers can also enjoy their romance.

This one's not a masterpiece, but it is well executed. Just all around worth your time.
Perhaps it could've done with a faster pace, but even so, it's not that long.
There's not too much more to say. It really is just pretty good. XD

I read this once before and got to like ch 100ish and then i got bored. I waited till it was over to binge-finish only to end up forgetting everything. So I've restarted it and now I'm at ch 73 and...just no. Like it's so promising but soooo boring. It really isn't living up to the hype.

The art is pretty (a little inconsistent sometimes but overall good). At the start, the individual characters have pretty good characterizations but the story fails to really go further. The bonds between characters are also rather weak and undeveloped.

The first 30ish chapters were good but after that...eh. I peeked at reviews and the end to decide if i wanted to finish it and my answer is no. It's not my cup of tea. I dont know how to add tags and I'm not sure which exact tags are correct in this instance, but if I had known I likely wouldnt have read this at all.

Also I don't get where the reverse harem tag came from. At ch 73, there's only been 2 real love interests so far. There's a couple of attractive side characters but they're pretty clearly just eye candy for the reader and they're not romantically interested in the FL.

... Last updated on August 16th, 2021, 12:55am

Okay, so the FL is pretty independent and not cliché. She is smart, and can do things by herself (she is not the type to cry easily in fact I can count how many times she cried)

The ML, okay, now this guy was her teammate, you know normally the guy saves u? Well he was actually right besides her to do it but with teammates, like she could messed up but he got her back.

The relationship: okay, so, the whole story was their romance but nothing too dramatic like he was with another girl and drama like that, no. The relationship was …I mean the guy trusted her.

Story: the plot it’s good. At some point it got me like mmmm they could fast this up, but I don’t care. The whole story has a good ending,.

I was kept engaged and entertained by the story, because I wanted to know how things were resolved. I ignored a lot of bad signs and handwaved them. It ultimately made me feel unsatisfied and like I wasted my time. The disappointment I feel at chapter 141 makes me not want to finish it.

Context:

Agreed with many commenters here: ML/FL relationship is contrived, FL never has to work for anything, FL doesn't go through any character development, plot is overall dry, and lot of the stuff is filler. Also, a lot of story is weirdly rushed and cut off in strange places. A scene will be happening, it'll leave you on a cliffhanger, then it will cut to somewhere else on the next chapter and leave you confused, later giving you a little resolution, but nothing very satisfying.

As for the ML/FL romance, it didn't feel developed at all, and we barely get to know ML. He went from being mysterious and cunning, to being affectionate and loving suddenly?? It just made no sense character consistency wise.

I stayed for the side characters, specifically Adam, Justin and Heika. But because there are so many side characters, NOBODY gets the chance to be fleshed out.

Climax:

The climax of this series (ch 141) is bad. like real bad. I skipped forward to see if it was ever addressed, but it wasn't.. It's like, the buildup is interesting, but then it all falls flat.

Basically Rae is always determined to change her fate of being killed. So that's the biggest motivator for the plot to move forward, and why she looks so cool doing stuff. That part was really interesting, but she has

Then, it is made even worse (BIG SPOILER -->😉 (<-- BIG SPOILER)

So in the end she just looks like a I like that she's "strong and powerful" of course, but knowing what I listed above changes the entire perspective in a really bad way.

Super disappointing. I liked the ride, I want to just pretend like that ending didn't happen. Honestly though I think all of it together frankly just ruined it for me. I was looking past big issues with the story, and it just compiles together in one big shitty mess at the end.

The good:
- Female lead was smart.
- The first season was addicting.
- Art was nice.
- Raeliana and Noah had a sweet relationship.

The bad:


Not bad, but not fantastic either.

... Last updated on June 11th, 2021, 10:47pm

Idk, but i might be one of the few who dislike how the plot turned out.


... Last updated on June 11th, 2021, 3:08pm

I don't think I can read the last 50 chapters. It's got a good first arc/season, even if the contract makes no sense for the duke to sign, but it just gets so painfully filler filled that I can't be arsed anymore. Antagonists are boring, plotpoints are uninspired, and the MLs don't have much going for them. Did like the grandpa priest though.

[as of chapter 104]

I’ve been sitting on Raeliana for quite awhile now, and despite enjoying my 104 chapters with it, I also can’t muster the desire to finish it at the moment.
Despite having a number of likeable characters and some interesting plot conceits, “The Reason…” has taken a course that is more suitable for a race, and made it into a marathon. The most recent chapters just felt as if the plot was languishing in it’s ability to have a separate love interest. It hasn’t really added anything, even if the love interest is pretty likeable. It’s just straining my attention span longer than it needs to.

I would still recommend reading Raeliana though, as I feel it falls into the above average range for this sub-genre. Character interaction is generally very strong, and Raeliana herself is enjoyable as the female MC.

The pace is all over the place... It starts out very good, and quickly draws you in, but at the end of the first arc the pace slows down drastically and it stays that way for 80~ chapters. It really bothered me, it felt like 20% was actual plot and everything else was just filler...

And it was so frustrating because the plot is very interesting ! It’s one of the few webtoons I’ve read where the mc is reincarnated in a novel and the why and how are actually explored (in addition to her trying to prevent her doomed fate, although this part is quickly resolved). That’s what kept me reading, it felt very refreshing and intriguing. It’s a shame though that we needed 110+ chapters to actually start uncovering the mystery behind all this. Maybe it was to have time to introduce other side characters for fun, or to slow down the romance and make it more natural (it wasn’t), idk. It certainly wasn’t necessary because in the end it was just chapters with no real substance where she meets another random side character, or involuntarily seduces one more male character.
Furthermore I felt a bit displeased by how the plot could have been developed even further. Beatrice, who is supposed to be a main character, hardly ever appears in the first 2/3 of the webtoon... I also wanted to know more about the politics, what else did the mc change about the novel’s former plot, what were the consequences, etc.

Concerning the romance, it was cute by times but overall very unsatisfying to me. As I said, it wasn’t natural.
The first issue is once again the pace, which was very irregular. It was dragged out too long and then bam! big milestone achieved. ...Just what? Did I miss something?
Secondly it wasn’t what I expected. Their interesting dynamic at the beginning suddenly changes short time after and it disappointed me. At first they seem like intelligent and cunning characters, teasing each other and being a strong couple by being real partners, but the schemings quickly stop and the male lead changes personality. The more he falls in love, the more he becomes vanilla and loses his strategic side. (But was he ever a mastermind ? We are told that he is the one behind the politics to keep his brother in power, but we are never shown this side of him. Not once did he act like an actual strategist). He also progressively becomes obsessive and (dare I say it) creepy. He could have abducted the fl and I wouldn’t have been surprised.
All in all I would have loved them to stay the way they were with each other at the start, manipulative but level-headed, and by getting closer through their act and scheming, starting to develop feelings. It would have been way more interesting and less generic.

Anyway I still enjoyed this story because the plot felt refreshing to me. I really loved the plot twist (even if I saw it coming). It’s a pity that the execution was bad.

... Last updated on May 3rd, 2021, 1:42pm