First 60ish chapters were pretty good but then the "romance" had me giving it that squinty judging face. I actually stopped reading it for about a year and then finally decided to re-read and power through it to the end.

The last 20ish chapters introduce a dramatic twist and setup to create what I can only call a cheesy "Hallmark" ending. I normally dont mind those but it wasnt very well executed and it ended up making me dislike the female lead.



I did like the first 60ish chapters though. Maybe the heros caught the villains a little too easy but I'm happy with that. I wanted to read something more complicated then a 20 chapter story but less complicated then a 200 chapter story, you know? Also, I really appericiate that the heros considered I find it super annoying when that option is ignored.

I like this less and less the more the story plods along so thank God it's over. There are many attempts at conflicts but the stakes are never high enough as to give us the need to root for the protagonists or make us wait in anticipation for the next chapter. Everything is resolved easily because plot armour I guess, and also because the antagonists are as dumb as they come. Seriously disappointing. All the characters are flat and I'm indifferent to all of them. And what saddens me the most is how the romance doesn't work at all, for me, with the FL's insecurity and the dude's I-am-afraid-to-fall-in-love nonsense that is so last century. I mean, if you read romance and the romance is meh, what's the point? Also, if I hear one more time about silver turning black when coming in contact with poison, I'm going to riot.

... Last updated on September 3rd, 2020, 1:38am

Started out with a good premise. FMC is strong and spunky. She is very cunning and sly like a fox. It's very entertaining at first but I slightly got bored about 3/4s in. The villain is really stupid, tho and that the FMC is always one step ahead just didn't make this manga as interesting. No sense of suspense because whatever the MCs think is what the villain usually does and bungles it.

True, the mc is quite weak. The fmc got him wrapped around her finger. It seems that Isekai mcs are always naive and ignorant *sigh*. There were sweet couple moments. But the fml seems spoiled in end and inconsistent with what she's supposed to be.

Anyway, I felt uncomfortable towards the end around 70+ chapters and didn't finish it because of this:


... Last updated on August 23rd, 2020, 10:00am

It wasn’t deep or profound, the villains were just stupid & the logic of the story was somewhat faulty at times, but it was loads of fun all because of the MC. The girl has a very interesting personality which makes it very to read about her!

The one thing I remember the most in this is the FL name, "Adel" "Adelaide" her name is sprinkled in the conversations, then I stopped for a moment and asked myself, "who was she engaged to again?" and realized that I don't know the Duke's name because Adel has always just called him that, Duke. So I just remembered them as Adel and Duke White.
(his last name aka the household name appears more often than his name)

The ML doesn't even show what an actual Duke or a noble can actually do, being pushed to a corner just because of the rumor with the saint and that's it, you will barely see his Duke aspect in the story.



The prince is more interesting of a character.
Nothing about Adel's past life came in handy to deal with the story, I even forgot she was originally from a different world. It was just a ploy to get her to the capital and meet the Duke while she tryna see who the black haired woman is.

I do enjoy the sweet moments but some details are lacking.

Oh!! the art is such an eye candy

... Last updated on April 20th, 2020, 3:40am

The summary made me think that MC was going to use her knowledge from her previous life as a designer (got me excited), but the story is actually more common than my expectation. Why would mention MC’s job/skill if it’s not going to be used in the story?

I love MC’s positivity and that she carried herself well with the opposite sex, not getting nervous or embarrassed for every little thing. She could also stand her ground facing the villain, the cougar woman. My criticism for this series is that the author make it hard to sympathize with the MC than the villain. The wretched villainess is someone who had had a hard upbringing, did everything she could to achieve success, only to fall from popularity because of her scandal was leaked (prostitution, celebrities, and south korea is a public secret that everyone knows). In her desperation, she attempted suicide only to end up in another world. All alone, she tried to survive there, using whatever means. Meanwhile, the MC shoved her way into the problem just because she thought it was exciting, troubled her family who loved her so much. Yeah, we know the engagement wouldn’t get annulled in the end and they would live happily ever after, but when she decided to enter the agreement as the duke’s fiancee for her own amusement, she understood the engagement would be annulled later on. Imagine how broken-hearted her family who cherished her so much if such thing did happen. So, is it wrong to say that MC is a spoiled and mischievous person? The Duke is just a loser who can’t handle a single woman. The prince would be a better ML, seeing that both the prince and MC are mischievous. Their romance and interactions would be more interesting.

And this is me being nit-picky, the MC has lived in that world for 17 years and she is still speaking in terms nobody there understand?? Covering it as slank words from the countryside.

That’s all I want to say. I’ve only read about 15 chapters and probably wouldn’t read more as I pity the villainess more than the MC... Not a good thing since this is not the “I’m the villainess” (of otome game) but actually the MC of the story.

As others say, the MC is a great char and she's what makes the story interesting, unfortunately, the rest of the characters are not nearly close as polished and at the best of times, the Duke and Prince (the 2 main support chars) seam more high-school kids worried about the prom than nobles that carry the weight of the country in their shoulders. While the MC is mostly smart, thinks ahead, doesn't take things at face value and can at times be decisive, the other chars are moved by pettiness or jealousy, soon forget their position, expose their thoughts and standing at the slightest provocation, they even believe and turn like pancakes at a little acting by the villainess (nobles are groomed to play at words and give little importance to them), and so on. The main weak point in the story imo is the villainess, she's just badly thought out. In the first place, she has no power, no etiquete, no education, no backing (not really, not till later and it's flimsy at best) and she's not even smart, yet all turns around her to ridiculous extremes and all the story thus makes little sense, yeah, there is a rumor going about of her and the Duke, that's all she has going for her and the author makes a mountain out of that ant-hill. Furthermore, Susan gets marriage proposals from many nobles, most likely at least some of high nobility, aka marquess, yet she is set on the Duke which she has no chance of getting and has to get her hands dirty to even try while risking all she has, including her life, why would she be so pent up? she's presented as manipulative and cunning yet is not able to see that marrying another Noble is easier and almost as good as marrying the Duke? Doubtful, she has no reason to be so obsessed unless you consider conceited and whimsical as reasons... they are, certainly, bad reasons of a boring character.



Overall, it's entertaining but lacks maturity for the theme it chose imo, also, the art is very good and dialogues are well played for the most part thou a bit base at times. In any case, it's better than some other similar manhwas with the exception of maybe "The duke's daughter accomplishments" and "I belong to house Costielo" (I think those were the names), oh there's also "Empress from another world", the Dukes... and Empress... stories are not exactly the same but have overall similar settings.

... Last updated on September 10th, 2019, 2:39am

Adelaide sure is cunning and brave, perfect to fight against her cunning rival, that fake saint. Tsk. Scheming people. There's no harem so if you're one of those who don't like reverse harem or any kind of harem of any type then this is just right for you. The Duke is sweet.

Seriously, this wreck me like a heart attack with its extremely lovely story and characters. The female lead is amazingly smart and adorable. The male lead is also of my personal preference. Support characters are also well-made. And I love the relationship they have. And the best thing to have alongside such great characters is certainly the holy EYE CANDY ART STYLE. Sure the Duke made me blush once or twice.
I have read until chapter 33 at the moment and I love every bit of the manhwa. 10/10 recommended.

Very unique and very lovely art style, just finished all the chapters out so far in less than 2 hours and seriously cannot wait for more!!