Personally, I think the plot is quite interesting, though it's not my favorite. I love the mystery surrounding Nina's identity and the other side of the story. I also like that the love confession in this story somehow is bold yet subtle (maybe this was caused by Nina's dense personality, that she can brush off other people's love confession).

Currently reading this in Line Webtoon, and checking all the comment section there and the other sites even here, people are talking about pedophilia.

I heard Nina's age gap with the king is only 4 to 5 years old? Nina was 14, and her body was small for her age because she rarely get nutritious food back in her village. The age gap is *normal*, in my opinion. Pedophilia is the case when you have sexual desire to children, while the King's feelings towards Nina is not like that. Besides, why judge about age gap stories? There are *lots* of romance stories with huge age gap in both manga and manhwa, even more than this one. And it's not like the King is asking Nina for her hand in marriage too. I can't really understand the criticism about the age gap here, since I don't see any problem to the King's feelings to Nina.

I would suggest that anyone who does not like grooming should avoid this since the the king who is the main love interest is basically grooming the 14 year old MC

Hmmm. I have read the first season and couple S2 chapters as of now and I kinda enjoy the story. Sadly it's nothing particularly special though. The FL is interesting in her thoughts (not really her actions) but at the same time the writing is at times a bit bland and confusing. Especially the mechanics of her/Nina's original life are a bit...strange. What I liked the most was probablyy that for once someone accepted the story is diverging from the novel without needless drama. And griffins. There is decent amount of bishie eyecandy. Of course, I like the side characters best. Dio and Leo~

There is a problem with transmigrations or returns to child/teen years. Readers will always complain about it. Either they will call the older ML pedo (really incorrect term here) and be uncomfortable with his age or if the ML is same age as her, they will call it creepy because the FL is adult in her mind and the ML then is the child. It doesn't really help when the artist makes the characters look like their age difference is bigger than it really is either. In this story they start of at 14/15 and 19/20, but people constantly keep acting like he is double her age. It's honestly ridiculous. Also, they are characters living in fantasy mediaval-ish setting, not in our modern culture. If you are unable to read it without projecting reality onto it...you probably just shouldn't.

... Last updated on February 13th, 2021, 6:24pm

I like it. At first It was kinda weird.... she maybe in the body of a 15yr old but the mentality of 19yr old. How can one stop thinking as adult and go back to being a child?! All I’m saying it that the storyline is good and getting interesting.

My ship didn't sail..

I'm so sad..

I won't say which guy but I'll say that their separation with Nina/MC was so sad for me.

The love interest for the FOURTEEN (14!?) year old fl is an ADULT GROWN MAN in his mid to late twenties. Like bruh if you like pedos then you’ll like this manhwa for sure...

I thought that he would be like a father figure to the fl but nah, he’s the ml 🤮
P.s I read till end of the season 1 hoping that it would turn go less gross but nah, gets kinda worse

... Last updated on November 22nd, 2020, 11:58pm

[as of the completion of season 1]

"I Became a Maid in a TL Novel" is enjoyable, primarily due to attractive characters and an interesting central plot conceit. But these two factors are not the reason it is a success, but because it doesn't have any overt, and obvious failings to overshadow any of its minor positives. The main character currently sits in a position where she is mainly a reactive entity - people come to her, something happens, and then we move from there. She is certainly cute, and apparently has a magnetic personality to go along with it, but this can be lost in the rather mediocre/poor dialogue (translation?) and bland paneling/presentation. There are moments of inspiration though and charm seems to radiate from the series even though there are a great many things that should theoretically take me out of this experience (e.g. a strictly hierarchical/class based society -> Nina acting distinctly informal to people like the Grand Duke et al). I hope season 2 continue to expand on the characters we have seen, has Nina take a more active role as she becomes more aware of the place she occupies and adds some interesting narrative stakes.

... Last updated on October 15th, 2020, 2:11am

The possibility of the King who is way older than our 14, 15-year-old protagonist being the ML made me want to stop reading this. But I persisted and the fact that the Saintess's hair is the same colour as Nina's while the King's eyes are like Nina's make it look like the Saintess and the King are Nina's parents. They obviously can't be because of their ages, but I still thought that their relationship could be like a family unit. But nope, it is inching back to creepy land.

... Last updated on October 6th, 2020, 6:56am

... Last updated on August 13th, 2020, 10:18am