The art is nice and the plot is fine, nothing fresh and original but that isn't necessarily a bad thing.

When you really stop and think about it though, the FL has done nothing. She cared for the boy for one month and after that she sat in the room having a certain emotionally oblivious ML try to woo her. Yes I know she read the book and has some memories of her past, but when she is faced with challenges like entering the aristocratic world and having proper etiquette or finding ways to protect her nephew, she has done nothing at all.

She doesn't study or try to improve her etiquette, and yet she hopes not to create any openings. She is told to stay away from someone, and of course she does the opposite and only causes problems instead of solutions. She worries about the assassins and yet she really hasn't done a thing to gather information. I understand she lacks resources but at this point if you take away all the fluff between the FLnd the ML, you realize she hasn't done anything at all.

Pretty art, a good plot that makes me want to know what's next, and main characters that are reasonable and not annoying. There're a good amount of funny moments and cute moments too.

9/10 only because the kid isn't focused on much and IMO if a cute child is gonna be in the story, there should be a lot more cute moments with him! It feels as if he's been more of a background character since they got to Winterwald. Also, other than the ML, FL, and somewhat the kid, there aren't really any strong side characters as of yet.

Would recommend this!

MC, the uncle/Reudiger, and Luca/her nephew.

All cute.

But Reudiger's a dumb*ss when it comes to love lmaoo. 😂😂🤣🤣😅😂

I love the mc, her dynamics with her nephew and the uncle are so great. Overall a cute read so far !!

Generic concept but amazing execution. Love the quirky characters and their dynamics (especially the relationship between the royal family and stubborn grandfather).

———- MAIN CHARACTERS ———
🦢🌂 Judith Maubaum (FL)

• was supporting character
• Her second life
• calm, comedic moments of exasperation
• sensible, thoughtful, good actor
• “I will change the genre”

🌙🧵 Luca Winterwald (original MC of novel)

• distrusting, attitude, mature
• was MC of dark revenge story
• illegitimate child. Father was playboy noble
• mother died during plague
• acts different from novel descriptions

in Original:

• discovers/becomes Duke of Winterwald
• scorned by power-hungry family
• schemes result in death of Aunt & uncle…
• … his status, honour and title.
• goes into hiding, plotting revenge
• becomes war hero.
• gains back title. Revenge against his enemies

⚔️🎩 Ruediger Winterwald

• honourable, matter of fact, flustered
• direct, bad at reading social cues
• lead by his duty and responsibilities
• Luca’s uncle. Brother was Luca’s father
• Neglected by family. Brother got all the attention
• Lucan’s biggest protector in novel
• viscount and colonel of royal army
• character development!!! Emotional maturity

——— ASPECTS / TROPES ———

• Nice art
• Reincarnated after car crash (or not…hmm)
• Has memories of body she took over
• Comedic attempts to win child over at first
• People aren’t my what they seem
• Pretty light story
• Quirky support characters. Love the dynamics
• Royal family drama
• A quirky, fiery imperial grandfather
• Political intrigue orchestrated by Franz
• FL isn’t a damsel in distress
• Preventing the tragic events from past life
• ML from well-know, powerful family

Kind of…interesting how the ML and FL while they definitely don’t share the same blood are technically family. FL’s sister and ML’s brother had Luca.

CONTENT WARNING
Death (mention), domestic abuse, verbal abuse, insecurity about looks, gambling, drug addiction (past), parental neglect, child favouritism

reviewed @ch78

It's good. Our mc isn't anyone special, she's very much supposed to be the everyday woman. Not especially intelligent or talented or anything. There are a few few occasions where she clearly makes the suboptimal move or just makes mistakes and I can be frustrated. But she's a strong character, in that she's strong in character, she's sincere in protecting the ones she cares for...though sometimes she should be a little less distracted.

Male lead is also nothing special, exactly. Not in a great way. But he is different in that he's unempathetic, or rather indifferent, to many in a way that you'd not expect of a hero. No qualms in firing a bunch of employees even if some innocents are mixed in. Rather than not caring that they'd struggle financially, the thought won't even occur to him. So he's special in that sense, while still being duty-driven. So a decent character overall.

Other male lead we're purposely not let into the thoughts of in matter related to plot. But his secret you can figure out fairly easily maybe five or so chapters, definitely in later ones. Which kind of makes it irrelevant that they don't just come out and say it?

Anyways. So the premise is she is brought along when her nephew is taken in to be a noble heir. But htis series isn't really a political drama. Most maneouverings are reactive. It's not quite a romance, though that does pick up in the later parts of season 2. I guess it's just us..following a woman thrown into these circumstances? Hard to pin-down a genre.

Very very low-magic setting. I expect the ONLY time that magic will be relevant here is to explain the isekai/returnee thingy.

It's start really promising, than gradually became almost unbearably slow. Although the MC know how the novel should be going, she dosn't really use her knowledge, just go with the flow. There is a twist that was hinted from the very begining and in ch 75 finally aknowledge it, only for saying it will be explained later.
The art is really pretty so you can still enjoy it, but be prepared it's progress rather slowly.

I spent a lot of time trying to figure out the brains of the characters in this story. It’s confusing, but that kind of complexity I really appreciate. Most of it was trying to understand the Winterwald dynamic. I feel like I was tricked into liking a lot of characters that I shouldn’t have, or didn’t like in the beginning. I can’t be too mad about it though.

I think Judith and Reudinger (how do you spell his name?) are a wonderful couple, but I kind of wished that their romance had progressed a bit differently. I feel like maybe the jump in relationship status was too dramatic, and although I did like that Ruedinger was impressed by her from the beginning, I think that kind of made their meeting feel a little cheap too? He really wasn’t the kind of guy to immediately fall in love like that, no matter who.

I also wish that more time had been spent on Judith’s and Luca’s relationship. Don’t get me wrong, it gets a lot of screen time, but there were times where I found myself wondering what he was doing and why Judith hadn’t interacted with him in a while… I wanted more heartfelt talks. Because poor Luca had an awful time and though she felt guilty and mentioned it in her thoughts, those feelings more often than not were not communicated to him.

The second half of the story was sadly not as good as the first. I still enjoyed reading it, but I felt that the palace and grandpa arc dragged on for a little too long rather than focusing on the real threat.

Well, I still liked this comic and am thinking of reading the novel.

The plot twists and mysteries are a little insane. That’s a good thing about this book.

Cute.
ML and o.g. ML are cool.
The aunt FL is nice.
Good casual read.

the art, ML and Luca are fantastic. I wish the story could pick up the pace more. I wish Luca had more character development and story involvement because at this point he seems to be the character with the most room for (rapid) growth