...If there is an argument that time and experience can give one a different take of a type of fiction, I will use this as the solid proof.
This type of plot has been there since God knows when, and this particular universe was pretty much built across a long time. And judging within that context, it's.....basically a product of its time-- Garasu no Suna and Honoo no Suna was there since the early 2000s?--
The elements and tropes used was also something that's very.....THAT age. Rape = love, Stockholm Syndrome, etc, etc. These recent years, with a lot of improvements in terms of sexual awareness but sadly also outrageously problematic cases of rape and sexual assaults across the world..... that context and understanding made the comic much less sexier, and more EWWWWW.
Which is not the mangaka's fault, I think; again, more awareness begets a change in enjoying fiction.
I do like BL manga with tanned skins-- and in the smut/romance aspect, I feel the mangaka is doing her job well. Great art, sexy smut scenes, intense romance vibe. People who got their rocks off of these type of fictions would essentially love this manga, not unlike her previous Arabian-set mangas.
But the surrounding aspects were definitely the minuses.
What I would give negative points for would be the exoticizing of Arabian cultures (in particular, the royalties). At best the presentation is boring, lacking variety, and uninspired (seriously, all the semes look and act pretty much the same)-- at worst it's stereotypical and offensive (yes, yes, all Arabian nobility were possessive rapey alpha bastards with a wounded heart).
The mangaka...doesn't exactl stray off the stereotype, which can be a good or bad thing. Here, because the stereotype was based on racially offensive ideas about Arabian culture and its people...I feel it's sort of bad, in terms of storytelling and worldbuilding.