I forgot I read this already and reread it, I liked it better the second time.
In its core, this is a 'chosen one' story with the female MC at its core with many Shoujo tropes.
The good: The art is good to very good. The relationship between the MC and FMC is decent, and their intimacy is depicted unusually well. Scenes of a brush of a finger on a cheek or a hesitant embrace are given the attention and centrality they deserve. Any series that is romance focused should have more this.
The FMC is the chosen one so she gets to have some bad-ass moments. I like it. Sometimes even other female characters get to shine, which is also nice.
The bad: Some parts of the story are inane and the rest isn't very interesting, clearly the story isn't really the focus. The start is especially bad. For example, her father is depicted as highly intelligent competent leader, but there is no way things would go as they did if that was true. It is just jarring. There are multiple things like these.
The characters don't have that real feeling great works give to their characters. The translation team might not be good enough at English to allow for greatness though.
Overall, not a bad way to spend some time, mostly for the romance and some bad ass FMC moments in a Wuxia context.
Old review:
The MC is an insane genius learning advanced techniques just because without any effort (except once in the first chapters). The MC went from knowing no martial arts to be practically the strongest in about two months of training. The MC is also unrealistic personality wise. She behaves like a 15 year old even though she was a working author before.
The plot doesn't really make sense. It is like the like the outline of a plot, without any of the details that make it feel real or logical.
For example, and this is a minor "spoiler" so be warned. Her evil stepmother has made it so her paternal clan infiltrates the MC's clan to the point most of the people are from that clan. Then this is discovered and they are just fired. How would they be fired ? At this point, you already lost. Why wouldn't the rival clan start the war now since it is coming anyway ?
The art is quite nice. Not the fights, but the expressions and looks of people. I hate the chibi versions though becuase it makes everyone bald, even some of the children.
Not to sound too negative, it is quite alright. It just isn't good.