You really have to lean into the silliness (and sometimes mind-pausing dumbness) of the story to enjoy it. Even still, I only made it to around chapter 50 before I just couldn’t read anymore.
Like she just starts shamelessly selling the furniture in his house for money without telling him?! Or the first time finding out about his werewolf curse (after being attacked and knocking his out twice — for good measure, of course), she immediately thinks ‘let’s kiss him’ because true love’s kiss is supposed to break the curse, then surely grant my request to divorce him, right?!!
Or that instead of asking her Uber rich husband if he can help her find an inter dimensional travel scroll, she keeps going back to the same skeevy merchant who keeps saying there are very few left then raises the price by millions at a time!! And every time, instead of think, ‘hey, I think this merchant is milking me for more money’, she just thinks ‘hey, my husband’s rich. I can probably get more money, right?’!!
Or that even though she needs to somehow get 50 million dollars, she’s spending extravagantly on dresses.
Then the odd switch in genre as she suddenly starts making and selling puffer jackets to get more money. The business of which is targeted by the antagonist.
——— THEME/TROPES ———
- Boring start: exaggerated panic
- Reincarnated in trashy smutty novel
- Sold into marriage due to family debts
- 1 year Marriage contract. No touching = get $$$
- Surprisingly, ML actually is nice to FL from start
- Mages, scrolls, potions
- Simple scripting and dialogue
- Eager to please, timid maid
- Servants 2D confused helpers of FL
- ‘True love’s kiss’ ??
- Very low stakes
- “Don’t come near me, I’m a monster!” “You’re not a monster!” Trope
- ML doesn’t remember anything from when werewolf
It was a bit…odd…to go from one bright scene with FL suddenly to a dungeon with the ML as he’s gazing longing at a small window above and saying some cheesy, self deprecating line.
Also, am I the only one who felt a little offended when the ML would constantly think he scared her because she was ‘thin and weak’ and ‘delicate’? Like does he think she’s a glass doll or something?
——— MAIN CHARACTERS ———
❄️🪶🌻 🎀 Eileen White (FL)
comedically childish, bright, panicked , transparent
overconfident, silly, dumb
beloved by the servants
goal: tough thru contract, get the money, buy scroll to go back to home dimension
always blaming others.
Oddly rude to wolf-version of husband.
Slaps a control collar on him. Then lies to the husband in the morning about what and why he’s wearing it (he doesn’t remember his actions when he’s a werewolf). He also doesn’t want to hurt her while a werewolf. Why not just tell him the truth??
🗝️🌷🌑 🐺 Caden Crown (ML)
sincere, innocent, kind
becomes aggressive, bratty at night
classic ‘tragic’ backstory/secret
werewolf on full moon (wolf ears and tail)
🍊👑 🕷️ Edwin Ryerst (crown prince/villain)
flirty. Controlling. Egotistical
CONTENT WARNING
Technical sexual assault (kissing to break curse while he’s restrained. In comedic fashion), self-confinement, threatening, toxic character, hinting at BDSM, nudity, sexual assault, harassment, attempted r*pe, animal abuse, parental verbal abuse (memory)