bro vinter was my fav but penelope ended up rejecting him, and she ended up with the crown prince, which isn't that bad, but it did kinda disappoint me a lil bit..

so after finding out the misunderstanding between the duke and penny, I kinda forgave the duke. However, as for the dad, and brothers of korean MC, NO. LIKE WHY IN THE HELL WOULD YOU PURPOSELY MAKE UR SIS EAT DISGUSTING STUFF SO THAT SHE COULD EAT WITH YOU? How does that makes sense??? Also, I will never in my ever life ever will forgive derrick. He had the chance to redeem himself but he still stood with that witch sister of his who ended up stabbing him (lol u deserved it) and as for renald, he kinda started being good as the novel progresses.

okay so the ending... seems rushed and not so good. Penny ended up leaving the dukedom, and being the crown princess, she also apologized to the duke for 'killing' his real daughter. (She had to bc Yvonne was possessed by Leia) and she was forgiven but thats it...

when it was penny's coming of age ceremony, the duke greeted her in the morning and ended up confessing everything, including how if he knew that penny wouldn't call him father for the next 6 years, he wouldn't have ignored her that day, and that renald told him that the necklace incident wasnt Penelope's fault. And so penny ended up crying a bit because I think all this time she just wanted an apology for everything that was happening to her that she couldn't control, and this made me cry as well. And then during her ceremony, Derrick took yvonne altho he wasnt supposed to and then yvonne planned to poison herself so they'd suspect penny, but penny saw right through that and drank the poison since she wanted to die anyway. Truly sad. Haha I wont tell u the rest, u go read it! (Chap 167) :

Except Callisto, the other MLs have color combination which are mixed of red (color symbol of love).

Vinter: Purple (blue+red). Someone on the forum mentioned purple rose is the symbol of eternal love. Whenever time reset, Vinter will keep loving Penelope. However, because of Leila's curse/brainwashing, he would be suspicious of her. Purple color meaning also fit Vinter's character (noble quality, eccentricity, wisdom, devotion, magical). Their interaction revolved around trust (blue). The mutual distrust in the beginning, learning to trust each other. The theme is a trusting love.

Reynald: Pink (white+red). Pink can be a sign of immaturity and an emotional person, which fit Reynald's character. However, as their relationship improve, he is more sympathetic/kinder to her. Penelope and Reynald's relationship are full of sweetness and innocence (white). The theme is an innocent love/familial love.

Eclise: Dark red (black+red). Black rose, a very dark shade of red, is a symbol of sorrow and obsessive love. As you can see, it's a relationship full of toxicity and obsession. A heavy hopeless love.

Derrick: Orange (yellow+red). Orange, symbolizing determination, endurance and pride, fits Derrick's character pretty well. After the brainwashing, the gauge bar changed into yellow. Yellow (negative) symbolizing jealousy and rejection. Yellow rose used to be a symbol of rejection. Unlike Reynald's familial love, Derrick loves her as an opposite s*x. In the story, he denied/rejected his feeling (covering it by spitful words and bullshit, also letting her be abused by the employees). He's jealous toward other males approaching her and want to keep and control her like the bird in the cage... His is egotistical love full of deception.

Callisto: Bright red (red+red). Straight up copying this from google: Red is the color of extremes. It's the color of passionate love, seduction, violence, danger, anger, and adventure. Yep, perfectly fit Callisto's personality and his relationship with Penelope.

The ending was comforting in just the fact that she chose the isekai world over her family, despite their whining over her veggie state, because yeah. They made her suffer for that long and why does she have to go through the whole "fixing" relationships with another family after what she had to go through with the Eckarts? My girl needs a break.

*koff*Eclise*koff*

"If I reveal ur secret, what would u do?" Lmao r u crazy, girl? Y would u even say that?

This story had a ton of potential, from the tragic setting to the different characters and their actions. However, the main character, Penelope, in my opinion, was alright in the beginning. She made smart, informed decisions and bonded with all characters. I feel though, that as she started lamenting in her own sadness and pitiful life, she completely ignored the option of the male leads ACTUALLY coming to like her (which they did), and instead just focused on getting 100% with Eclise and exiting the game (regardless of the rest of the male leads). This ultimately led to her downfall. Most of the male leads were done injustices - that's not to say Penelope didn't get mistreated. Hell, even Callisto was heartbroken by the multiple rejections and confusing behavior of Penelope. Till the end, the main character was trying to get away from Callisto and everyone else.

Overall, this just made Penelope really unlikable towards the end, but enough about her. The plot itself was really good, a game from the perspective of the villainess - refreshing. The author ruins this though by playing into classical cliches of the heroine (Yvonne) secretly being evil and manipulating all MLs. What takes the cake is that Penelope is supposed to magically stop Yvonne with the Ancient Wizards Wand (???) which was never really explained tbh. The whole "magic mirror" "magic wand" "dragon fangs" were really unfitting for the story setting, and were just generally cheesy like a magical girl anime.