despite all the justification of MC for all her action, I still cant appreciate it as all I can get from it is just her self righteousness to satisfy her own fan girling heart. Like come on, its like seeing a fan girl suddenly intruding on her idol's life and making things right (based on her POV). I'm thinking of it as so absurd. Who wants an intruder who suddenly takes charge of everything in your life? I don't know, as someone who has gone through a rough time or a major setback, this kind of behavior feels like too forceful, intrusive and insensitive. I don't know how to describe it... But all I can say is that this is too illogical.I was expecting it to be more of heart warming or a touching genre... But it's too forceful to include political schemes, etc. Right at the beginning even before a foundation has been built between MC and ML. I would've understand it if MC was hired to do it... But no.. she's the one who came up with it.. -_-

MC was plotting OG FL’s downfall for more than a year but it all went kaput because the ML suddenly decided to ~move on~

it felt like the OG FL went mostly unscathed because the MC’s plot geared more against the temple than her tbh.. Also I hate the fact that the ML would actually still do favors for the 2 people who pushed him to the brink and betray the MC’s expectations instead, when he very well knew that she’s been at it for a whole year and had an idea on what her machinations were since she runs everything she does through him.

The ML suddenly decided to get advice from his buddy the OG ML, just up and went “we’re not deposing her”, and THEN told the MC regarding the decision with his mind already made up.. He didn’t even explain sh*t properly to her on why he decided to forgive and forget, in the end the ML and the OG ML just gaslit her by saying what she wants and what she thinks she wants are two different things.. The OG ML also just guilt tripped her saying the ML is in panic blah blah blah..

She spent the ENTIRE story trying to bring down Diana all for Cael to ruin it in the final stretch and his reasoning was so dumb. Like you chose saving Diana vs being on your WIFE's side. I don't care if his ex-bestfriend asked for it, you knew exactly what your wife wanted but you still choose the two people who almost lead to your death over her. Then the entire running away to a new city and causing all the rumors in the capital that you had to flee cause you could never forget Diana. Add alongside it that Hestia was having her own existential crisis about staying or leaving. She would have been much happier going back to her own world and finding someone who puts her and her interests first, over his first love. No matter what the author said, to me it just felt like Cael just couldn't hurt Diana like that. Diana's ending was also lackluster. In the end, she never had any consequences and went on her happy way back to the temple.

The novel tries to portray a more realistic approach to solving problems at the end of the novel, in a slightly sudden manner. FL had a strong and striking manner in solving her own problems which later we learn could back fire in the long term and would affect the ML's form of living due to her 'the-kingdom-can-fall-into-ruin-idc' manner in her approach. Basically, she had potential to plunge the kingdom into chaos which would just ruin everything she's built up for the ML

PS. I felt that FL seemed to have a more chaotic chemistry with the Prince, which I enjoyed reading compared to the delayed and subtle chemistry FL had with the ML.

im sure if it had gone the way hestia originally wanted it to end I would have loved it. I was so on board with having Diana be deposed by the nobility. But then Caelus stopped it and convinced hestia to live for their happiness which was ok.

If it had continued in like that with the prince and Diana slowly growing as people and eventually mending their relationship to a more understanding one and actually truly apologize from the heart it would have been wonderful.

But then Hestia got pregnant and the prince gave Diana a choice (on whether to fulfill her royal duty or stick to her ideals and get divorced) and it ended bitterly in divorce wich just left me off feeling sad for them.

He then married a lower noble lady and hestia gave her love advice and I just felt horrible for prince helios. It just felt like his love life was in hestias hands to manipulate as she pleased and is "mercifully" granting him the chance to love someone with this move. Dude wasn't even that bad and felt remorseful for what he did since his very first appearance.

if you were gonna separate them (Helios and Diana) anyway I would have liked it for it to be done by deposition since it would have been both a proper revenge and felt less realistically sad (separation because of realizing they fell in love with an idealized image of each other and general incompatibility) .

Sigh, I don't really read fantasy romance for realism.

The crown prince Helios got the development he deserved, which was the empire over his emotions and it settled calmly. I liked him quite alot more at the ending, with him trying his best to move on with his life and peace.

The male lead Kaelus did not develop too much from the beginning. He was still obsessed with a girl (this time our MC) and was still overly loyal to the empire. The choice he made at the end by sparing the saintess Diana was annoying but suits his character. His love to our female lead Hestia felt less like love and more like he was paying back a favor she did (literally him thinking 'oh she gave her all for my happiness so I should give myself to her). The romance scenes felt really forced too, , no real POV from him it just kinda happened.

The female lead... sigh. It was really going so well, she had a whole breakdown where she needed to accept living in the new world vs it's just a novel and she can return some day. I thought the author would address this more but NO. Instead of letting the girl settle into her life now that Kaelus 'loves' her and doesn't care about Diana anymore, she gets one paragraph about picking herself up and making kaelus her sole reason to exist. It's not even love at this point, that's obsession! She doesn't even have any thoughts anymore, quite literally she is a machine that only cares about kaelus' happiness. The author doesn't even address this and gives her a pregnancy arc. Everything felt so forced.

Diana doesn't even get any development LMAO. She just gets divorced and questions life. That's it. Still thinks she's right.

She never told anyone until the end, they just think she regressed. Even though she had a whole manic episode of almost jumping off the balcony. I can accept her not telling anyone, because it would be too much to ask someone to comprehend that their world is a novel to her and she's essentially a greater being.

She's read the book 9 times (something shoved into your face over and over again) Watched the whole novel go down personally as a bystander and only thought to act after she died two years after the events of the book and regressed? Why? Why regret? You showed your indifference to the world and the characters the first time around. Why would you care even if you regress?

And that indifference doesn't really go away. The way she treats the ML, the whole friken world, as just a work of fiction.

Her attitude is like some little girl playing with dolls. Like she's some god writing the story now. Self inserting herself into some after story fanfic.

And the way she devotes her whole life to the ML because he's her favorite character? Like some stalker putting him up on a pedestal? It's just creepy.

She doesn't care about her reputation, her actions or even if he likes her, so long as she can make him happy again and get revenge for him.

Absolute devotion is not love, it's obsession.

Helios and Kaelus found out about her regressing but not about her possessing Hestia, at least as far as I know (I stopped at Epilogue 1 because I didn't want to spend more time reading it), I looked for spoilers but didn't find any indication that she told anybody which makes sense since she did say she would take it to her grave. I wanted her to tell him, so her not doing that felt unsatisfactory to me.

it was slowly building, then all of a sudden it hits you like a truck? it kinda caught me off guard lol. he was depressed and suicidal, he started getting more screentime and had an ok relationship with FL (felt a bit awkward on his end, like he was trying but still having seizures when he saw ogFL) then boom he's madly in love with FL and burning a gift from diana? maybe I was too focused on different elements of the story that I missed the progression but honestly I did not pick up the hints that his affection had reached that point? I swear there was a scene not that early before the reveal of him telling her to give him up. still, I will admit they were cute as a couple! I just needed to quickly adjust to the development and honestly, we spent so long fleshing out how hestia felt that his love for her paled in comparison. his love felt shallow when we look at hestia LOL

now, I know this is a common opinion shared by many if FMDF reader s, but hestia lowkey shouldve went back to her world.

we were at a point in the story towards the end, their relationship was established and I was rooting for them! sure, the romance kinda just jumped out at me, but that was just a little "oh, okay" moment for me, and I still loved them: but then, hestia's angst of being a transmigrator happened. it kinda built up in the chapters and she always shut it down, but after kael had confessed and they were happy, she began to wonder "why am I still here?" hestia never aimed for kael to reciprocate her feelings or have a relationship, her goal was to save his life and she had accomplished tha and she did so always seeing herself as an outsider. she knew that this was a reality with real people, but as she herself said this was not HER reality. yeah it was nice to save kael and be with him, but as time went by and she had accomplished her goal and her "prophecies" had run out, she no longer had purpose and said she had no real attachment to this world. she didnt want to live here, she never chose that, she only wanted to go back in time and save him (and that she did). she eventually stayed because all kael would do was cry in her room bc he thought she was trying to commit, but the way her emptiness was built up and shown really touched me and the other readers, so much so that we were all like hestia girl go home!! lol. I wouldnt have minded it due to her homesickness, and it felt like kael could never compete with her. her love for him wasnt that she wanted him at all costs, she just wanted his happiness, and I believe that had she gone home at that moment she really could have enjoyed peace. I possibly would have liked to see an alternative ending written where she goes home, and letting the readers pick out of the two their preference.

(a controversal opinion but if there ever were a diff ML I hope it would be helios bc I actually liked him and his chemistry and character development were mwahh! power couple fr. too bad hestia was disgusted when she found out he was swayed by her)

sooo unsatisfying! 😭 I know there are some controversial points in the novel and this is one of themmm. hestia spent the ENTIRE novel working her ahh off to bring down diana AND the temple. she set up a whole soap business so people wouldnt need to go to the temple as much for treatment and weaken the temples power so diana would lose all backing. she was so close to getting diana booted as the crown princess and had a whole plan with the nobles, but KAEL over here goes nooo uhm actually im gonna support her bc I just wanna be happy with you so idc if she goes down 🥺 let her keep her position and all bc im not sad anymore thanks to your love!! bit*h SHE SPENT MONEY AND ALL HER TIMEEE ON THIS AND YOU DO HER LIKE THISSS? hestia was like oh... okay do you still like her yk first love... kael was all no I love you but I cant be bothered w her anymore my depression? CURED so who needs pfft revenge! diana did end up losing her position later on because there was pressure for an imperial heir and diana didnt want babies? she escaped all consequence and hello what about the noble ladies you promised to represent when you were gonna take down diana? you rallied all this support and on the day you just do nothing and they were like awww okay theres always next time! girl be so fr how did they not have your head on a skewerrr you planned this? they were vicious in their hatred for her to so where did this generosity come frommm?

it would've been better if the ending was just like "Kill the Villainess". I wanted her to just die and go back to her reality and leave Kael after he choose to not abdicate Diana. But that's just me being an aggressive fan who supports karma.

There was such a good opportunity to give FL a chance to realise, this is your reality and your decisions will differ from ml's. You need to figure it out. But what we got instead is her completely losing touch with reality, bowing her head and just continuing to go with everything ML wants. When she couldn't get behind ml's decision, I had such high hopes for this to finally be adressed but instead her feelings were treated as irrelevant. It irritates me to no end. I don't think any other novel has left me quite so disappointed.

Hestia's PTSD is not addressed nicely, the author just went out about Heli and Diana's story instead of how Hestia come out from the anxiety and loss of meaning after Cael decided that revenge to Diana is not what he wanted.

What's absurd is someone who’s emotionally detached from the world suddenly not being detached anymore. Maybe many readers believe and can accept that, because she loves Cael enough to change—I mean, she always says she's his fanatic fan—but I don't buy that shit. I know that Cael is the anchor that keeps her sane, but it’s not just him. Heli and Diana matter too.

Her desire for revenge, deep down, is denial—a refusal to accept that she's stuck in that world with no way back to her original one. She thinks if she can make Cael happy, she can go back (I mean, she must unconsciously think of a real happy ending one and obviously Cael committed su*cide is not) —hence, she believes that to make Cael happy, she needs to make Heli and Diana regret. But then Cael says he didn't want to be entangled with them anymore basically saying what she did is never his will.

This is never about making Cael happy, this about how to go back to her world. And she must started to aware of the fact she's stuck when she realizes that revenge is not the answer.

So what are you supposed to do when you can't deny that anymore? And that's where the author failed to deliver.