Lucia

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Lucia grew up not knowing she was a princess.

But when her mother died, she entered the palace and had the chance to see her entire future in a dream.

In her dream, when she reached 19 years old, she was auctioned off to the bidder who offered the highest dowry. Her life became miserable from then on.

When she woke up from her dream, she was determined to reshape her future, realizing that she had plenty of time before the crucial turning point.

Thus, she begins her journey to change her dark future.

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lumiere
lumiere rated it
June 18, 2017
Status: c6
It's an amazing story! Really amazing! And the main male character is so damn sexy!

I love his charming yet cool attitude. He's a beast in gentleman clothing (at least that's what it seemed to me♥).

As for the main female lead she's as described, she isn't overly strong and not overly weak, she isn't a genius but she is smart. You can really relate to her, and her decisions are ones I would make myself. Most importantly she doesn't make you feel cringy at all!

This story got a grown up vibe... more>> to it, it's not erotique but the love story is certainly a grown up one. So hearts be ready♥♥♥!

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By the way this got an early marriage between our MCs and this element is what makes me wish I could read korean : (since I want to eat up this story to the bones ♥♥

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To be honest this got to be one of the best historical love story ever, and I really recommand to read past the first chapter (as it's only the prologue). It's 100% worth the time.

And a special thank you for the translator who not only found a wonderfull novel but also translated it amazingly! <<less
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The.Muse12
The.Muse12 rated it
June 18, 2020
Status: prologue
So. Very. Over rated.

I started with high expectations to this because of the hype. However after approximately reading 50-60 pages I realized that this novel had no hope. And miraculously I completely read the novel. One thing I learnt from this experience is that if you have a magical v*gina, girl you can have it all. But I mean, as juicy as in the WAP, ok? Like unique. The one ML didn't taste anything better.

Like this is sooo damn funny. I don't know why I am getting angry when I... more>> should be angry at myself, wasting so much time with this. Hands down, I admit this novel gotta be one of the worst I have ever read. However I must say, if you came here for the pure smut there you go, there you have it. A cheap package of shiny twinkly cute ass face MC with naivity bordering s*upidity, and inside the package, no sense plot and rabbit s*x. <<less
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TooEarly
TooEarly rated it
July 1, 2019
Status: c114
It's... Unsatisfying. Boring at times. And it doesn't deliver on what it promises.

It's a clear example of tell not show. I would like the main character more if the author didn't spend pages after pages talking about how virtuous and perfect the main character is, instead of being honest and telling us straight up the main character is bias, narrow minded, stubborn, and dull witted emotional wreck of a girl.

My eye keeps twitching every time the author says Lucia is strong/kind/everyone who meets her loves her/beautiful but the characters around... more>> Lucia don't act like she is like that. Or if they do, they're the 2D obligatory characters who cheer the female lead on. Lucia isn't the only one who suffers from this. Like 90% of the characters suffer from this.

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Lucia's half brother sells her to a pe*verted and abusive count while in the same breath uses the royal budget to fund his full sister's dresses and gems. Lucia goes on and on about how she doesn't hate her half brother for what he did. How she feels nothing for him and he didn't do anything wrong. But when some Countess sat her next to her husband's ex-lover... Oh BOY UNFORGIVABLE. SHE WILL NOT FORGET THIS!

Like calm urself. It's just some seating arrangement. I get that your feelings were hurt and worse case scenario, you would've been miffyed by the social blunder but you'll live! Compare to 5 years of abusive husband?

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The main character is bias beyond belief. People who slight her are only forgiven if

A) Family

B) Husband

C) Husband Company

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When one of her maids found out Lucia hadn't have her period for months and reported it to the butler, Lucia fired her on the spot, saying she couldn't have a servant who valued her husband over her. Yet tolerates the butler snitching on her and all the other male servants reporting everything she does or whatever happens to her to her husband. Half the time she finds out that reason why her enemies go bankrupt/lose their jobs/fined for large amounts of money/dead is because her male escorts rat her enemies out to her husband against her wishes. She cry after confirmtation and her husband would be like what happened? And she would say it's nothing, don't ask me about it or forgive those people or let me handle it. But when her husband questions the male servants around her, they cave in an instant. Lucia would flounce around and be surprised when her enemies or whoever made her cry disappear/die/come crawling back asking for forgiveness. Then she would know it was her husband's doing.

It's like my mouth is saying no but my body, my body is forgiving!

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Besides the tell not show issue, there's also an issue of the bad guys. I don't know if it was lost in translation (I'm not saying the translators are doing a bad job. It's just words have multiple meanings. And I dont know Korean.) But the bad guys are badly done. For example, say the bad guy is described as a naive spoiled brat. For the first few chapters the bad guy is such but then it's as if the author realizes the "bad guy" can't justify the abnormal amount of hatred people have for this person. Then the next few chapters the bad guy is revealed to be a mu*derous psychopath that drowns kittens on weekends and kicks puppies on weekdays and secretly mu*dered his whole family and is crafting the next zombie plague virus and has a missile aimed at the moon and conspired with aliens to end humanity.

See how that escalated? Yeah that's like every bad guy in the story. They're all okay in the beginning then suddenly they're actually really bad. Like really really bad. Like the author has to justify why they have to suffer.

By the way Lucia actually knows that these bad guys are actually bad because she remembers them from her previous lives. That's how the reader finds out that average Joe is actually Jack the Ripper. Because Lucia convienently recalls all of this after they've been established as average Joes. But the story is told in Lucia's pov. So it's weird to have it revealed so late.

But the story has premises I like. The translation is amazing and fast. <<less
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kira88
kira88 rated it
June 12, 2019
Status: c24 part2
I know this novel is set in a time (and a world) where marital r*pe (or domestic r*pe whatever) wasn't a thing, but unfortunately I am living in one where it most definitely is and for whatever reason I don't at all find the whole Asian thing appealing where it turns people on when when one person keeps begging the other to stop and the other person refuses to listen (even when said person is in PAIN).

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And let's not forget the in*est that every one seems to just take in stride... I mean this is kind of understandable considering the time it's set in, but why are none of the characters showing signs of haemophilia (blue bloodedness), god only knows[. And the author, who I strongly suspect is unaware that such a condition exists.

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This is basically every s*x scene in this book (and it just so happens to be occurring every other chapter) and beyond a point I was too disgusted to continue. Maybe the story has a good plot or whatever but I just can't bring myself to actually process said good plot. (not that I know, since in all of the twenty four chapters I've read, nothing of weight has happened).

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ppomv
ppomv rated it
September 20, 2017
Status: c14
This novel is worth taking a chance on. The characters aren't unbelievably cliche. The story does a great job at not revolving every aspect of the narrative to our MC. There are details that are relevant to the world but not only to Lucia. The author does a great job at facilitating those moments. MC isn't a modern person reincarnate (always a plus!) and isn't completely clueless about her begotten circumstances. She's a slightly cynical and naive character that's rare in f/m stories. And the snusnu is on point. Hehehe

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Of course there were princess that revoked or removed themselves from royal lineage but this doesn't apply to Lucia. She has no support from her father, no one to teach her the rules or powers she has as a (pseudo) princess. She grew up as a Commoner and her dream-future husband certainly didn't help with educating her on these aspects. How would Lucia be capable of going to the king and asking for those privileges? With no support or anyone, not even the general servants in the castle know about her, how could she get an audience with the king to even ask for those things?

I agree with the point about her "sleeping beauty" ideology but I don't believe that she expected her father or half brother to be generous to her future marriage. It's why she eventually came to the circumstances of clumsily seeking marriage with the male lead.

And as a final note, cliche as this sounds, this is a work of fiction. The author didn't claim this novel to represent a realistic historical narrative. There isn't a need for the novel to lend itself to historical accuracy.

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Surumalhotra
Surumalhotra rated it
June 3, 2019
Status: --
Too disappointed, I have read 3 chapter and review and find out that this is a typical 'contact marriage' romance which you can find on watt pad 'a lot' but the place and era is different, ML is a scum, but the biggest plot hole is our MC, she doesn't try to leave that palace not try to find anything about her dream and why it happened, does'nt even try to earn money or even contract her mothers family (a normal person's reaction) but is trying to make a... more>> contract marriage with a duke, who is famous, handsome and powerful (even through she is poor and unfavored "did she already knew that she is FL so ML will be excited after playing with all beautiful flower and gain curiosity for her"). In every part she is trying to remind herself, she can't fall in love with him, but she still fall for him?? And worst of all, is this a love at first sight, she is staring at him for five days and he feel curious, (disgusting), I am sure no girl would like to fall in love with a scum like him, even if he changed in future. (Will you forgive a serial kill just because he stopped mu*dering people's.) Not me So I have imagined my most hated person as its FL, to relieve my angry heart. ??? I would say people with deep emotions and feeling to ignore this book.

Sorry to authors and translator but I can't say good because my heart is burning with anger after reading such a joke. <<less
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KSanty
KSanty rated it
July 1, 2019
Status: c13
The ML is just rapist, f*cking animal and a**hole. He doesn't care about MC's comfort. All he needs is f*ck

I don't get MC at all! Did she fall of that appearance of his? Did she even care that she is in pain?

She seems SO smart \sarcasm\ then she interacted with everyone else, why is she become so s*upid when it comes to her own comfort?

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He is h**ny for her tears, I think it's not really... healty. He only likes her because she cries and suffers... He just like violence, there's even writed so!

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i clearly don't want to continue reading any futher <<less
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Corgibutt
Corgibutt rated it
May 16, 2020
Status: c50
I came for the smut and because I like the manhwa, but I had to quit after 50 chapters. The smut is really repetitive and not very well written. Translation quality itself is good though

Disappointed because I really wanted to like this novel
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Golden29wy
Golden29wy rated it
March 15, 2020
Status: Completed
Lucia is an Amazing, Emotional, Spectacular Story.

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Cail and Eve story was so sad. I wished they had a happy ending. Cail suffered too much and I wished he had his happy ending.

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I rate this story 5/5

Words can not explain how much this novel means to me and how amazing this story is. If possible I will rate this story 10/5.

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Hugh and Lucia are soulmates. They met and married (later in their life) in their first life and still met and married in their second life. Their love story was so special and romantic.

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I wished the author wrote more on Roy and his wife (the Barbarian) and his son.

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I also wished the author wrote more about Fabian's family and Jerome's family.

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I also wished the author wrote more side story about Damian and Ted, who Eve was going to be with, who the Princess was going to marry, about Bruno and also Chris, also about Jude.

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This story is one of my top 5 novels of all time. It is simply amazing not because of the smut but because of the plot. And most time I skip the smut just because I want to keep reading the story. It is simply perfect and I don't care what anybody has to say about it.

The Author did a great job and so did the Translator because I'm not Korean and I read the English translation. So a Big Thank You to the Translator and the Author.

I wish this Story never ended.?????????? I still can't get over it.?????????????

THANK YOU ❤❤❤❤❤????❤❤??? TO EVERYONE INVOLVED IN MAKING THIS STORY A GREAT SUCCESS. <<less
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PeanutButterNutter
PeanutButterNutter rated it
November 16, 2019
Status: prologue
This story gets several things right, a smart female lead who is more than capable of handling her conflicted feeling for the male lead minus all the unnecessary self torment, a male lead who knows he's an ass to everyone else and is quite okay with being a disappointment without the need for character redemption. Male characters who fawn over the mistress of the house, instead of falling in love with her like the usual nonsense. Parent-child relationships that are relatable and not full of excessive love and adoration. Villains... more>> who actually make sense and meticulously plan their revenge and die fairly quickly, thus not annoying the sh*t out of us. Finally a touch of magic, that doesn't overshadow the plot and makes the whole 'nobility over commoners' less frustrating to the average 21st century person. <<less
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Chiaroscuro
Chiaroscuro rated it
August 19, 2019
Status: c122
It is a good enough novel and I recommended it for one that doesn't mind dog blood miscommunication trope.

I'd like to debunk some of the gripes the reviews have left

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1. ML is viewed as a rapist as*hole because his background story. His bloodline literally thrive on killing and s*xual activities. So he likes to see MC crying and such. BUT in latter chapters he get better on the bloodthirstiness (at least he doesn't kill indiscriminately and still respect MC enough when she said she's not in the mood) author also gave him a f*cked up enough family background for readers to at least be understanding why he's like that. He was a beast in human skin and his interaction with MC actually bring back the human side more.

2. ML is prideful but he's also a coward in regards of love. I get that people was waiting for ML to get headlong and swept MC off her feet instead of waiting for MC to tell him. But they also forgot that ML is a beast in human skin. He's awkward in terms of feelings, and he's learning feelings from MC. It's better ofc if both communicate but their marriage started with contract that could be ended anytime. Both didn't have the sense of security to brave forward. It ended that way because finally MC is able to rid of her prejudices toward ML and see he's truly care for her.

3. MC didn't forgive countess but forgive king because MC understand enough of how nobility works. Basically countess is beneath her. She was challenging her as the duchess by inviting ml's old flame and seat MC with her, which could be avoided (even the king's sister aka Katherine made notes not to invite ml's exes to the party MC will attend) and ml's ex was s*upid enuf to provoke her. She forgive the king because as the author set it, the previous king was lecherous and had many illegitimate children so to rid of unnecessary siblings without killing them the king just married them off. The reason why the king was doting on kat, because she's born from the same mother and a woman. She might not have the same ending if she's a man.

4. ML did fall first for MC's body, then he sees more than her body. And was s*upidly in love to see her in rose colored glasses later on.

5. ML treated damien like sh*t because he's a past ML wanted to erase. Rememer that mI have f*cked up family that he want to end his bloodline. Damien represented what he hate and love the most. He was a remnant of beautiful past, and also the bloodline ML want to erase.

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Now my own gripes:

MC is indeed passive. And naive in a way that makes her seem s*upid

Too much s*x scene. Sometime it even hinder the plot so I'm skipping that a lot. At first it's hot, but after awhile it becomes redundant.

Author can't get enough of mary sue ness and can't decide her mind on mc's personality. <<less
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Wakeida
Wakeida rated it
April 27, 2020
Status: c..
Terrible. How do people enjoy this? The MC is quite senseless! She has lived two lifetimes yet after reincarnating does she make much effort to change her circumstances? No! She practically lives the same life except for making two changes which barely improve her circumstances. She doesn't try to earn any survival skills, waits until the very last minute to throw herself at the ML without giving it much thought then is constantly disappointed that he isn't the man that she thought he was in her mind. She just wants... more>> a thigh to hold on to and obtains it by using his weakness, so expecting more than that from a total stranger is ridiculous. And she does expect that from him, always finding the smallest reasons to decide he is an angel one minute and scum the next. In her last life, being totally naive was expected since she practically raised herself but in this life despite having an experienced worldly woman as her friend and guide yet still being so senseless is completely ridiculous.

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She earns some money and has some savings but instead of putting it to good use, she wastes all of it to buy a f*cking dress and then proceeds to stalk the ML until she is caught and has to open her mouth. Where was all of her determination like it says in the summary? And it isn't as if there wouldn't be any future parties that she could sneak into after carefully thinking things through and deciding that marrying him is really her best option. She has some time to prepare yet acts like she is going to be married off the next day and she will die if she doesn't take the risk right at that moment. She is terrified that if she ran away, the palace would come after her but.... NO ONE REMEMBERS SHE EXISTS! Even the palace workers mistake her for a servant! If she took off from the palace, no one would notice until her father died and would the prince who easily sold her, care if she completely disappeared? Don't think so! She would be doing him a favour!

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If the ML hadn't given her the time of day and found her convenient and amusing, because of her half-ass efforts, history would have repeated itself. The first few chapters of the story constantly directly or indirectly hint at the MCs desperation, desperation she wouldn't have felt if she had actually sat down and planned for her future since she was so terrified of reliving her miserable past. Yeah right, so desperate that she waits until the last f*cking minute to do anything about it! She doesn't have to be a brilliant, stunning, vengeful super OP FL, all she has to do IS USE HER BRAIN A LITTLE BIT! There are plenty of meek FL leads in other books that later on develop, but I am yet to find one quite as s*upid as this one. If anyone knows books with more s*upid FLs, please message me. I need to put those books on my blacklist immediately.

As for the ML, typical bast*rd but very clear that all he cares about is fighting, casual s*x and leaving a legacy for his son. He knows he is a bastard, he acts like one and doesn't pretend to be anything else which makes his character tolerable. So for the people who want to criticize his morals and his actions then you are reading the wrong book or the writer did a good job of sticking to his character model. There are plenty of stories about cold domineering "ruthless" ML that immediately turn into loyal pampering henpecked husbands. This ML who doesn't completely destroy his character template from the jump is more believable. His reasons for falling in love with the FL are so shallow, but again, more acceptable to me than those ML who fall for the FL for no freaking reason at all. Though only wanting women for s*x, but giving them the girlfriend treatment i.e. pampering and spoiling them then being surprised when they develop feelings for you just proves how low his EQ is.

In short, the ML is the f*ck boy who falls for the naive FL with a magical p*ssy and thus becomes a better human like the typical YA book or movie, their love is then envied by all, making this book TOTALLY OVERRATED! <<less
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Karolin_is_a_pengiun
Karolin_is_a_pengiun rated it
April 20, 2019
Status: c63
I really love this story!

Most of the time I start a novel and wanna stop reading after a few chapters, because the plot and the MC becomes utterly ridiculous.

Not with this one!

The main character is a strong woman, but not to the point where it's too much. She's humble as well and not a goddess like beauty (a plus point in my eyes), while still being pretty. She's a bit self contious too, and afraid of being tossed away by Hugo. That makes her a more realistic character in my... more>> eyes. Thanks to her dream she also has a lot of knowledge and can think logically. I like having a reasonable and independent MC.

The ML is a tyrant and has many faults (the way he treats people and kills like it's nothing) but he treats Lucia nice and wants to pemper her. His backstory is flowing well with the story and overall he's not over the top. A pretty realistic character as well

The plot is building up slowly and while having many different story arks, it's not a harsh transition between them. They're fitting and the flow of the plot is nice. There're also many little references to precious chapters, which makes the story cohesive.

Last but not least the smut: Their relationship at the start is build upon their s*x life which causes A LOT of smut! I like reading the s*x scenes, tho they're sometimes not that well described (the poses and movements). That's the reason why they're hard to imagine.

I'm just gonna continue reading bc I CAN'T STOP. IT'S WAY TOO GOOD! <<less
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minar
minar rated it
February 28, 2019
Status: c92.1
Wow, where do I even begin?

The pacing of this novel is wonderful, never have I found that things were being dragged out or becoming unnecessary bulls**t. I love Lucia's character (definitely one of my favorite character of all time in novels). She's the perfect character of someone who has knowledge of her future and acts accordingly so that she can ensure her happiness. She's not a sword wielding, karate chopping femme fatale but she possesses social skills and knows how to maneuver around politics, people and conflict. I enjoy how... more>> perceptive and considerate she is as a person. She's not overbearing and despite her quiet and seemingly docile nature, she does not let the Duke have his way with her (or anyone for that matter). She has a very classy method of telling people off and handling the petty high society. She's assertive, sensible and knows where to draw her boundaries and is alarmingly very aware of herself and her surroundings (another reason why he fell in love with her). My favorite part of her character is that she's straightforward and doesn't jump to conclusions and causes s*upid misunderstandings (very common trope and fatal flaw of many female heroines in this genre).

The transformation and character development of the Duke from being around Lucia is so precious. I love how he goes from a
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playboy with total disregard for women's feelings to becoming completely wrapped around Lucia's finger. He's literally your typical cold, super smart, super powerful ML but when in front of the FL, he is literally a puppy trailing behind her with his tail wagging. She could ask for a pint of blood and he would willingly chop his own arm off for her.

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I love the relationship between the ML and FL, it is very fluffy and very romantic.

As with most 'fantasy' novels, you should read it with some suspension of belief. I found that the novel does a good job world building (despite some reviews), but it does use the convenient excuse of her dream of a future to provide exposition and explanation for why she has the personality and interests that she does now, how she judges other people as well as respond to certain events etc... For example,

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She easily sidesteps the drama some of the noblewomen try to start because she knows what type of person that person becomes in the future as well as she has knowledge and background of how one should behave in a political setting despite her young age of 19. This is because in her dream, she lived and saw herself in a parallel universe and learned from her past mistakes.

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All in all, I found this to be a perfect blend of plot, character development, smut and surprisingly... a lot of fluff. The translation is also really well done, making it a very enjoyable read. <<less
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earlgreyt
earlgreyt rated it
November 17, 2018
Status: c67 part2
While this is in the genre of 'tr*shy Harlequin romance, ' the plot and characters are surprisingly gripping. There are plenty of twists and turns with the characters and motivations. I was definitely surprised by the ML's family/bloodline background and some of the worldbuilding.

If you like stories like this, I highly recommend [Secret Wardrobe of the Duchess] because it's fantastic, creative, and with a very similar premise (strong MC goes back in time and suddenly marries the country's most eligible bachelor Duke.)

I did not have any hopes for either... more>> the MC or ML in the beginning because they started out cookie-cutter. However, both surprisingly break out of their molds. Their interactions actually feel pretty real and the ML doesn't have the stereotypical "cool 5ever" mask over his dialogue. The MC also doesn't go out of her way to bend to the ML's preferences, so it's quite entertaining to see their relationship progression.
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The ML goes very quickly from an arrogant/cold/alpha male stereotype into a helpless regular guy trying to figure out his wife.

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I do agree with other comments that the MC could have been way more active towards her own future in the beginning. However, if you're able to make it past the slow start, the MC unexpectedly starts to shine. She's very relate-able because of how low-key she is and how simple things like walks in the garden please her a lot more than expensive gifts of jewelry etc.

The smut/s*x is very very plentiful. (To the point where I started skimming/skipping because I was too eager to find out what happened next in the plot.) Good/bad? <<less
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NovelenthusiastIDK
NovelenthusiastIDK rated it
September 13, 2021
Status: c120 part2
As usual FL has a personality of a piece of bread and ML is an ass in the beginning that becomes crazy about FL or rather s*x with her. God this is so boring. In the beginning It was quite ok. The few mysteries kept me going but after I read the spoilers I realized that this is not worth reading at all
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funnyman
funnyman rated it
May 17, 2020
Status: side story 7 part6
A solid 3. The story was rather bland, but I still read everything which increased the rating. Recommended for fans of love stories like Beauty and the beast, where it focuses on a maiden of virtue taming the almighty dangerous beast, but very eloquently written. This is an amazing fantasy satisfaction for women, an normal romance story for man. The H-scene I found to be enjoyable first few times ONLY, the reviews from the experienced FUJOSHI girls were - rather mild. Next is my personal in-depth analysis. I would love... more>> to hear some rebuke to my opinion.

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Now onto the analysis.

The story premise IS extremely good - a solid 5. An invisible princess with only PARTIAL knowledge of the future, so it doesn't lead to extreme leap in logic and story line. After the initial enticement using the premise and the uniqueness of contract based relationship, while also captivating the readers with river like flowing writing, the story proceeds in a rather saddening way. The villains just end up dying for bad reasons. The most captivating parts were the side characters like the royals, Damian etc.

Main leads:

+Lucia (Vivian) - a character starting out strong with wit and experience beyond her own age, with a small and defenseless stature. She didn't receive much character development on the point of being strong, but the opposite actually occured, which I have found to be the most disheartening part. After the marriage she remained to be the protected, only knowledgeable with etiquette and high society, and using the power of her position of duchess, where Lucia herself didn't attain (husband - protection, and power, knowledge from the future). She represented the fact being an rather submissive, relying on husband, taking care of family and being kind as the ultimate virtue of a woman, where I find it to be only wrong. Would have been much better if she developed more to the capable woman such as the Countess Falcon, but with the future experience capable of controling her own jealousy. In the end she was only a classic female shoujo character.

Duke Taran Hugh - An always on edge, powerfull, expressionless, thirsty, super rich, mysterious, capable, wise, handsome, super schlong, amazing stamina on bed with a dark secretive painfull past. Basically an impossible standart for man. He was a prime example of being a super beast that will be tamed by the beauty - the ultimate female fantasy. The only development was emotional aspect of recognizing love. I was confused on why he had to be a little bit douchy.

Count Taran Damian - the child of the Duke, whose only purpose was to show how kind and sweet the FL was to a child not of her blood. He was only mentioned for a few chapters but leaving a deep impression because of being a lion cub. The side story about Damian proved that his character had much potential to be used.

Roy Krotin, Jerome, Anna, Fabian, Dean and co. - Faithful helpers of the Duke, where only Roy showed absolute loyalty and decision making in a crucial moment. The rest are just there to further the plot.

Royals - fun.

Villains: Sofia - lasted 3 chapters, Ramis - would have been a good opponent for wooing competition but later killed like some garbage side character, Countess Falcon - capable woman that died like an idiot because of her jealousy, Doctor Philip - whose crime was making sure the Duke bangs his wife and gives a kid so Damian would bang his cousin.

The crisis were small, and all were instantly resolved by the godlike man, who is the Duke. The only reason in the beginning where the Duke falls in love with Lucia was because of her clear, innocent, kind amber eyes and her super woman tight v*gina. Only in the almost last side story was it further revealed to be "fate". And somehow after years even ten years of continuous almost daily coitus she still is pure and innocent on the matter of bed. The thing that pissed me of the most was her submission to be boned and no willingness to learn how to entice and seduce, satisfy the male. You can just casually search online how women want men to do alot of things on bed, where man just want women to take lead. This is the age where women get what the want themselves already.

I have found the novels model on nobility and the relationship between them to be the most enjoyable (no idea if it is accurate).

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In conclusion, the novel itself was rather bland, but it still pulled me in to want to read all of it, using small gimicks such as the humorous reaction of the duke, rare character showcase of the duchess and the reaction of the rest of the cast on the Ducal couple. <<less
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YoriMei
YoriMei rated it
January 18, 2020
Status: ss7 part6
So, long story short it's good but the problem is rather than your typical villainess/fate change novel with a hardworking MC, it's more like you're reading a harlequin romance novel. It's not bad, in fact the novel is quite good, but it can be unexpected because it's a well written novel but MC is very... stagnant.

to be honest, I agree when people say MC isn't hardworking. She essentially gambled on the duke and paid out. Afterwards, it's more about her personality than her talents or hard work. It's really your... more>> typical "bunny x lion, innocent x fierce" romance story. Lucia's charming in a way, both in story and out of it, but the starting romance between her and Hugh isn't handled very well. It's mostly her innocent attitude that gets his attention in the first place, but her v*gina that makes him stay honestly. Literally by chapter 13 he's head over heels for her, because the s*x was great ??‍♀️. Lucia has no ambition, nothing to truly strive for besides "survive" and "be happy", she wants nothing and Hugo adores her for it.

But like I said, Lucia's charming. I truly didn't really like this story in the first book because wow you crumpled like tissue paper, what happened to "I won't love you, this is just a transaction"???? Honestly the only saving grace was the fact that she continued with keeping a line drawn in the sand between her and Hugo even though she loved him. However, once we got to book 2 or 3, I found myself liking Lucia more and more. The plot's nothing to sneer at either, it is quite well written and sometimes I enjoyed the plot parts more than the smut. While I didn't like how their romance started, I slowly fell in Love with Hugo and Lucia as a couple, the fact that they ended up together no matter the time line was a surprise, but an utterly joyous one.

honestly, I say give this book a shot but understand you're not gonna get some revolutionary new story. It's a cliché innocent meet fierce story, but the author's writing skills carry the entire series. <<less
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hewgo10
hewgo10 rated it
October 15, 2019
Status: Completed
Thank you translator for her excellent work.

It's been a long time for me to read novel word by word without skipping. Excellent plot, love the warm feeling of this female lead.

If you want to read something heart warming. You already found it.
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rosesakura95
rosesakura95 rated it
September 1, 2019
Status: c100
90% of the story is about s*x scenes between the FL and ML while the other 10% is about how the FL tries to change her future by marrying the ML and her married life which is pretty boring as practically nothing happens in it apart from the s*x. OK maybe I am exaggerating but that's how it felt for me. Unfortunately it was not as interesting as I thought it would be since you can practically guess everything that will happen and there are too few things that happen so it was not as entertaining for me. It is still a good read if you aren't looking for a story with a deeper plot and lots of action apart from the s*x lol

I think that the fl's character was rather interesting as she knows how to interact with other characters by alternating between soft and hard when needed and doesn't get swept by others "apart from the ml". She can't do anything against that guy and he always gets what he wants. The story could have been more interesting if she put more resistance. The ML is the typical possessive character. He can be cute when they have misunderstandings between them and he tries to explain himself but at the end each one of them understands something different.

Spoiler

The ML falls for her body and doesn't like letting any other guy near her. To be honest rather than saying they love each other in a sentimental way I have to say that the ML is addicted to her body. As for the FL I think she fell for his appearance.

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