• Kyrie: A typical aristrocrat till her bones, she is the perfect "Blue Blood" (blue blood is a term used for aristrocrats), Has a very high sense of responsibility towards citizens, people. A quality which is seen in rulers. The only normal people around her are Laura, Maria I wouldn't consider MarryAnne coz she did showed a slight obsession (obsession is a wrong word here but I would say "blind love") with Kyrie (it can be seen in vol 2). She isn't greedy at all, she just wants to play her role as the daughter of Count Buchanan, protect her precious ppl.
• Nathaniel: An existence made from all kinds of evil that comes from humans and from Earth. He was there even before humans existed so just imagine the firm foundation of his beliefs and thinking process. He is the King of Winter. Death angel (that's what I assumed) he is basically a black existence, the shell of human he takes us coz he wants to be with humans he actually like humans he wants to fit in but he is so powerful, so strong, that it's impossible for him to fit in with humans. Once Kyrie said, it's like a prince is trying to fit in among beggars which is absolutely true. Now this existence has been betrayed by humans so much that how can he be shaken up by a single human? And tbh he did got shaken up in vol 2 but he vaguely realised that if he gets betrayed by Kyrie, he would really break this time so he dragged her to the end of the cliff

Now I think I have given a clear gist of the character's background. The story by no means is a fluffy romance or our typical "obsessive love" of humans... no honey pls go back if u r here for your heart warming romance, this is psychological thriller novel. The reason why this novel is so good is because of "Nathaniel" this character is so good and so unique that even as a reader u get attracted to him so I totally understand why the people around him just want him nd use him. He was made so that everyone gets seduced (not physically but mentally, emotionally) he just makes you obey him. He makes you greedy.

For the first time he saw an existence who isn't Greedy now u tell me what he will do if a very small existence is very unique and precious? Ofc put it in his drawer. Yet tbh he held it in for a good amount of time only if that royal family didn't f*ck up. So he went into madness because of the royal family f*cking it up. They blasted his patience and now, suffer.

If u r in for thriller, psychological thriller, obsession, and dark theme... this is for u, dark nd obsession tag doesn't necessarily has to come with smut and this novel proved it. You don't have to mix body with the FL to show your obsession. Nope not at all.

This novel shows how to f*ck A PERSON MENTALLY

So "people" who complained about not having ✨Romance✨ pls stfu and get out.

Now translation quality....

This is the translator's first project and tbh the quality jumped up as the chapters increased, I really like translators who improve themselves while translating novels. Anyways at the end of the novel the reader can notice how the translator has changed herself and improved her quality. So yes at the start it might me a bit annoying (?) But as u go on reading it would be a lot better, you can start reading from the point where the manhwa season 1 ended but the manhwa is going on a different direction as compared to the novel, it isn't exactly following the novel so few might want to know the plot more closely, so it depends on people

he locks her, threatens to kill people she knows if he she doesn't say his name and actually makes her think he killed them, treated her like shit, and when she escaped from him he set up a whole city with people he hired and made Kyrie think she's safe all because he likes to see her cry tf ? There's more but I don't really remember because it's been like 4-6 months since I've finished the novel

tbh my heart broke when he said this (cruelty) was the only way he knew how to show "love".

even though it backfired on her and then she went crazy but yeah

The world is a fantasy setting. There is magic. There are kingdoms.

Kyrie and Nathenial's relationship develops more, we can see that Natheniel grows to be more possessive for Kyrie. By the later chapters, it gets even more toxic.
This is what happens when you read a male yandere / psychopath tag. This is also a psychological thriller.

Nathaniel has a clear power dynamic that is "overpowers" others. This is based on his history, abilities, and power. He is not human. He does not follow human norms. He is "the end" from the legend after all. At the beginning of the novel, he is seen as a mysterious "noble." He knows how to be elegant and has social etiquette. As the story progresses, you start to learn more about him. He wants to possess Kyrie.

Kyrie is "interesting" to him. She woke him up, she does not ask or greed for his power. She talks to him, plays chess with him. She is overall like a companion to him. In the book, Kyrie is compared to like a pet. He finds a lot of the world, boring. This is due to him living for a long time. He is immortal after all. To an immortal, a human's existence is so fragile and short. It can also be insignificant.

He is a very interesting character. Just don't apply human morals or standards to him. He simply does not understand them till certain points in the story. Although you can't completely forgive him for all the horrific acts he has done. Throughout the story, you'll find that Nathaniel goes through a 'growing' journey just as much as Kyrie.
His crazy insanity starts around Chapter 40. That's where all the horrific events start to truly happen since the people of the world do not understand the consequences of the wrath of an immortal.
I find Kyrie a really likeable female lead. She has a strong personality but not to overly powerful. She comes from a respectable family, knows her social etiquette, and generally tries to be neutral as possible. She is really just looking after herself given how the environment around her is treating her.

Kyrie also has a strong sense of responsibility despite her father treating her like a material object for the familial gains. He is your typical really bad neglectful (abusive) parent. Overall, her entire family is one part of the toxic environment Kyrie is in.
She does have some likeable friends or allies in the story like MarryAnne. 80% of the people around Kyrie are pretty toxic. Her father, the royal family, and the nobles in some of the social events.

As the story progresses, Kyrie has to endure a lot of trauma. Trauma that is inflicted by Nathaniel's actions and the people's actions around her. She and Natheniel will go through a mental journey of trauma and healing.

One of the themes is "finding love." Its hard to put it as romantic love, but love can be in many forms. I Nathaniel and Kyrie both have different versions of love. They both have to find it.

Over all, this is a good read if you are into psychological trillers. This has very little to do with romance really. The romance tag comes extremely late.
The ending is an happy ending. I can find that understandable that some readers may not be satisfied that Kyrie and Nathaneil end up together happy.
It satisfied me enough for the review. The extra stories are fairly cute.