I got to know this story through the webtoon. And its the first time I have to say that this aspect was better exposed in the drawings than in the writting, since here we can see much more of the inner monologue of the characters, and yet it was still well done.

I'll just talk about the most vivid example, Roxanna, our MC. She is a woman that in the beginning of the story shows the many facets of her character. She IS an Agriche, nevermind she had a previous life, she was molded into the beautiful and strong woman we see. She is someone who unconsciously lives as a manipulative and ruthless character but that tries to keep the goodness of her heart from her previous world. She became hardened by her environment and can only show her feelings in a distorted way, but her contradiction attracts the many characters around her - be it her brothers, Cassis or the other guys in her life.

You can see it clearly when Cassis is first held a captive and she often thinks about saving him... of course, in the she often says its because of 'survival', but the destructive way she is living and her lack of overall care about her own well-being makes the reader wonder "just how reliable is this narrator"? You can see how much she despises what she became, and how hellbent she is into doing 'something', which is not survival, but destroying everythind Land Agriche constructed. She's in for vengeance, but this vengeance is not so "blood-boiling" as we normally see around us. This is a carefully planned vengeance, an apex predator eyeing his prey carefully. Roxanne tolerates no failures.

She likes to talk about earning Cassis trust, while instead of making him trust her she is trying to instill dominance and show who is the boss in their relationship. She puts him into dangerous situations just so he would feel helpless and depend on her... (anyway, we all know that her plans don't go very well, and Cassis ends up softening to the weaknesses she lets out in front of him).

The girl that got nauseous only by reading a book as dark as "Hell's flower" is now a woman who doesn't flinch in the face of madness. Her new life has changed her, forever.

Although Agriche looks like your standart villanous family, all the other families are dark in their own way. You can see that on how the dealings between the other 5 families and the Agriche is exposed here and there. And you can see on the heirs and leaders of the other families too.

And you can see, a character can be judged as bad in a scene and good in the next scene. Its just a matter of perspective and situation. The only reason why Land Agriche (Roxanna's father) is seen as a total evil bastard, its because he has no principles. He's a dark whole that destroys everything around him. Even Mary or the other Agriche children are depicted in the gray area despite their weird hobbies.

Cassis Pendelian, the judge, was also not completely good - he is so mu*derous and over-the-edge for anything that tries to grab Roxanna's attention from him, but he is ofc excellent at repressing himself, a lesson from his childhood. (His relationship with Roxanna, from the POV of a person in a healthy relationship with their partner is very problematic. But this doesn't change my ship, I really like their scenes together).

I think it bloomed quite well, for such setting. And when they got hot with each other... damn, it was like a bomb going 'boom' and they didn't stop xD;

They were not very descriptive, but we are gifted with dialogues and meaningful actions between them. They test each other's boundaries and they try to possess each other in all aspects of their lives. They both represent to each other, something they lacked previously in their lives. Cassis and Roxanna pair is a more extreme case of bad boy x good girl, except that the roles are reversed. And yes, good boys are extremely attracted to bad girls in rl life too. haha.

All in all Dion, Jeremy and Asil (when Nyx appears) are developed in the story. And we get some of the background and childhood for those 3 with Roxanna.

Her relationship with Jeremy and Dion also being warped, from before she knew she was in the novel and acted normally, and after she knew what her family was and that she was in a novel. (In special with Dion, there's several SSs about that).

I didn't feel bad about Nyx when he had his ending. The dead are dead, we must learn to let them go. And so they did it.

But... I felt a bit bad for Dion. He was a character that is the representation of a person living everyday in the coldest of winters, but one day tastes a single day of spring. And since them, he has been living his life as if trying to taste this experience again... but unfortunately there's only winter. - Nevetheless, he has some development, some of his thoughts and struggles are brought each time he appears and when Sierra decides to save him and let go of her hatred. And yes, I pity him too Sierra.

Our MC, Roxana, is a child of Agriche. Think Villain family, mafia kind of thing. The Agriche kids are all trained to kill, to poison, tp torture and such. During the entire novel she, too, will display her ruthless or cunning nature. She is both a seductress and a liar, she plays with the cards she has been dealt with and she is definitely not a soft, innocent kind of protagonist. She could kill her own father and schemed her own siblings to death and she didn't mind destroying her entire family either. She was not a good person, but she is also not a bad person. For this entire novel, it is best to just see her as an ambiguity.

One of the most memorable line that I think perfectly describes her is when she said:

If that was done by any other MC or any other person, it would being a totally different effect than when Roxana said it. This shows the strength of character the author has written. Only Roxana can say such thing making without making it obsessive or creepy.

The ML, Cassis, is also an interesting character. He was quiet but not soft, he was not cold and icy but he was not warm either. He didn't spoil her nor talk too much, but he gives in and indulge her without going overboard. He is not the common ML troupe kind of guy. He was never outspoken with his emotions towards Roxana and he never NEVER demanded anything of her. It was like he just have a tacit understanding of how she is and would accept her no matter what, but he was never giving in or blindly following her or turned into a henpecked husband kind of ML.

Another interesting thing is also Roxana's relationships with her half siblings. It was extremely complex and so real, the hatred and the grievances between them but also the slight affection and empathy they always shared as all of them are born into the Agriche.

I'm gonna focus on the characters because I especially love the characters in here.

I love the FL Roxana. I love her personality and her character. She's strong, smart, beautiful. She's kinda similar to a femme fatale character. I love her growth as a character too. She's well-written imo. And she's a great villainess. She's loving as well. She can be benevolent and deeply caring to those she cares about, but can be brutal and dangerous to others. She doesn't feel remorse 😭

In the beginning, Roxana wasn't able to adjust to her household but after her brother's death she tried climbing up to the top and reaching it. She changed a lot. She have her development in the story too, we can see it as the story goes on. She's great! She's my no. 1 favorite character. I have a lot of things to say about her character tbh (like an in depth?) but idk how to say it 😅 it's kinda hard for me to explain... Overall, she's amazing :D

The ML Cassis is one of the best imo. (I don't see much hype and appreciation for him compared to the other characters :<) He changed so much after the time skip. At first he's the type of person who's good and all, but after the time skip and also because of the influence of Roxana and his stay in Agriche, he changed a lot. I love his character. (There's something more to him I just can't put it into words rn) He's a great lover too. He cares about Roxana a lot. He treats her so well and loves her so much. He supports her and her decision but also make sure that she is safe. Ofc Roxana loves him soooo much too. They never hide to each other that they love each other. One of my favorite thing about the novel (along with the plot and characters) is the romance because it's so good! I love their relationship so much. They like doing physical affection a lot whenever they meet or have private time. Like hugging, kissing, etc. There's a lot of romantic lines that came from him in the novel that I love a lot. Other than that he's doing good as being the heir of the Pedelian's too. He's also a great brother to Sylvia. He cares about Sylvia a lot as a sister. Like giving her compliments, etc.

The side characters are great too. I love the women in this novel. Grizelda, Sylvia, Maria, Pandora, Olin, Sierra, etc. They're great and strong characters on their own as well. (Grizelda, Sylvia, Maria, and Pandora are my faves xD)

Pandora is orca's cousin

Sylvia is described as someone very lovely but she can be very strong too. Especially seen in the og novel "flower of hell". She likes Roxana a lot and supports Roxana and Cassis together. Even hoping/wanting for their marriage and children.

Grizelda, she's really cool. She helps Roxana a lot and likes her too. I like her scenes in the novel xD

Maria is kinda funny at times. She lives with Sierra. And often comes across Deon and even saving him.

About Sierra... A lot of people might say that something bad about her, especially about her being a mother but honestly I can understand her side...

The men on this on the other hand... A lot of them are shitty 😅 Lante dies, Fontaine dies. They died in the Agriche downfall. The og MLs 2/3 of them are not good. Luzark is decent. Noel isn't really horrible but he's not good either imo. (Tbh I kinda feel bad for him with what happened to Dante, one of the person who's been there with him. Dante dies, killed by Deon.) Orca being the worst.

He's not better in this TL either, but rather than mostly on Sylvia his focus is on Roxana now.

Nyx is another character that'll be introduced later on. He's kinda like the main focus later on too. He's a doll from Bertium, made up of Achille's body. They changed his left eye color to magenta, replacing the missing eye when he was disposed. He's different from the former Achille. He did some kinda nasty (?) stuff but he's also kinda pitiful at times. He dies in the SS (Not in the main story) where the memories of Achille is coming back to him. It was sad.

Jeremy is a great younger brother to Roxana. Start to end. He treats Roxana well and loves his sister as a sister. She's one of the only family he had left and treats him like a family. After the Agriche downfall, when Roxana is deciding to die, Jeremy and her meet and said that "I know my older sister has never sincerely laughed." "If I... ... Will you come back if I make Agriche a place where your sister can laugh?" so he tried to build Agriche again, one of the people who helped with the downfall of their house is the same person who tries to build it again. They'll meet again later on (chapter 140) he was crying in her lap, he hasn't seen his sister in a long time.

The relationship of the characters can be pretty complex as well. Especially the Agriche siblings.

Majority of the characters are in like the gray area... Few of them are just black though. (kinda?)