On the one hand, hooray, we're back! On the other hand, what was this. "Villainess" is beyond a stretch here, and the romantic relationship is... Someone having a crush on her, so they decide to not to tell her as she spends her time at war, pair off her crush, get her drunk, and 'nobly' only pretending they slept together (because it's that much better than actually doing so) so societal pressures force her to marry him? What is this nonsense? It's not the worst thing in the series, but ugh, what kind of messed up relationship is that?
I'll need to do more re-reading to figure out just where I rate this, but dang, this would probably be low.