@EpicJa:
Eh... Specifically, my issue wasn't that it's slow-moving. I too, have plenty of patience for series coming out slowly, and indeed furthermore slow-paced romances are frequently right up my alley, and I know the practical authorial consequence of that.
I was instead trying to convey, since I
was feeling impatient here when I read your comment and thought it might be relevant, that that impatience was rather
specifically because a large amount of time was spent going through an earlier-story-arc
while we were waiting on a cliffhanger. It is a minor pacing issue and doesn't ruin the work or anything, but it was definitely something that I felt.
If anything, really, this was
moreso a problem because I read this far in one sitting, otherwise I'd have sooner "forgotten" whatever tensions there were when the flashback started... As I already have by now, not a week later, frankly.
It should be noted for the avoidance of doubt that none of this is terribly important, I think. I'm not stating otherwise, at any rate. Any displeasure I have with the pacing is a matter of only most minor of annoyances or critiques.