I was so confused for the first few chapters. We only hit the present at the end of chapter 3, and the history seems to be overly detailed/complicated and some things just dont make sense.
- dark folk become very light...why? And now red hair? Umm...okay then
- betrayal out of nowhere that apparently was pretext so she would kill him (this better get explained in the story, cuz it makes no sense to me and there's not much i find more aggravating than random drama)
- Martina becomes empress without any problem..she jjst slashes things down
- she ups and leaves
- attendant becomes king lolwhat
- peace everafter?
- beast curse sort of just thrown in there without context for the curse (or magic in general)
Honestly, the backstory/history sounds like a tryhard attempt at including politics and world building...but it's over the top imo.
ALL THAT SAID,
I'm a sucker and I'm here for romance and an active/capable FL, so part of me hopes he has reincarnated like she has.