The author said and I quote"read my new novel. You won't regret it."But I do regret it. This novel is not bad per say but it is mid compared to the other novel "The conqueror's path". I had high expectations because I thought it would be better than that but I was wrong. The characters are bland, their interaction and relationship looks forced. And most of the dialougues come out as cringe. All these things worked in the author's previous novel because we knew that we mc was behaving that way intentionally but here it falls disgracefully. Even the heroines that are introduced so far are not as likeable as they should be. As for the reason why I am only mentioning bad points, it's because almost every other review talked about its good things.3.5 if i take out my frustaration and disappointment from rating