I WANTED MORE! In fact I'm going to look for more books by this author ... the romance was REALLY subtle. - And maybe I was expecting too much considering the AN like I thought it'd be an explosion of well ... if not LOVE at least like some warm fuzzies but we don't really get that. Man ML does NOT value his life. And there's a bit too much deus ex machina imo [literally no explanation of how her sister just magically appears, esp when Chenlou or whatever LITERALLY BURIED HER CORPSE like before the book starts so ...] - or the beginning was kinda ... whut? And I ... at times think the ~translator might've missed c/p-ing the translation of whatever she was using... *sigh* Nevertheless - interesting plot and characters, I wish there was more character development/focus. I'll be thinking about this book more I imagine - interesting to come across a FL who is ... essentially a bad person. ML definitely fell harder imo ... although FL is VERY possessive like as soon as he's her person she'll tear the world apart for him. :X to their omg parenting style though 😱 [lol and it :X kinda seems like they also spawned bad people...] I like that ML could be either good or bad/obviously he was both/everyone was, but I mean, he could be either EXTREMELY noble ... or he could be BAD - and he was ... fine going either way, really. [Although imo he leaned more to the former considering how much he was trying to save the world and how easily he sacrificed himself constantly, and didn't care about his own reputation etc for the bigger picture....] I really liked these two.
B+ ~*~*~*~*~ A Hairpin of Snow
Prologue a) WTAF b) poor Ji YuYao
1 er random Ji YuLuo popping up… Ok glad for the AN cuz I was like how TF did nobody know they’re twins?? Guess we wait and see
2 is the 3rd sister Ji Xuanyi actually good? And why is the mom a stupid relentless POS wtf
3 oh FL is actually a courtesan’s daughter maybe? WTF POS dad - and how does concubine Gu know they were twins but nobody else seems to? And where is the timid twin?
5 ML is Huo Xian, courtesy name Zhe’an. I knew he actually wanted to save the tutor as soon as he rode at him
6 dammit so ES2 lives? And … was FL’s twin murdered saving her life?
10 Is Lou Panshun now the sickly sect leader Xie Subai of that whatever martial thing (the Cuixue tower) that goes against the jinyiwei?
11 wow her dad is an even bigger POS than I thought (and WHERE did the weak big sister go?) … and where was FL raised?
12 what is Ji YuLuo’s relationship with Xie Subai & vice versa?! And 😿 why doesn’t anyone care about the oldest twin?
13 😐 so the birth mother You Daiyue wasn’t good either - or at least was driven to murder
14 oh no - so JYY was killed by that concubine (Gu or You? 😖)
15 lol to her not wanting to serve tea to her shit “parents” - nicely done! Oof glad XSB saved her - but SERIOUSLY - WHAT IS THEIR RELATIONSHIP?!??
😡😡😡 17 I don’t like dude squeezing her arm. Fucker. He better fall in love FAST then have to desperately win her over…
18 lol did she save consort Xi <.< after basically pushing her into the pond - thanks rock! - so she could freely enter the palace?
21 😅 how is FL so bold as to murder in the palace but 🤷🏻♀️ ShengXi ID’d her so. And what did that Zhao guy do to her back when?!
24 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ argh our girl isn’t that smart. Shoulda just let the glass bottle break
32 omg what did he shackle her to?! Also that stupid guy who dragged FL into this mess 😡😡😡
34 Interesting - her master is Xie Qiao, Xie Subai’s uncle. … how is Xie Qiao connected to Lou Panshun?! Same person, or same sect?!
35 😐 Huo Cong is annoyingly stupid (ML’s younger half brother). FL has maybe noticed ML is poisoned
41 😱😹☠️💯 amidst their water fight she accidentally touched/grabbed his dick?! And he started to get hard?! Lolol 💯
43 😹😹☠️ she horfed on him in the carriage?!
(44?)wtf did the shitty previous emperor do to him?! He ruined ML’s life - literally ☹️ was it the poison/gu bug?! Def 44 lol their fight
46 Omg the death of poor little 8 yo Qiao Xun (& his entire family) made me tear up
52 … oh shit wait is Xie Subai the former crown prince?
O.o 54 violent kiss that *she* initiates. And holy shit how seriously did she bite him (and ew)
55 confirmed - XSB is a/the former prince… 🫤 Don’t love he wants to murder ML (😱 Will he want to murder FL too?!)
64 ok so XSB is Changsun Lianyu the precious grandson? Son? of the deposed perfect CP Huaijin (Ugh “translator” & MTL use 😒)
68 c/p error. (ML’s stupid dad is so stupid)
71 wait did he come in the bath water? Also ugh I think part of the text is missing 🫤
88 lol ML feeling hurt it seems FL feels nothing for him - she is indeed cold. Still not as bad as her evil POS dad
91 lol FINALLY that scene from the blurb!!! I’d been WAITING for it!!!
98 I truly don’t understand the actions of XSB. (And why never tell FL his feelings?!)
99 wait so do they have sex or not?!
100 finally sex! 🙃 but she leaves immediately after. Which has been the plan - in fact he knew of it before her …
101 😹☠️ ML telling his former wet nurse he’s fallen out of favor (also 🙄 how could a gold bead on the belt ever smell like him, author). And who is spying on FL?! Friend foe?! Well, friend adjacent likely but…
102 I have questions about that [abbess?] Jingchen & I REALLY hope she finds the antidote…
104 I guess at least Xiao Yuanjin loves his servant- too bad M/M relationships clearly okay then (also I thought she was going to kill Zhao Baihe cuz his rapey subordinates?) And ooo ML is back?! 🤞💯
😅 105 thank god she’s pretty good at martial arts or she might not survive their sex life
106 Marquis Xuanping is stupid AF & Don’t deserve his son
108 😱😅 omg did she literally rip a guy’s arm off?!
109 oh god I feel sick. Jingxuan is dead… only one antidote left, Zhao Yong escaped & is causing chaos … my poor stomach
112 XSB you fucking rat bastard. The ONLY most good guy is ML & he’s going to be executed as a scapegoat? You fucking eat fucker XSB you monster.
113 oh it was all a big scheme - but the risk is 50000 … but what… the entire plan falls apart if FL takes ML away - if she even can… And eat your heart out XSB. (Though I do in part maybe get why he never revealed his feelings)
114 interesting XSB is layers of jealous of ML; he’s jealous ML has actually stayed a good person (despite appearances). And that FL likes ML. … I don’t trust Ao Zhi/think she’s right that XSB wouldn’t actually hurt ML though. I think he would. Although this was interesting “Ao Zhi looked at her and firmly said, ‘Even if he wanted to, he wouldn't because you like him. When has His Majesty ever stopped you from doing what you like? Anyone in the world can blame him, except you. His Majesty has already-‘"
118 phew yay she found him
125 I knew it! I knew the woman by Jingxuan was JYY! Hi big sis! (Well, I expect my speculation to be confirmed the next c)
128 ahhhh end of main text. And he’s back in the Hou family? But he doesn’t give a shit about them… lol to keeping him shackled <.< did JYY fall for XSB? I say 10000% yes. But 😒 does he like her back
130 (e3) [.1?] his self righteous “I’m exorcising demons so you won’t have nightmares” as a reason/excuse for sex 😹💯
131 e4; ah XBS regrets it a bit. It seems … maybe she’s not entirely clients of his feelings?! MAYBE?! … ML def knows it
133 e6.2 pregnant!
134 ahhh 9th year of Prince Ning’s reign - well lol so emperor now… and ML & FL have ~8 yo twins!
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