This author is just not for me. I gave up on The Wife is First around the same point.
I can excuse a story for being plotless if the characters are good, and I can also excuse a novel if the characters are not that well crafted but the plot delivers. This novel fails on both ends. The premise is cute (royal family of kittens!) but the execution is just so. Boring. I’m looking at those 68 chapters left and all I feel is dread. Better stop here.