어느 날, 눈 떠보니 소설 『달의 마음을 녹이는』의 악녀, 유니페 마그놀리아가 되어버렸다. 남주 이시드 루크렌체를 사랑했던 소설 속 유니페는 여주 라엘을 괴롭히다 그녀의 전 남자친구인 카시안에게 죽임을 당할 운명이다.
그나마 다행인 건, 원작 시작 한참 전인 마법사 아카데미 입학식 날의 유니페에 빙의했다는 것. 원작과 같은 불행한 결말을 맞고 싶지 않기에, 유니페는 이시드와 라엘을 피해 무사히 아카데미 졸업에 성공한다.
하지만 원작 시작 1년 전, 유니페는 그토록 피해 다녔던 이시드와 아주 진하게 엮여버리고 만다. 단순한 해프닝이라고 생각한 유니페와는 달리 하룻밤 관계는 하지 않는다 단호하게 말하는 이시드. 결국 유니페는 이시드와 라엘이 가까워지기 전까지만 이시드와 만나기로 결심하지만 어째서인지 이시드와 라엘의 관심은 서로가 아닌 유니페 자신을 향하고 있었다. 당황스러운 것도 잠시, 이야기가 원작대로 흘러가지 않는다는 것을 깨달은 유니페는 마법사들의 나라 로비티아 제국에서 주체적이고 영리하게 사랑을 쟁취하고자 한다.
aug 2024 completed: 87 chapters + 17 special chapters
actual rating: 4.5 stars this review is for the whole series.
so. freaking. adorable!!!!!! i loved yunifer and ishid!!!!! omg, the communication, the visual, the love. everything was done perfectly. i appreciated that there was no third party involved (i don’t think ishid would even allow that to happen.) ishid had a rough childhood – with his father blaming him for killing his mother and then the trauma of witnessing his father’s death and, on top of that, the emperor was an abusive tyrant. he grew up fearing his fire powers and stayed away from yunifer even though he was interested in her.
fast forward, at a ball, they met and had a one night stand which yunifer wanted to pretend it’s all a mistake since ishid will be meeting the actual female lead one year from now. however, ishid’s reactions melted her and they started dating. i loved ishid’s contrast when he’s with yunifer vs when he’s with other people. they had never truly seen him happy or smiling prior to yunifer. his trauma due to his childhood was pretty upsetting and i loved that yunifer slowly healed him by showing him that he is loved and is loveable.
as for yunifer, she was transmigrated into the novel but adjusted pretty quickly. i liked that she is headstrong and kind. she knew when she needs to give space for ishid and when she could push him a little bit more. her relationship with her father is quite sad as well. i think it’s hard for him to reconcile with his past guilt, but yunifer is showing him that everything is okay and that they can move forward together. she truly healed many people throughout the book.
i kinda wished we had cassian and raella’s story, but i guess it’s just not meant to be. the overall plot of the emperor and the monsters was quite interesting as well, considering i was just looking forward to a fluffy romance. overall, i had so much fun. i finished this so quickly.
definitely one of my favourite manga/webtoon series.
I am reading things so fast, not even bothering to review them once I have read it and it's become a troublesome habit now. Let's get on with the review. :)
A Korean woman wakes up as Yuniper in her favorite novel, but she is here way early. Her entire plot in the novel is that of a villainess who harasses the pretty sweet heroine and dies by the hands of the hero. But Yuniper is determined not to die here when she finally has powers, and she is pampered. So, she avoids getting in troubles. Surprisingly though, she wakes up in the bed of the ML she should have avoided to avoid death altogether. Turns out the ML is as much into her as she is into him. The sexual tension is amazingly captured and will leave you wanting more. ;)
Overall, a beautiful manhwa with wonderful character growth & the heroine and villainess aren't trying to kill each other for once. Does it for me. Of course, an eye-candy hero and his wonderful character makes it more worth.
Actual rating: 3.75/5 stars Note: I read this book in a vietnamese version thank to a translator team who took their time and their dedicate to manage all this series to the ending. Ooh this book is simply just full of romance or what? But on the other hand, it fully focus on the two main protagonists and everyone love those two, so well I couldn't ask for more. Though I'd love to have more of back stories for Ishid and Raelle, we all needed more explications about his traumas and how those two who were destiniated as main protagonists before Yunifer's reborn could come together. And cross fingers that I'll finish this series soon, maybe today would be best
still good, but the side characters could have had a bigger focus (except for the FL's dad, he was a great and fleshed-out side character with a complete arc)