Status Updates From Die Gabe des Winters

Well, on a technical level, this is not particularly well-crafted. The whole ending is a bit too convenient and rushed. I was sort of invested in the romance aspect even though it was far from what I was hoping for.

I might not know where this is going, but I'm still going with this basically being a Beauty and the Beast retelling. I like it well enough as long as I don't start thinking too much about it.

This isn't even particularly well done (a bit too Beauty and the Beast esque for my liking while basically nothing happens) and yet I'm so starved on this kind of romance that I can hardly put it down.

You know my fave guilty pleasure trope combo is all about enemies to lovers with a dark and mysterious (more or less) evil love interest, but please. Maybe don't make her think he looks kinda hot when she was basically just emotionally manipulated to give up her life two minutes ago and now finds out what's expected of her. We could start with either burning hate or bottomless fear ...