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I was almost scared off of danmei by "The Heaven Official's Blessing" which assumed the reader has extensive knowledge of Chinese history/lore/mythology.

You do not need anything like that for this novel. And it gets to the yearning, romancey stuff pretty quickly. My kind of book! I am so glad I did not allow "Heaven Official" dissuade me from danmei all together!

Slow. Gid it is so slow. And why do we get reintroduced to the characters every chapter?

This book of essays is incredibly mundane. The author reeks of "I'm not like other girls" energy. So completely lacking self awareness. I almost stopped reading when she casually mentions she's on Ozempic, like it's the most normal thing in the world to be on. I'm guessing she's one of those rich ladies who takes Ozempic even though she's not morbidly obese or diabetic.

I'm completely enamored with this series. It has its problems, but my GOD does it have the best (practically) canon ship that's enthralled me in a very long time. And the stories are an interesting spin on the Sherlock tales. It's even got me reading the books and watching 1980s series (very good btw).