TLDR. Barely a shoujo romance, it's more on noble politics. There's not enough drama. It's still enjoyable, and I recommend reading it.
Politics -- 10/10 deliberate and subtle
Romance -- NA it has slow progression, and it's only a natural occurrence while fleshing out important characters more than being a genre it explores
Art -- terrible at first, but it started to improve by around ch 40+
Characters -- bad at first, but they were properly fleshed out outside politicking plots.


The early chapters were kind of low quality as a comic. The art was mid, the dialogues were bland, and the characters barely felt as characters more than drawings. The story was also slow.

Starting from around ch 50, there's been a noticeable improvement. The progress remains to be slow, and the schemes and plot were complicated. This manhwa is mainly court politics drama. It came to a point that it took me so long before I got thrilled with romance aspect. I'm still at ch 140~ so idk if the time travelling complications were properly delivered.

I'm continuing to read because I've been emotionally invested to all the politicking happening, but beware that there are a lot of side characters and family names involved. It won't be easy to follow through the plot if you're not paying attention. It's not because this is made cleverly complex, and it's a downside to have too many character names.

Since it has addressed its initial flaws, I think it's only okay to say that this manhwa is highly recommended. It offers something fresh and unique with how it's made to follow the schemes of the villainess.

The MC didn't come off as OP for being a regressor, and we follow through her efforts of gaining power. It's worth the read for its fluid delivery of such kind of story. The characters were fleshed out especially the MC even before S1 ended. Even the noble families aren't as irrationally and frustratingly vexing for their naivety, and they were shown agency without dumbing them down for the sake of elevating the MC's character. There are subtleties among the many characters while having sufficient narration.

I love this guy more lol

Oh damn, I thought he's only like early 20s lmao

Wow I love this chapter

Yeah how could people think she's ugly. She's so pretty make her steal the spotlight

She looks so delicate yet capable of such things

Wtf this all is so complicated. MC must be using her old info for free in this reincarnation now. Love it

Kinda sucks dialogues feel blank because of the art

If that ain't romantic from another's perspective, what else would be

Oh, I see. He fell from power despite being a duke because he ran away from politics. Geez.

Bruh this Duke is clearly naive.

Girl said something so shocking while someone's drinking

I bet Lawrence got their mother killed

Oh no, I caught up without realizing...

Shirtless with that collar necklace... kinda gay im sorry

Like bitch wdym you're gonna let the fortress fall. Everyone's gonna die when that happens, that should be common sense. Go send a reliable informant you can trust yourself

Whatever character development falls on that 2nd brother, I'm gonna hate him he's so fucking dumb. Monsters are worse than humans hello?

Poor girl, almost teared up from this

This fight is insane.

Fucking hell that's so fucking sad