This was impeccably good. It did a great job of making me think I was going to dislike an aspect of it, but making me warm up to it very quickly. Loved the characters and the art by the end, and the story, though a bit cliche, is still heartwarming. Though... Can't say I've ever been jumpscared by a sex scene before, but honestly, the suddenness and almost... tone-breaking nature of it makes me love it all the more. I love how much folklore is mentioned too, and having done so much research on stuff on my end, being able to pick a bunch of them out made this super fun to read through. Overall, really enjoyed it!
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To clarify, it wasn't any long-lasting, profound stuff or anything like that, it was like. "Oh, Aella's going to be an out of touch little moron. Nevermind, we actually like him, yay!" I'm mostly just fond of being pleasantly surprised, even if it's a fairly standard inversion of a trope. Sorry there wasn't a more meaningful answer to that question lol