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The story at the beginning is pretty cliche. Poor girl marries rich guy to pay off debt: simple. However, from there, it takes some dark psychotic turns, and instead of going down the cliche jealousy route, everyone's using someone for something. It's very fast paced, so you likely won't get too bored. If you ever do, wait it out for a chapter or two, because it moves so quickly that you'll be caught up in a new subplot by then. There's an overarching plot that makes sense, but some of the plot points and motives aren't explained very well. The pace was pretty nice up until the end, where it lost major points.

I didn't really like the ending. It was awfully cheesy, everyone was just fo I feel like the author was given a deadline so she just threw stuff together to finish off the series. I enjoyed it until then, honestly.

The art wasn't too impressive in the beginning (I didn't like it at first) but it soon grew on me. I probably didn't like the art because I was used to sharp-jawed men with massive shoulders compared to the realistic, lithe men that the author drew. The main character and all the women are drawn beautifully though, so they didn't go wrong there. The clothing is all gorgeous as well. Definitely pleasing to the eye.

The characters were so-and-so. The characters reminded me A LOT of Hokuto and Chiwa from Hapi Mari, especially with the whole 'bastard child takes over company' deal and the 'woman of a poor family with irresponsible men who create debt had to sell herself for money but instead got bought by a rich man who will pay off her debt' trope. There were a few events when I was sure they were copied plot points entirely. Regardless, the psychotic love triangle aspect of this gives it a unique touch that separates it from Hapi Mari, even if by a little. The characters weren't very well developed in my opinion, but there was at least a little bit of fluctuating personality, even if they weren't really round.

I enjoyed this a lot mostly because I adore shojos and the arranged marriage trope is always a lot of fun.

Overall, I give this a 6.

I would recommend if: you like arranged marriage AUs, you like shojos, you like love triangles, you like a little bit of obsessive tendencies in side love interests, you like Hapi Mari, you like hot business dudes in suits, you like fast-paced things

I would NOT recommend if: you want something slow, you wanted something extremely focused on the romance itself opposed to everything else, you are opposed to love triangles, you hate cliches

NOTE: I will say that I read the first two chapters of this and then I put it on hold. It didn't keep my attention at the moment, so I moved on. I have a thing about not finishing mangas or anime, so I finally came back to read it and found it to actually be quite exciting. So if you're disappointed by the start, don't let that be a reason for you to drop it. Give it a chance! :)

Have a great day!