4.22 AVERAGE

challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced

Honestly one of the best novels with a manhwa adaption I've read so far!

I can't wait for the Castillo and Penelope scenes to happen in the manhwa 😭 I love them so much!

I read all 231 chapters in like 3 days and this webnovel was amazing! I loved Penelope! She really did not go there to play, she went there to win and she did not stand for anybody's shit! It's really refreshing to have such a practical heroine who doesn't get swayed by the potential love interests! The world building was fleshed out, the characters were distinctive and the plot was pretty good as well. The only thing is that the translations for this webnovel are pretty awful because I think they're mostly machine translated so basically from google translate.

Summary: A girl gets addicted to a game where she has to get 100% favorability from one of the five main guys in order to win. She unlocks a hidden ending and gets transported to the body of the female villain of the story. Her real life backstory isn't that different from the villain's and she works to try to get the favorability of the guys before the main girl arrives. In the game, she's the spoiled and temperamental step-daughter of a duke and the main girl is the bio daughter who disappeared 6 years ago. The main male leads are her two asshole step-brothers, the crown prince, a marquess mage and a slave who becomes her bodyguard.
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DID NOT FINISH

DNF @ chapter 44

will pick it up later

2.5/5 the manhwa is better but i did kind of cry at one point so ._.
adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious relaxing slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

It was fun and I liked the plot and the main characters but the story kept dragging on at some point and I had to force myself to complete it.