4.22 AVERAGE


a grumpy bodyguard who knows his feelings for the princess are unrequited? let's go!
adventurous challenging emotional funny lighthearted sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

cordilia_'s review

4.5
adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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cozybritt's review

4.0

I heard so much about this series, and it was def worth the hype. After just the first book I'm hooked! The drama, betrayal, love interests. Yes please!

I also see why everyone is obsessed with Hak lol

If you haven't given this manga a try, def recommend !
mysterious medium-paced

I’ve only ever heard good things about this but honestly, idk how I feel about it. The start was rocky for me. Yona having a crush on her cousin and that being the driving force is ..yuck lmao. But also I found her annoying. 

I’m gonna give it 2-3 volumes and see if it gets any better. I have vol 2 ready to go and I want to believe there’s potential for it to be great. 
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bilingual_introvert's review

5.0
adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Whaaaaat?!?! i came into the series fairly blind besides people telling me that it's good and this thing had me audibly gasping in shock. I thought it was gonna be a romance series, based on the opening something along the lines of Yona trying to convince her dad for it to be okay to marry her cousin or somehow working through those feelings into something more acceptable by the dad. Let me just say I was off. I was WAAAYYY OFF. holy shit. my heart breaks for her. 

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Hannah, thank you so much for recommending this lol. I plan on binging these as quickly as my library will allow lol. 
adventurous emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I know this series is popular but I wasn't expecting to love this first volume so much. It's such a beautiful and emotionally-rich story.

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noxum's review

4.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I've heard MANY people rec this manga and honestly it stands up pretty well! The art style is simplistic but very dreamy and beautiful. The story is compelling right from the beginning and much sadder than I thought it would be but I did go into this story mostly blind so I didn't have anywhere to come from.

I'm really interested to see how this will go -- how the plot will progress, how Yona and Hak will come to grips with and deal with Soo-won's betrayal after the initial shock of it all wears off. I'm locked in!

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