perfectly pleasant! how I love reading unrealistic queer stories set in different times🥲🥲🥲 tbh I think j liked the concept of this more than I actually liked the execution (two children of monarchs that hate each other are betrothed since birth, but they're both gay and pretend to be in love to appease their parents... um hello????) there was a month time skip which just felt unnecessary as nothing changed in the entire month, why couldn't it have been 2 days? also gwens plotline of standing up for people could have been developed a lot more, there should have been more instances where she had to make choices before the final thing she does. also the whole battle came out of nowhere! wtf! I found the politics quite boring and the culmination of it felt very out of place. I did love the friendship between gwen and arthur and also I was so glad that agatha called out gwen's not-like-other-girls-ish behaviour! I was pleasantly surprised! so while this was great in principle, there were a few things I took issue with but overall a fun story, this would make an excellent movie! 3.5 stars