I don’t see the appeal for this series despite the nice artwork. Everything irritates me. 

In these types of reincarnation-revenge or 2nd chance stories, the author always succeeds in you (read: readers) hating everyone. 

Aristia’s situation is just depressing. The new empress is annoying. Emperor acts like someone spat in his cereal and just has this all-intense hatred for Aristia that makes no sense whatsoever. He’s feces on a hot summer day. I never enjoyed seeing this guy around. Aristia is understandably sad and pining for her lost position and the trashy Emperor, so she has this sad sack temperament. 

Now, that Aristia has a do-over she has a chance to make more meaningful connections. I think we see a glimpse at why Emperor dude (no, I will not call him by his name) hates Astria, but it’s still stupid and childish. In this new timeline, Aristia has a papa who loves her and another young royal who has a crush (?) on her. 

As of now, the cast is not exciting nor the plot. But my library is buying book 2, so I’ll give that a chance before I consider dropping this series.