(Excuse me if I express myself weirdly, English is not my first language and this is my first ever review)
You look at the title and the cover and the first thing you'll assume is that this novel is a generic yuri in the same generic otome game isekai setting. This couldn't be farther from the truth.
Firstly, let me assure you that the world-building and the politics in this novel are surprisingly good. The conversations between the characters about the discrimination of peasants and homosexuals, society changing thanks to the increasing labor movement and how some of the privileged characters (lets remember, in a world based on the Middle Ages) slowly start to comprehend repressed minorities...for me it was just very enjoyable.
Let's not forget about the romance. If you are a massive wholesome roncom consumer like me, you'll need to do some exercise after reading some chapters, otherwise you might get diabetes. At first the relationship between the two protagonists is purely comedical: Claire hates Rei and her response is constantly declaring her love for her in the most extreme ways. However, Claire will slowly open her heart to her and that will lead to lots of sweet, wholesome scenes (starting from the 2nd volume).
Respecting the isekai aspect of the novel, it's not insufferably generic and boring as you would expect. It's mainly used for world-building from the perspective of the protagonist, but her backstory is also really good and fits nicely with the themes of the novel.
As for the negatives, sometimes the exposition in the 1st volume takes a little too long and that could seem kinda boring. This is also the case with some of the secondary characters, which aren't bad, but neither deep enough to carry any scene they are in (again, for me this was a problem only in volume 1).
My favourite scene (spoilers) is chapter 6-4, where the protagonist leaves a nun that though that homosexuals were heretics spechless after spiting fact after fact. And of course that the nun didn't change her mind right away, but she said she would reflect about it and would love to talk with her another day. A nun from the Middle Age. And after that, another nun that had been hiding that she was homosexual and felt as an heretic thanked the protagonist in tears...what a scene.
Finally, this isn't very relevant as there are very few illustrations and you can already see it in the cover, but the art is really good. Just look at the cover from volume 3
I didn't expect to like this novel so much, totally recommend to at least finish volume 1. Hope this review was helpful ^-^19 out of 20 users liked this review