This book starts off really strong, but does not finish off as strong. The book is billed as danmei inspired, and while I do think it hits some of those points superficially, I feel like it does miss the mark in more substantial ways. The setting and characters are not really fleshed out, and there's not a lot of space given for meaningful character growth. The romance aspects also felt rushed and a bit haphazard, it really didn't make sense for them to make the choices they did given how things panned out, or at least not as quickly as it did. I also felt like the explanations were a little out of place and not always needed. I get wanting readers to understand what's being described, but unless it's really crucial, I feel like we don't need to get descriptions of all the inane things. Particularly since the way things are described often was not organically introduced and felt jarring. It also felt like there were too many ideas included, especially in the last half of the book where things need to get tied up but more and more obstacles are introduced. I think this book could have benefited from some better focusing of plot details and giving the characters more growth and interest.