What a useless heroine. At first it was refreshing because she was the first heroine of her kind I had read about, but by gosh she was unlikeable. The first time after she ended up in bed with the hero, she ran off right after that for an entire 2 years without at all contacting the hero, who was her husband, even if it was just in name. Then she turns up to get a divorce so that she could gain money for the children she wanted to take care of. 2 years. She ran off for 2 years to take care of her children without at all contacting the hero, who she presumably loved. The hero had his stupid faults in promising money then cancelling his end of the deal twice over and using money to get her into his bed, but even when he pressed her to find out about her situation, she was entirely reluctant in letting him know. 'It's hard to explain about my step-brother so I simply won't say a thing.' was pretty much what she thought. There was no setup for some sobby abandonment issues, so I don't really understand why she has such huge insecurity issues with trusting, despite thinking somewhat that she loves him. Nothing like a floor mat, in her defense, but just really unlikeable and unbelievable as a character anyway.

I would've rated this a 1 because of its convenient tropes, but because the art was so pretty, I gave it a 2. Luc selflessly abandoned Bronte and her child because he had a good reason to, but once that reason was gone he selfishly tried to get her back in his life by threatening and blackmailing her. When he found out about his child, he even threatened to take her away from Bronte, the exact one thing she feared. Bronte forgives him really easily after finding out about his reasons. Luc and his mother both guilt-trip Bronte for making them miss out on 1 year of Ella's life, when she did already try to contact Luc. But soon after this, his mother thanks Bronte for making Luc so happy. If I have to say there's a character written almost properly and that I liked...it would be Bronte's mother. There are just so many problems with the character writing and maybe it was my fault for taking this seriously...but I'll say that the art is nice.