The story is about Zhaolin and Xueyan, their friendship, their struggles and their love. In beginning chapters, a lot of characters were introduced all at once. This was very confusing. Confusion that will either make readers begin to wonder what significant role will they contribute in the development of the plot and continue reading or put down the novel because of migraine. Slowly introducing the characters followed a brief narration of their relationship with the main characters would have been better. Needless to say, the family dinner should never have been there. Or written much later when readers are slowly acquainted with the characters. The novel had a very slow start but picked up its pace in the succeeding chapters. I like the development of the story. But there are chapters devoted to other characters. It shifted the spotlight to other characters. which again makes me wonder if I'm reading the same novel. Overall I like the story and I can't wait for the continuation of the journey of the two main characters. Congratulations.
