Review Detail of CCmei in Dandelion Lover - Taken Down

Well it's been months since this was updated and even longer when the author asked for a review but here it is. (better late than never?) Personally, it's just not the type of story I'm interested in, so I tried not to let that influence this reading and review. I think there's a lot of good points and themes the author was trying for, Much approved of getting out of toxic relationships and character growth from who you are to something more I just didn't see it here. I get the point, but story-wise it wasn't delivered. Overall it read like an office drama? Some parts were realistic yes but like....at most 30% at most? It's fine we're not reading for business accuracy. It's just too stiff to be believable. A little too puppet and lines. A lot like a highschool drama instead of ***** issues? Sure we got some divorcees and supposed company drama but it felt...fluffed up? English wise it gets a lot better over time as chapters go on, less long winded boring details. But I still can't get into the characters let alone the main 'couple'. That's the deal breaker for me. The whole time I was trying to get into them but I just felt nothing. I don't see why they're into each other at all except maybe how the ML is emotionall vulnerable and has some infantilization fetish for the sweet 'vanilla' scented FL. The supposed steamy scenes also didn't interest me, couldn't get into them at all. Sometimes it made sense bc you can't alwasy explain attraction and other times it was just "Well where did that come from?". I appreciate the author trying to buid before getting all into it. They both were written with a lot of room for character development and I like how to FL was this meek insecure woman who was trying to climb up and find herself. Again I just didn't see it delivered. A of potential in different areas was hinted but they fell short.