This is an easy, relatively short and sweet read with the caveat that it wrapped up very suddenly and left a number of foundational questions unanswered. The male lead and the stepson's characters and the female lead's interactions with them as a mediator were a refreshing shift of focus from many other stories in this genre. I also enjoyed that there was no "handoff" upon transmigration and so our female lead had to figure out the world and her relationships with others on the go. With that said, I find it hard to recommend for two reasons: the female lead's character feels somewhat shallowly developed, and the ending is quite rushed. Despite 170 chapters we never really get a sense of the lead's actual goals/interests, apart from making money. She lacks the curiosity and empathy that I would normally expect to find in such stories, and this made it hard to like her at many points throughout the story because it took a very, very long time to develop meaningful relationships with her husband and stepson. (In contrast, we are told she rapidly befriends minor characters like a teacher, a neighbor, etc.) The other issue is that there were a bunch of somewhat important unanswered questions because it looks like the author dropped the story--so we get hints of a more complicated background story for the female lead and a complex reason for why she got married to the male lead, but they are both really unexplored and the ending thus feels very abrupt.
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I started then stopped this story because I felt bored with the constant need of hers for Money! I am glad I waited & saw your review!!!! I would have been 🤬 upset at such an ending! ✨Thank You✨
