Before I give my opinion I'd like to make it clear that is put the book aside for about two months (for a good reason too) before finally setting forth and finishing the novel.

Liu Yao is a ravishing novel about chosen family. This was also what allured me. It's packed with beautiful character development, fluffy relationships and a bittersweet love story. The connections between the main characters are incredibly touching. All they have been through is all so well written. Although it's a danmei, you don't really get much out of it.

Onto why I took a break. It's plainly because I began to lose my interest from how LENGTHY everything was. Priest, I'll give it to her, CAN WRITE, there were scenes that had entranced me by how she went with her words, everything she portrayed was so unique. It was like candy to my mind. However this novel felt like the slow burn of slow burns. Halfway through (literally) it felt like I had read all the plot. However more just kept pouring in. After picking it up again, the plot began to interest me once more. That was until the last 10 chapters were nearing. In my honest opinion she should've made everything past them re-entering Fuyao sect extra chapters