I really liked this book's exploration of a colonial relationship between two nations. With that being said, I found the MC really annoying, she was really self deprecating and that got old really fast. One thing that was annoying to me was I felt like the author over explained things and tended to repeat things just a few pages apart, though this became less of an annoyance after the first part.

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I feel like Ruying was too quick to trust Anthony, and took too long to lose that trust. I understand why she helped him but I was surprised that she basically lost all skepticism towards him and his actions. I thought the fact that she gained feelings for him was kind of stupid.