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Rich and traumatized -- let the vengeance fest begin. To begin with I'll state that I've read and reviewed the other work by this author on this site. It's currently running at over 400 chapters. Keep this in mind at the distribution of stars. This review is valid as of chapter 20. Our young heroine isn't really that young, or I'd have second thoughts about the sabotaged marriage seven years before the story proper starts. We're having our ordinary dose of the extremely rich and powerful, and if they seem decent enough rest assured they had a horrible youth. Hence they really much be very nice even when they behave like jerks. The main plot device is a conditioned will. Unlike most stories using the trope the main character here could probably shrug it all off and tell the others involved to keep the change. The entire will is at most worth a paltry hundred million US dollars, which given the monetary power our main character wields simply isn't worth spending valuable time fighting over. After all our heroine began the story by making a hysterically reckless business decision involving that kind of money in order to save one day. The setting this time is a modern Hong Kong depicted more or less as a sovereign nation, which would have made more sense if the story was set around the millenium. As usual in this kind of story most of the plot revolves around money and power. After twenty chapters we're just leaving the beginning of the story. Don't expect any romance this early on, and since I fully expect another humongous novel it could very well take another twenty chapters to sort out the initial conflicts and plot devices needed to get the story on track and make room for loving emotions. There's a lot of background, and not all of it is served gracefully. After twenty chapters we know more about character backstory than we kknow about the characters acting out the events. To be honest I feel at least half of that background could have been presented later. However, I admit that the huge chunks of backstory also firmly set the ground rules. Now for the stars. Writing quality: Five stars. The first fifteen chapters are presented in more or less impeccable English. After chapter fifteen the language used takes a slight plunge, but I'll chalk it down to a hic-up. There's some sloppy POV-handling as well, but I'm starting to get used to the head hopping by now. So, including the one star handicap I always use for this site I'll hand out the full marks. Updates: Five stars. A minor blemish early on but after that rock solid. Story: Four stars. I complained about backstory earlier. However, it isn't just as simple as that. Knowing the juggernaut this author has already published here I suspect story simply takes a back seat this far. Sure, it's there in the background, and it takes a bite at the readers arse to make certain we don't fall asleep, but it isn't anywhere as important as making us get to know the characters. Character: Five stars. Sure, I might not like the heavy handed infodumping used for smacking me in the head with character motivations, but it sure as hell is there. I know who each character likes or dislikes, and why. We even get some funny quirks and weaknesses shoved down our reading throats. World: Five stars. It's just there in the background, but always present. Strangely enough for a character driven story like this one the setting is the part that's prefectly delivered. Lastly: Give this one another fourty or fifty chapters to get going. You're probably in it for the long ride anyway.

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