Showing posts with label series: my unexpected marriage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label series: my unexpected marriage. Show all posts

September 28, 2025

My Unexpected Marriage 4

My Unexpected Marriage 4 by Anju Hino

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


It's not exactly an expected ending, but it fits well with the rest of the story. Shin Yu doesn't seem concerned at all about living a different life out in the country, so long as Ren Fa is with him. The bit about the curse is also interesting, though the fortuneteller really is beyond creepy. It's a good thing Shin Yu seems to trust Ren Fa and notices the effort she puts into his meals and helping him recover. Their trip overseas is especially sweet and finding her father well. It never even seems to cross Ren Fa's mind to stay, much to Shin Yu's relief. The ending does indeed feel like an end, but also remains open enough that there could be a continuation of some sort in the future if the series does well and the author was so inclined.

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My Unexpected Marriage 3

My Unexpected Marriage 3 by Anju Hino

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Things seems to unravel quickly here, going from the encounter with the emperor, even kidnapping, and Shin Yu showing up just in time - but at what cost? Ren Fa seems determined to fix things herself before her new family can suffer for her perceived mistakes, but she may end up destroying everything in the process. Shin Yu doesn't seem to believe her, which could be good or bad depending on how this news at the end came to pass in the timing of everything. Was it Shin Yu's last attempt to stop her from going to the inner palace, or is something else amiss given the turmoil the country was already in as they observed from the marketplace and the carriage rides.

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My Unexpected Marriage 2

My Unexpected Marriage 2 by Anju Hino

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Ren Fa may not know much about the way of the nobles especially, but she is slowly able to find her place in her new family and seems to get just the right amount of guidance from her new home to make her way. She even attends a tea party with the empress and the consorts, though the last thing she expected was to come face to face with Ie Hong Liu after she was refused not once, but twice, to join her new household. While it's clear Ie is less than pleased to see Ren Fa and there are a few bumps in the road with how clear her features are as an outsider, her tea and dish are well received. She even inadvertently seems to have made friends with the princess, Ron Shian. There seems to be something on the horizon though.

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My Unexpected Marriage 1

My Unexpected Marriage 1 by Anju Hino

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Leyfa is from a fallen noble family, working to earn money and try to pay off the taxes to free her father from his title so they can live in peace among the commoners. In her quest to pay off this large fee, she didn't expect to meet a foreign woman on a quest to find something blue and gold that is willing to pay the exact amount of money she needs for her father's freedom, in exchange for her. For reasons that are not entirely clear, Shin Yu, the son of the woman who bought her, decides to name her Ren Fa and declares she will be his wife. Perhaps because she comes from so far away and is learning new both their language and culture as she goes, but Ren Fa comes across as genuine while also rather innocent and maybe a tad naive as she is determined to look for the good in everything around her.

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