@LiliasLilac I've actually read all 40 chapters, I guess it's just a matter of preference but I enjoyed the pacing! I think it was definitely well written.
I think Kuran (the brother) shows that he cares for his sister in a way that's antagonising or abrasive. I think he resents his sister because he believes that she's lived a perfect life up until now and doesn't have to fulfil certain expectations to the extent that he thinks she does, whereas...
@SirangWuxian
My point is that her depression prevented her from doing what a normal mother would. For us readers it's very easy for us to say she should've have left or acted differently, but for someone like her whose sister is the crown princess or who has now become apart of the royal...
I LOVED the Baroness!!! Her actions show that there are people who understand how debilitating depression, and in this case the issues that come as a result of having a child, is!