It takes a certain kind of divine skill to achieve this level of absurd stupidity, and it still be one of the greatest, most fun reading experience you've ever had.

Gonna get a bunch of disclaimers out right away:

• This book has no official English license so I picked up a fan translation by Blackbox Translations
• Blackbox Translations only worked on chapters 1 to 45 and, unfortunately, the last 2 chapters of the main story was machine translated (did not realise this until I was on the chapters already ugh)
• Fortunately, I was already reading this together with the manhua so I finished the main story + extras there
• Unfortunately, again, the manhua was a BiliBili Comics exclusive and the platform has been shut down since 2024
• All these to say, this is why there's no Quality rating and also it was bloody hard to experience this as a non-native speaker so proceed with caution

Now that that's out of the way, I absolutely loved reading this book and I can't even begin to explain to you how much. I screamed, I laughed, and screamed even more that I got headaches from them! I'm lucky to have been buddy reading this with @ruiconteur because this is definitely a book that you should not be reading on your own, for the sake of your sanity. I had to slow down and pace myself because it was simply unsafe to keep going and risk migraines and oxygen deprivation if I didn't have someone to scream with. Pagebound didn't even see the worsts of them, trust me.

PEPA is an absolute comedic genius and wields her words with godly precision. Breathtakingly, astronomically stupid characters, but you're not simmering in negative frustration about them??? Absolutely ridiculous situations and predictable miscommunication plot point, but they... work??? So fucking well? How??? God, I don't know but I'm not stupid enough to break the magic and look into it. It's definitely not a book that you should take seriously, the plot is still predictable and, in a way, that comfort and security is part of the fun. It's here to take you on the wildest ride of your life, and then set you back down safely on the ground.

This was short, sweet, and So! Much!! Fun!!! SO MUCH FUN!!!