Having read this Royal Road story up to Chapter 17 as I write this review, I would say it has potential. The plot is rather slow, so it's hard to judge it at the moment because it's only at the beginning, but it's a good start. The universe is deeply constructed and the author strives to be original in every detail rather than copying middle-age human society (or at least its representation in pop culture). For example, toilets are rooms called "green rooms" filled with plants and mushrooms to compost waste. The heroine doesn't have the memories of the previous occupant of the body, so she pretends to have memory problems, and it detracts from the realism a bit that the other kobolds are relatively indifferent to the fact that she has forgotten even the most basic things. But I suppose it's a scriptwriting necessity to make us discover this world at the same time as her.

The only real potential problem is the abundance of neologisms to designate concepts invented by the author such as social structures, rituals, foods, magic items, etc. Warning: they are not useless since they designate things that have no equivalent in our language, but they quickly become numerous and if they are not used regularly, you risk not remembering them. It would be nice if the author added a glossary.

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I quite like the series. It is written well and I enjoy the rich worldbuilding, of which we have seen anly a tiny bit so far. There are elements of mystery in it, which hooks reader well. Characters are interesting.

Would like to read more, but it went on hiatus just as plot started to pick up the pace 🥲

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