Bloodlines of Fildegard

Putting the disaster in bisexual, in more ways than one.

Despite being the third princess of the Merdragon Kingdom, Darc’s childhood was rather simple: homeschooling, therapy, and spending time with her family. However, the relative comfort and privilege in her life was tainted by the struggles brought on by her personality disorder and so-called “star-blessed” birth.

After years of struggle, with the support of her family and the church, she feels confident enough to move out at age 23 and enroll in the most prestigious magic university in the Seven Realms of Fildegard, located near the mountains in the neighboring global superpower. She’s excited (and anxious) to make a new start for herself, but her life proves to be consistently disastrous when she almost immediately falls in love at first sight with the heir to the throne and incidentally ends up on his sister’s bed instead. His younger sister, High Priestess of the Church of Welkin, who is engaged to the son of a goddess.

Now torn between two problematic crushes who outwardly despise one another, Darc will be forced to face everything from unresolved anger issues and an overly mysterious past on her crushes’ parts, to a terrorist plot from their biggest enemy and relative attempting to usurp the crown and destroy the church. Nothing is ever simple when you fall in love with royalty.

★★★★★
Okay, let’s talk characters. Darc is so relatable. The way her anxiety and what reads like BPD and GAD are portrayed is so spot-on without being in-your-face with clinical terms. As someone who’s been considered borderline BPD, her abandonment fears and overanalyzing people’s tones hit me right in the feels. And Keo? She’s a freaking gem. Her mischievous energy and dramatic flair at the start had me cackling. The way she owns her issues while still being a chaos gremlin is perfect. I can definitely see why Darc fell for her.

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