There are some stories that revolve around the theme of the daughter of an Emperor. In the beginning, a lot is told about Ria's childhood. Which might be a bit boring if it goes on slowly. From the teen age on, the story moves much faster. I find it a shame that it does. One could have gotten here so much still out. I found it particularly unfortunate that Ria's admirer was so little dealt with. One could have made that so beautiful what from it what. Havel and Ahin are interesting characters, but you get little of them. One had from the teen age the feeling they wanted to bring the story only more to the end. When they met Ria and Havel at the negotiations and he approached her in the garden. You could have gotten a lot more out of that. Especially because he loves her and wants to marry her. One has the feeling that he just gave up quickly. Another blot would have been interesting here.
You can read the story, but in the end I find it disappointing how the story ended. What I still did not like, was then all the flashbacks of other characters. That's nice and as a little bonus ok, but that was too much for me. Sometimes it just didn't fit in. You are in the present and suddenly comes another scene, you have the feeling that something is missing. They come back to the point where they suddenly stopped, but it's not great.
The drawings and the color I find really great. It's nice to read a story not only in black and white. You notice here that much attention to detail is inside.
