I really don't like SA, I wish those scenes weren't there, but everything else was amazing.
What I loved:
-The SLOW burn. Let's bring back books where it takes 200 pages for the characters to meet.
Also, I loved their phone calls before meeting in person (well, I love all their phone calls, especially the one when Taeui confesses)
“Well, this is the first time I've heard that. Do you like my hands?”
“Yes, they're very beautiful.”
“Haha, alright then. After I die, I'll give you these hands.”
-Taeui, our lovable protagonist. He's such a forgiving saint, always nice and optimistic. The worst shit could be happening to him, and you won't catch him whining and boring you to death.
No one else could put up with Ilay's ass but him
“Remember this, Taeil. From today - every day from now, you're mine.”
-Ilay's obsession. He is the one character I genuinely believe would do ANYTHING batshit crazy for his loved one, because he did, from burning down forests to bombing cities. Truly the most obsessed character of all time.
I think he's a very well written dark character. He doesn't change for love, but he is different for Tay, and that makes their relationship so wholesome
“Since you can't run away anymore, I will just cut off this leg and keep it next to me. I will devour that leg. The leg that keeps thinking of escaping me.”
“Say it yourself. If I take this out, you speak clearly with your own mouth. You are mine. Jeong Taeui belongs to Ilay, from head to toe. Will you say that yourself?”