Alexandra Ling is the daughter of arguably the most prominent family in the world. After getting her heart trampled on during her youth, she flees overseas but now she is ready to return and face every shadow of her past. 
Alexandra's spirits are dimmed when she realizes that coming back home means even more intense number of blind dates. Luckily she ends up on a blind date with her childhood friend and her brother's best friend, Noah Zhao. They both form an alliance to stop their families from forcing blind dates on them.
However, everything isn't smooth sailing for Alexandra as she is faced with Damien Reid, her first love and the cause of her scars. He is her mentor and she is forced to be cordial with him at work. 
Will this lead to the past lovers to rekindle their relationship?
Is Alexandra and Noah's alliance all that it appears as or is there more to it?
Will Alexandra choose to cling to the darkness of her past or the light of her future?

Return of the Domineering Heiress

GENIUS

FIRSTLOVE

SWEET

GETTINGBACKTOGETHER

DOCTOR

I like the literary detail in this story. It felt like I had a detailed image of what each character looked like based on the descriptions given. Overall, the story is good and beautifully written. 

(commenting on the synopsis)"Alex is forced to confront her lingering feelings for him"
could be us

The grammar in earlier chapters is subpar - to the point where it hindered my experience. However, this was fixed quickly, with much better grammar in chapter three. Combined with the good descriptions, the reading experience was not bad.

However, because of this jump in writing quality, I infer that the author was taking lots of time between updates - not super consistent, and from what I know not primed to succeed with Webnovel's format. 

I liked how they developed the story, for the most part. the chunk of exposition in chapter one was a little heavy for an intro chapter and almost came off as a complain fest. Still, the transitions, and the plot especially is driving. I liked reading the twists of the story, and how they were conveyed.  

The main character seemed a little dramatic in everything she does - Freaking out over Damien, though, the readers barely know him yet. similarly, the other three named characters, Damien, the professor, and girl perfect all fall into some stereotypes that lowkey limits their appeal, for me at least. I liked girl perfect, because her motives are for now, a mystery. 

Finally, not much to say about world background. I don't see much of it, with the only example being about how prestigious certain universities were. Of course, with a romance novel, I don't think the world background is too important, but really, not much stood out to me here.