It may take a while to get there, but we do see in this final episode of Bibliophile Princess how Elianna is changing and learning to step outside her comfort zone. It is not as loud or flashy a moment as protagonists before her have had, but it is still powerful in its own way. It is fitting that it comes at the end of the Lady Sharon storyline as well; the little imp is convinced that she’s figured out a way to get Eli to step aside in favor of her older sister: she offers Elianna access to a very rare book. The tradeoff, of course, is that in exchange for being allowed to borrow the book Eli will have to step aside and allow Sharon to be Chris’ date to the dance. The idea is that this would imply that Christopher was willing to throw over Elianna in order to marry the recently widowed Lady Mireille, which has been Lady Sharon’s objective from the beginning.
Even if we…