Is Who Made Me a Princess Worth Reading? Review & Where to Read

Quick facts
Format	Webtoon, 135 chapters, 9 volumes
Run	2017–2025 · completed
Community score	AniList 8.3 · MAL 8.5 · MangaUpdates 8.5
Content	Some violence
Where to read	Tappytoon — official

Overview

Who Made Me a Princess is a Korean romance-fantasy webtoon based on Plutus's web novel, with art by Spoon. A young woman dies and wakes up inside a novel she'd read, reborn as Athanasia de Alger Obelia — the neglected first princess who, in the original story, is eventually executed by her own father, the cold and feared Emperor Claude. Armed with that knowledge, little Athanasia sets out to dodge her death sentence: first by quietly saving money to run away, and when that falls through, by trying to win over the terrifying father destined to kill her. What starts as a survival plan turns into something much warmer. You can read it in English on Tappytoon and Tapas.

What it does well

The father-daughter relationship is the whole reason this blew up, and it's wonderful. Claude is a genuinely frightening, emotionally frozen emperor, and watching tiny, clever Athanasia slowly thaw him — without either of them quite admitting what's happening — is heart-melting. It's the best parent-child arc in the genre, and it gives real emotional weight to what could have been fluff. The death-flag hanging over Athanasia keeps a steady thread of tension under all the warmth.

The art is the other huge draw. Spoon's work is lush and gorgeous, all jewel tones, intricate gowns, and storybook palace settings, and Athanasia's sparkling eyes have basically become the face of the whole romance-fantasy boom. It's one of the best-looking webtoons around.

Athanasia herself carries it, too. She's funny, sharp, and easy to love, with the gap between her child's body and adult mind played for both comedy and heart. For a lot of readers this is the gateway into the otome-isekai genre, and it's an easy one to recommend.

Where it falls short

The pacing is the main issue. The early run is tight and charming, but later seasons slow down and wander, and a time-skip shifts the tone in ways not everyone loves. If you came for the cozy father-daughter dynamic, some of the later material drifts away from it.

The romance is the other soft spot. As Athanasia grows up, the series leans more on a love interest, and that thread is thinner and less convincing than the family core — many readers are far more invested in Claude than in any suitor. The story also runs on familiar genre tropes, and opinions on how it all wraps up are split.

Verdict

Who Made Me a Princess is a gorgeous, heartwarming entry point to romance-fantasy, and an easy yes if you want beautiful art and a parent-child story that genuinely gets to you. Just set expectations: it's strongest early and as a family story, weaker on romance and late-season pacing. Come for Claude and Athy, not the love interest.