I find the writing kinda bad in here. Lynn immediately believing Sue and then breaking up with Mel in such a harsh way. It just feels inconsistent and forced drama.
Lynn is young and naive, that's my only explanation to it.
Well there is always some type of explanation for a development, but having it doesn't make the plot any better. It is not consistent with Lynn's character. She may be young and naive, but she acted pretty cruel for her character nonetheless. It just feels like the author was trying to make it seem sad and make the readers moved, emotionally shocked and more invested in the drama. But it had the opposite effect.
She was desperate and she had no idea what Sue was doing all this time. She wanted to talk but Sue had something different in mind. Mel would never do that if she knew what Sue did in the first place, I'm sure of it.
She didn't seem surprised at all when Sue told her to undress though. To me it definitely seemed like she knew what Sue would ask from her.
Also another thing I have for Mel is that apparently all women want her, which to me is a Mary Sue-ish characteristic. I mean, Sue to go so far as to rape her, mess with the heart transplant lists etc after all these years. And all of this really out of the sudden, without even showing up or bothering her during this period at all.
It would be better development imo if Sue was being more of passive aggressive towards Mel instead of blatantly being the classic psychopath. I think RS should use more of the subtle drama and character development instead of these big crazy ones.
Like Sue being around in the hospital and giving Mel flashbacks of their past with sadness and anxiety. Sue didn't have to be crazy to influence Mel, she could just do that with her presence.
The art is amazing, but there needs work to be done on the characters. Sex in every chapter seems like an attempt to make the story more spicy and interesting, but after a point it is like eating so much candy that makes you sick.