I do not agree, there are many comic moments (those starring Arieth, Tybalt and Derek), but the most important moments are all highly dramatic, the stories of the main protagonists have all their load of drama
- Mc motherless and with a bullied past
- Bella with a "broken" marriage and other connected dramas to be discovered
- Maya despised and controlled by her father
- Jill has lost a sister as a girl
- Sage with a difficult past and a present carattirized by a relationship in which she was only used as a cover and a father who is her worst enemy
- Josy is doing a little better, she just has an unhappy relationship with the new part of her family
- Quinn has a terrible past and a present downhill towards damnation
and these are not nuances of their characterization, they are an integral part of who they are and how they act
in the relationships with the LIs is a constant crying, screaming and running away
but in addition to the protagonists, the main elements of the story are not light, we are talking about prostitution, drugs, the fight between dealers for the market, blackmail, threats etc.
going back to the starting point, Jill's blackmail, to be comical is Tubalt but not the blackmail, at least in the way it is presented, Jill actually leaves MC, telling him that she will not be able to see him anymore. is it funny? at the most it is pathetic, but it is not funny. of course the serious part of the blackmail all ends in the sixth chapter...