Daisy Njiru – Google

This is a very well written romance story. The characters are fleshed out and you are able to easily relate with them and identify their growth. The male lead does a fantastic job of portraying his immense almost desperate love for Gil- Chae despite numerous rejections. The female lead's journey is also well laid out and portrayed. Her growth from a care free dotted on infatuated teenager to a mature, patient, independent lady also makes for an interesting watch. While its primarily a love story, the show is able to depict a historically accurate war story and its consequences without getting too political. This is definitely one of those shows I will find myself rewatching

Was really excited about this series and had no issue for at least the 1st maybe 6 episodes even when the setting was a bit cliché (handsome rich guy falling for an ordinary girl after a casual not so great encounter). The issue I have with the show is the cheating which is conveniently being downplayed. Sin-yu (who is of sane mind and a brilliant lawyer) is just casually cheating on his to-be wife because apparently a love spell was cast. I mean c'mon, who would believe that, let alone a well learned lawyer. Okay, let's even play the devil's advocate and assume the spell actually works- why on earth would he not just end the engagement and pursue his new love interest? Also, why do they have to try so hard to make Sin-yu's fiancéé unlikeable ( even giving her a man on the side too) so they can justify the cheating. What's even worse is this FML (who is also of sane mind, and an adult- and not under any spell) suddenly falls out of love with a capable, available man she has been eyeing and even confessed to (and he is also starting to like her back) and knowingly falls in love with a taken man (engaged to an old acquintance 😭) who is about to get married. Ridiculous and makes no rational sense for me. The plot had potential (or so I thought) but I do not see myself finishing this show.