The story was a tom and jerry run around the mill. There were times when it become ridicoulous to think that anyone of sane mind would believe any of this insanity. There were so many plot holes that it became frustrating to continue. On that note lets get down to analyzing the series. The series was much spent on flash backs to amped the romance aspect of it while leaving out contents tha could've made the series epic.

ML-character development was about as rigid as his jawline. There was no consistency in his arch story and top it he came out as a pussy crazy crown prince who was continuously bolsterous about his power but was just the same as the king who was tied down by the nobels.

FL-don't understand how such a character would've survived in a real world scenario. She would've been the first to be killed. She spent the better part of the series crying, flattering and complementing the crown prince. Yet provided no real substance to the over all story with her character alone. Although I won't blame the lack of her knowledge to her past which was a strong card to hold.

Villainous Troop: Prime Minister, Queen, Minister of Interior (Nobles)- These side characters were of the most interesting throughout the series. They provided the best plot and twist in the story which the 2 main leads fail to achieve. I was cheering for the villainous queen the most because she was consistent in her character.
Supporting Characters: side characters like Body Guard Kim and the ex best friend Kim were the most developed in characterization and also hold the most intersting story archs in the whole series. They alone along with that of the queen were of the most consistent.

Rewatch Value: Absolutely NO...I wouldn't recommend it even if my life depended on it. But this is my personal preference. If you want to dive in go ahead...just don't go in expecting much.

OST: best part of this whole damn series are the ost..some were heart wrenching and others were very lively....

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White Chicks, Legally Blonde, Mean Girls all wrapped up to make a CDrama Version

Personal Preference:
From Princess Weiyoung to Agent X, I've been a huge fan of both Tiffany and Luo Jin. Dilraba Dilmurata was not very high on my scale of actor/actress because every project that I've come across of her was annoying me to hell (except for Flames Daughter). Rain is a new face to my scope of CDrama (although in the Kdrama arena his on a different level) fave's so his kind of irrelevant right now.

Diamond Lover:
After seeing Tiffany and Dilraba performance in this show, I'm completely convinced that Dilraba is no longer on on that low scale as an actress because Tiffany just dropped to the bottom of the barrel. At least I was able to tolerate Dilraba in her Pretty LiHuizen annoyance to go back and watch the drama 4 more times and be able to watch Flames Daughter almost every other day. But I'm so done with Tiffany here in this CDrama, Best performance given in this drama was by Luo Jin with the characterization that he brought to the table.

Other focus of this drama that were very interesting and brought life to it were sub plots of villans (ex-girl friend, brother, coworker, ex-boss). These sub arc stories made the drama bearable to endure the stupidity being feed to the screen of gullible love. I know that the directors and writers meant for the characters to be as such but it just ruined my view of these actors/actresses and subsequently allowed me to see actors/actresses that I disliked in a new light....

NOTE: Giving this CDRAMA an ok rating because I really like Luo Jin and Dilraba's performances here.....Would've tanked it to 0 if they were crappy along with the main leads. Giving a 10 for all the arc sub plot storylines or supporting casts.

Over All Rating: **

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