At the center of this drama, as the name suggests, is our heroine, Oh Sunny. She is a young actress who through unforeseen circumstances becomes engaged and married to her idol: Lee Hyuk, the emperor of an alternate modern day South Korea. The "grass is greener on the other side" is a fitting saying for this marriage, as the rose-colored-glasses are painfully removed from Sunny's view. We see her rise and fall to the challenges of becoming empress, but also her path as she navigates the relationships around her including her husband's mistress, her mother-in-law, and her bodyguard, Chun Woo-bin.

What makes this show awesome is the characters and continual surprises as the story progresses. I wasn't hooked on this until about the third episode, as I wasn't drawn to any of the central characters at the onset. Oh Sunny seems like a pushover at first glance, but that is part of the draw to the story: just how much her character grows. Not only is it believable, but the sets, costume design, passionate moments between the characters (the villains and antagonists are especially brilliant, and unabashedly self-serving for their own interests). I was on the edge my seat the whole time, and despite it only finishing up two months ago, I'm already tempted to start watching it again.

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