I did not buy the romance part....

I have a high tolerance regarding Lakorns. I am used to the plot holes, kidnapping and the crazy behaviour. I do not have a problem with the slap/kiss-theme. Rape scenes are the norm in lakorns (of course I am talking about fiction not the reality!) so do not watch if you are offended by it. I am watching lakorns as guilty pleasure. But this series was just NOT able to sell it to me.

My main problem with it: the "love story".
The most important part of a lakorn is the romance and they messed it up.
I do not know WHEN the ML decided that he loved the FL. He just suddenly decided in a scene: "Wait a minute. NOW I am feeling bad that I was lying to her because I love her to death."
WHAT?
That came out of the blue and was not believable. Up to this point I thought he was stalking her, because he wanted to cheat her out of her money (no spoiler, its in the synopsis). Up to that point there was NO SCENE in which he seemed sincerely interested in her. Let alone in love. I am not sure if it is the actors fault or the directing... Either way, It messed up the love story. It got a little bit better after I tried to convince myself that I probably missed some key scenes and they surely were head over heels in love. ;-)

The FL was a pushover from the get go. Yes, that is nothing new in lakorn world but she seemed to have no personality. She seemed to be a doll, sitting in the corner while the side characters were fighting.
They tried to rescue her image by making her "rebel" at a certain point. To sell her as a strong independent woman. But this did not work out either because it was a half-a**** attempt at best. She seemed like an empty shell. To the point that I asked myself: What does this "playboy", which can have any girl he wants, sees in her? I do not get how and when he fell in love with her.

All in all: For a lakorn the story was alright. The acting was okay. Like I said: I watched is as guilty pleasure and will not watch it again. It could have been much better if they had put in some scenes between ML and FL in the beginning, to sell the real love part to me. Plus more personality for the FL. She does not have to be special but ANY personality traits or hobbies, would be great. ;-)
I do not recommend watching it. There are better Lakorns out there.

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This series kept me hooked...

This series kept me hooked until the very end. I am surprised because I really did not expect that after reading the synopsis.
The story is nothing new so I did not expect much. But the actors and the implementation were great. Each episode ended with a cliffhanger. Normally I get bored very easily and switch between different series while watching them. This series I watched in two days.

Yes, there are some plot holes and it is kind of predictable because the core of this story is a classic. I was not really interested in the "loanshark-side-story". I actually skipped these parts because I felt they were unnecessary and not interesting.
The actors were amazing. All of them. I felt like every role was perfectly cast. FL and ML had a nice chemistry and they build a slow and steady relationship during this series. It was believable and sucked me in.
At one point I cried and that rarely ever happens to me.
All in all I loved it. The message of this series is beautiful and I had fun watching it. Time flew by. I definitely recommend this series.

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