clichés are cute but no character development for FL, no-brainer watch

I am an avid romcom watcher and I love my clichés but after seeing this, I don't think it was worth the 16 hours I spent in the span of the 2 months it aired. I came here after seeing their cover of Señorita and their chemistry there was oozing! If only they had a more mature concept cuz they are grown late 20s/early 30s. The build up of the kissing scenes were just meh. It's not explosive and steamy. It's a good watch for children.
The last episodes were hasty. The sister was always fighting over the inheritance with ML and he expressed he didn't care about it but in order to be able to protect someone, he must have power. This seemed like it was just handed to him by his father because from the get-go, the father didn't want the sister to become the president of King Hotel.
Honestly, if they dug deeper in the sister Hwa-ran's story it would be more interesting how she became a "villain." She witnesses her father remarry and have a family with ML and his mom. Only for the ML's mom to disappear into thin air. It would be so cool to know their background and dynamics. If Hwa-ran was just pettily fighting her stepmother.
But no, they focused on Cheon Sa-rang who aside from dating a jerk before Gu-won, pretty much is a really good person. There's nothing to work with because she seems PERFECT. Nothing to nitpick in terms of character development because she seems to have it put together. In the end, she gets her grandmother's savings and starts a hotel of her own in 1 episode.
The OST was cute but once you play it too many times, it gets tiring.
If they did a historical fantasy, I would have dug that. If they did a modern day romance it would be so cool if they did 2 idols dating e/o. I was expecting something like W:Two Worlds were they didn't shy away from skinships as it felt more intense and "age-appropriate" for the actors. They also had to do the fiancee cliche with the girl saying she'll do anything to have Gu-won. I was actually sad she gave up too easily.
In real life, people just don't give up like that with one conversation. Same is true for Hwa-ran.
The actors HAVE talent but the script is so meh. If you want a no-brainer stress free watch go for it.
People compare it to Business Proposal and What's Wrong with Secretary Kim? but those 2 executed it better. This one not so much.

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