My Secret Romance (2017)

Romance sans prise de tête, 100 % plaisir !

My Secret Romance fait partie de ces dramas qui, sans être révolutionnaires, ont ce petit je ne sais quoi qui nous accroche dès les premiers épisodes 😍 Peut-être parce qu’on s’y attache très vite, peut-être aussi parce qu’on y retrouve une forme de simplicité qui fait du bien. En tout cas, pour moi, c’était un vrai petit bonheur à regarder 🌸

L’histoire tourne autour d’une romance moderne, légère et pleine de tendresse, avec un bon équilibre entre moments mignons, un peu de tension émotionnelle, et quelques touches d’humour bien dosées 😌 Rien de trop complexe, mais juste assez pour nous garder accrochés jusqu’au bout.

L’alchimie entre Sung Hoon et Song Ji-eun est indéniable 😏🔥 Leurs échanges sont doux, parfois maladroits, souvent adorables, et clairement, leur relation fait tout le charme du drama 😍

Côté ambiance, c’est un vrai drama-doudou : des décors lumineux, une OST toute douce 🎶 et un rythme posé, parfait pour se détendre après une journée chargée. On ne regarde pas My Secret Romance pour le grand frisson, mais pour la chaleur qu’il dégage ❤️

Alors oui, certains diront que c’est cliché ou trop simple… mais parfois, c’est justement ce qu’on cherche : un moment cocon, sans prise de tête, avec juste ce qu’il faut d’émotion et de sourire. Et dans ce registre-là, ce drama fait le job à merveille ✨

Bref, c'est une romance douce, pétillante et réconfortante. Parfait pour les amateurs de love stories classiques, ou pour celles et ceux qui veulent se plonger dans un drama qui fait du bien. 💕 À voir avec une boisson chaude et zéro stress 🍵

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This is the kind of drama you watch strictly to get a your romance fix! If you're not a romcom fan then don't even bother with this one, but If you are a a fan this could be worth watching if you keep your expectations realistic. This one is like a romcom snack. There are enough likable characters, cute moments, and a decent enough story to keep it entertaining, but there isn't really much substance. What really matters is that the 2 leads make a good pair, and that's what kept me watching.

Song Ji Eun is cute as the shy and repressed Yoo Mi, and Sung Hoon is perfect as the "sexy and he knows it" typical spoiled chaebol's son Cha Jin Wook. Of course their paths keep crossing in the expected ways, and their chemistry goes from annoyance to playfulness and then escalating quickly... VERY quickly. I think that's what initially got me hooked. Still, it was obvious pretty early on that there wouldn't be much to this story. As cute as they were as a couple this love story got repetitive pretty quickly, and towards the end was so unrealistic and overly cheesy that I stopped being interested in them at all. Their inner monologues tried so hard to be deep but they seemed really shallow, and the stakes just didn't seem as high as their reactions made them out to be. The more dramatic it got the worst their acting got.

I think the drama did have some entertaining supporting characters. I enjoyed the mom, even if she was a frustrating mess, and Nam Ki Ae is always good at playing a mess of a mother. I liked the second lead, although he didn't have much of a story to work with. My favorite was the Secretary, who's suits made him an instant scene stealer, and his boo in the kitchen staff. The supporting cast helped to make some of the most repetitive moments easier to sit through.

Even though this drama is shorter than most, I still think it was too long. It could have easily been 10 episodes, or maybe even less. I still found myself eager to watch more moments between the two characters, but in the last episodes it was like they just gave up and started to rely on flashbacks! Ugh! The flashback abuse in this drama is pretty epic. Not only does every episode end with recaps that were super literal, extra cheesy, and felt completely unnecessary, but the final episodes almost seemed like music videos strung together with fan compilations of all the cutest scenes. The last 4 episodes are almost unwatchable because it was mostly everything I already saw. They repeated scenes so much that they lost all of their previous charm, including the kiss scenes.

The music is also super cheesy, which matched the show well, but it was driving me a little nutty. There was even a moment where Yoo Mi sings for so long I though it was turning into a musical. So I give the music a 4 for simply not being my taste. Not to mention the damn sound effects. Someone got a little too happy with the sound effects machine!

Would I watch this again? Maybe. I would probably skip the last episodes 10-12, but it's entertaining enough to watch if I need another quick romcom fix. The ending is such a let down, so I'd really have to have run out of other things to watch.

Overall this is a quick romcom you can easily binge watch, but I say keep your finger on the fast forward button for those repetitive flashbacks. If the idea of literally falling into someone's arms sounds too corny, or if a boss using abuse of power to flirt with an employee sounds like a reason to visit HR not a premise for a love story, then maybe you should watch a different kind of drama instead. I really wish they would have put more effort into the story, but for what it was, I was entertained enough to keep watching. For those not scared away by these mediocre reviews I'd say lower your expectations, and enjoy this cheesy romcom snack. (get it... she makes food :( sorry! )

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