I am not going to lie I loved the beginning but somewhere towards the middle it started getting a bit boring, for me at least.

The plot is good and I generally like - justice is served/ revenge - type of dramas. The directing was amazing in the beginning of the series, though I did feel that as the drama was progressing it lost a bit of that WOW factor which was very prominent in the start. For some chapters (around the middle of the drama) the overall tone changed VERY noticeably into what seemed to me as slice of life + happy go lucky. Afterwards it partially regained some of it, the peak being towards the end. But it was still "contaminated" with the previous genres. I really liked the visuals all the flowers were really pretty and when mentioning visuals it is compulsory to say how gorgeous the Main lead is with that half silver half black hair, I hope he wears it in another drama as well.

Delving a bit more into the story, I was surprised at how the fl absolutely loathed her stepmother, but at the same time found it relatively easy to forgive or at least be okay with her father. And I am saying that because her mother LITERALLY committed suicide bc of the these two's betrayal. This is a topic that (combined with what the fl went through in the og lifetime) made her super distrustful of marriage, love and trust between a couple. That's why to me it seems a bit unrealistic, how she kept wanting to have a relationship with him, after all that and after everything that he kept doing or allowing his brother to do to her (e.g. engaging her to the marquis, her past life's ex- despite him not having a good reputation). I am not saying her father was the worst person in the series, he definitely had some good traits like compassion, BUT he also had a TON of negative one such as being disloyal, cowardly, indecisive, egotistical, dishonest etc. Also I get the stepsister was not bad in this life but are we supposed to just forget the fact that she poisoned the fl in the previous life? I'm not saying the fl should've taken any action towards her, but that the best action would've been to not associate with her at all. And definitely not eat any of the food she sends (or leave my friends eat it).

I LOVED the leads' chemistry in the beginning but as the story progressed the sizzling heat in their eyes seemed to wane a bit. Also the music was good, but looking back after finishing it I can't remember any particular song that stuck with me.

All in all, I liked it but I probably wouldn't rewatch it except for the beginning only.