marnie

What is CX's full name? Chinese names are hard enough without having to deal with initials, except for the leads, and quite often each character has multiple names. You are saying that there were 2 fires, one set up by the late emperor and a second fire set up by the crown princess? So the late emperor wanted to kill his consort as well as the crown prince? Very confusing.

Thank-you! I was hesitant to read it before, because I have a hard time visualizing romance with a woman who butchers pigs and gets splattered in pigs' blood. I almost do not want to watch the drama if not for Zhang Ling He.

Thank-you for your quick response. I will read it fast.

Is the book good to read? Quite often when I watch cdramas I miss the details that help towards understanding the drama better.

Is Mugiwara's recommendation working for you? I asked her too but I'm only getting a blank page from the drama site.

For me too. Thanks!

The novel sounds like a better story than the drama where relationships are concerned. I would love a Wuyin and Taohua love arc for diversion.

So ML falls for her first and yet he is all too ready to kill her. He sounds demented.

She leaves him! Good, he has been nothing but cruel to her.

Looks can be deceiving. Wait till you see him in action.

Is the book good?

I share your sentiments about LYN not being an ideal ML lacking somewhat in the looks department. I will take note to watch it in the near future as right now I'm waiting for the princess's gambit which is supposed to drop anytime now and that's one ML that I find real appealing.

Wow! How did the rating get so high? I gave up after the first few episodes so I wonder if I should give it another try? Previously, I did not feel the chemistry between the 2 leads.

Oh good! I'll just stick to the drama then as it's quite unusual that a drama is better than the book.

Thank-you. I'll just stick with the drama as I'm on episode 17 and not much has happened yet so it's a bit slow already.

Is it worthwhile to read the book or is the drama better? Does the drama follow the book closely?

Have you checked out Love like the galaxy? It has 2 parts so quite a lot of episodes but never boring. It's a historical cdrama not fantasy. The modern cdrama I really enjoy is Hidden Love.

Oh good! I will read it as I'm half way through the drama and it does feel like puppy love, a bit too lightweight for me as I'm currently reading The rise of Ning which is quite the opposite, LOL.

OK, I'll continue with the drama afterall I do like Esther Yu and I don't understand all the 1 star reviews directed at her. She's a cutie and I like her acting and I don't have any problem with her voice.

Thank-you, I'll read it. I've only watched 2 episodes of the drama but I don't know if I'll continue since there are so many complaints about the ending.