notyourmalyshka

This drama was literally a masterpiece. It had the perfect amount of angst, romance, cute moments, yearning, heartbreak, and everything in between. It made me bawl my eyes out more times than I can count. The way it handled angst was genuinely beautiful, especially because the characters were so complex that you could never truly hate anyone. You could only understand them. And one thing was so obvious throughout the entire story: these two were absolutely, madly, ridiculously in love with each other.

Their breakup, the years of yearning, the sacrifices, the sadness, everything was done so beautifully. And the sexual tension? Insane. The chemistry between them was unreal. Even the kisses in the first few episodes felt completely earned. They were not randomly thrown in just for the sake of having romantic scenes. Every kiss had emotional weight, meaning, and tension behind it. They felt necessary, like the characters had been holding back for so long that when it finally happened, it actually meant something. And damn, those kisses were HOT. The chemistry was genuinely off the charts.

This is not your typical historical drama. It is so much more than that. It has love, yearning, heartbreak, angst, sacrifice, complicated characters, and a relationship that feels incredibly deep and real. The female characters were amazing, the costumes and styling were gorgeous, and everything about the presentation was beautiful.

I genuinely cannot emphasize enough how much I loved this. It is unlike any historical drama I have watched before. Their relationship was beautiful, the angst was immaculate, the chemistry was insane, and the kisses were hot as hell. This is the kind of drama that everyone needs to watch. A complete masterpiece.