This K-Drama was recently made available on Netflix in my region so I'm a bit late to the party.

I enjoyed Park Bo Young in 'Strong Girl Namsoon' and wanted to see her in something else. Park Bo Young is lovely and engaging but her acting range is limited, her default is the wide-eyed look. Seo In Guk is miscast as Doom who is meant to be very handsome and there's no real chemistry between his character Doom and Tak Dong Kyung.

(I won't discuss the main plot in detail as this has been done by most of the previous reviewers.)

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I very rarely expend so many words in critiquing secondary characters. However, Cha Joo Ik is the worse secondary character I've seen in a K-drama to date. He's creepy, entitled, unprofessional and a stalker. The overly pale and ghostly make-up adds to the creep factor.

In the earlier episodes he stalks writer Na Ji Na and entices her to sign a personal contract with him, stealing her from his colleague and Ji Na's BFF Dong Kyung. (I find this problematic: Ji Na is meant to be a loyal friend so I doubt she'd forsake her BFF for Cha Joo Ik just to be a top ten writer especially after Dong Kyung promises to work hard to make her successful). Joo Ik continues to stalk Ji Na and we find out from flash back in a later episode that he stole Ji Na's first kiss nine years ago - This is seriously creepy because Ji Na was still in High School at the time and Joo Ik was older and Ji Na's boyfriend's tutor. By stealing Ji Na's first kiss, Joo Ik derails Ji Na and Lee Hyun Gyu's romance. Something the two of them are still struggling to recover from after all these years. To add to the creep factor, Joo Ik knows exactly how Hyun Gyn feels about Ji Na because they live together in Joo Ik's father's penthouse (a serious power imbalance) and Hyun Gyn confides in Joo Ik. When Hyun Gyu confronts Joo Ik later in the story, Joo Ik still claims to be his friend, while making a move on Ji Na despite knowing how Hyun Gyn feels about her.

I haven't finished watching this drama yet so I do know how this love triangle will unfold. But I hope Joo Ik loses his friend Hyun Gyn and doesn't get the girl.

*Spoiler*
Ep15 - The creep is now blackmailer! Young Prince, pen name of a just out of high school writer and winner of a reality show, wants to continue his media career but Cha Joo Ik blackmails him to return to writing saying he'd reveal Young Prince's real identity to the public. This is unethical and repulsive!

I hated that Ji Na chose Joo Ik instead of Hyun Gyn who is kinder, more genuine and much nicer looking.