Love Is Sweet

Passionate story, perfect chemistry among the principals, 100% must watch

Since the announcement of this drama I was very anxious for it, after all I`m a big fan of Bai Lu and Luo Yunxi, and I`m very happy both for the success of this drama, and for the fact that the chemistry between them was perfect and the story got me captivate during all those 36 episodes.

The story manages to balance comedy, drama and romance very well. The love story of the characters Jiang Jun and Yuan Shuai will make you cheer a lot for the couple, and although the long-awaited statement between them takes a while to happen, even the teasing they have with each other at the beginning of the drama shows that they like each other very much. I also love the fact that they are a mature couple who, despite going through everyday problems within the field, both personally and professionally, they always end up talking and in the end both respect each other's decision. The relationship they have built is very mature and healthy.

The secondary couple also went through some obstacles to be together, but I also loved to follow their story. At first I didn't think they would work, but when Li Xiao Chuan realizes that he really loves Xuli he even goes against the low compatibility between them to be with her.

The drama has a love triangle and for me this was one of the few defects in this drama, however it didn't hurt the story, but get ready to spend a little anger with the character Du Lei.

In short, this drama was amazing from start to finish, the ending is extremely satisfying and it will certainly make your heart warm, the production of the drama was very well done, the OST is also perfect and all the songs fit perfectly with the story , the choice of this cast was great and the chemistry between Luo Yunxi and Bai Lu is impeccable, I need to see them as a couple again in another drama.

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Do it just do it.!! You will not regret

I really enjoyed watching this dramas. I really enjoy watching love drama which are similar too Love020, I hear you, meteor garden, Put your head on my shoulder, brightest star in the sky, skate into love etc. you will definitely love this one a lot too. I love the chemistry it’s everything and the best part is miss understandings are solved realistically and straight forward not like other drama where 1000 things happen before miss understanding is solved. Have a try watching it you will get hooked up the very first episode. I don’t write reviews this is my first one but I know how hard is it to find a good dramas and I really wanted to share it with people like me. Enjoy watching.!

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hands down the best modern romance cdrama this year !!

i honestly don't even know where to start with this review. this drama hit all the right feels and emotions. i actually didn't have too high of expectations for this drama cause i saw all the cliches and we've had enough office romances this year. but the plot, actors, directing definitely proved me wrong. here's a breakdown of stuff i liked and didn't like:
- i really loved the plot development and although the mains had the childhood friend troop, it was really effective and served as a big part of them re-developing their relationship
- the cast is something i will never stop talking about, they for real carried the whole show and made me want to watch more
- everyone acted their roles so well, props to the casting people for casting this amazing cast
- there are so many couples/ pairings omg i think like 6, there will defiantly be a couple you'll like
- the mains chemistry is something i can not explain, it's just so gooood from their bickering to their cuteness, ahh i can't ever get over
- the setting and cinematography is woww rlly raised the level of cdrama production for me
- so many funny moments, i would like to thank the screenwriters cause i literally fell on my floor in one of the scenes
- wang cai is the cutest
here's some things i think could be improved on:
- i rlly wanted to jiang jun to maybe do something that proved her love for yuan shuai since i though it was always him covering and taking care of her
- du lei i just don't understand sometimes, but gao hanyu portrayed him v well
- the ending ughh i felt like it was a bit rushed, i wanted to see more of each character but ig we'll just have to hope for a season 2 !!
overall an amazing watch w outstanding production, directing, acting. 10/10 recommend for everyone and anyone.

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A GOOD SWEET ROMANCE DRAMA FOR BEGINNER

YOOOO EVERYBODEHH

I give this drama a 9, not because of anything but I feel like the ending is not as sweet as I thought it would be.. butt OVERALL I LOVE THIS DRAMA! I even watched episode 1-19 twice already.... I love how the chemistry is really good between the main characters, the cinematography is also pretty good! I mean we can see how the background setting suits well the conversation they had. In addition, I love love love love both jiangjun and yuanshuai! THIS DRAMA IS A MUST WATCH FOR ALL OF ASIAN DRAMA LOVERS!!. 36 EPISODES FEELS LIKE 12 EPS! I LOVE THE FUNNY MOMENTS IN THE DRAMA SO BADLY!

great music! I love the one titled "things I do for love" that is the best!!!
acting also very good!!
REWATCH VALUE 9.5!
STORYLINE IS VERY GOOD AS WELL! I love how the writer create a few small conflicts and the resolution is fast, and not dragged along the drama. pretty much for all the conflicts occurred, the resolutions are happening within 3 episodes which is really good!

AMAZING SHOW!!

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YOU CAN’T MISS THIS!!!

“Love Is Sweet” started off as a really “sweet” modern drama, but later got into darker and more mature topics such as law and bullying. This drama was very different from the modern dramas I usually watch, because I don’t usually like them in a business setting. “Love Is Sweet”, however, proved me wrong. You can enjoy a good drama no matter what it’s about.
The storyline was entertaining for me. Not only was there baffling plot twists, but there was also lots of humor. I also liked how the drama showed how strong women can be and how we can also being in business industries such as investment. After watching this drama, I only hope that there will be women as strong and as smart like Jiang Jun, in reality. Since she’s allergic to tears, the chance of her success in the industry was low, but that didn’t dampen her confidence and actually boosted her effort to keep going.
A good drama calls for a even better cast, and “Love Is Sweet” no doubt had one of the best casts I’d ever came across. Bai Lu was definitely the first person that came to my mind when I thought of Jiang Jun, and she suited the character perfectly. Such a talented actress like Bai Lu never disappoints me. This was the first time I’d seen Luo YunXi in a drama- and let me just say- for a somewhat newly debuted actor, his skills are basically in line with someone who’s been in the film industry for years. The way he suits every character he plays is extremely professional, and he does it so well! In fact, after watching “Love Is Sweet”, I ran over to “Ashes of Love”, and YunXi displayed the same amount of work ethic and talent that called for the very success of this drama. Apart from the main lead, however, the second leads were also amazing. The chemistry was totally insane in this drama, so kudos to the actors/actresses!
I really enjoyed this drama in general; good story, great cast, perfect OST, and a wonderful crew for making this all possible. I really recommend “Love Is Sweet” if you’re looking for one heck of a lovely modern drama!

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Bai Lu fell on my radar a few years ago with King is Not Easy and I was instantly taken with her charming smile and bubbly persona. I have thirsted after Leo Luo ever since My Sunshine came out, and desperately checked his drama list often in the hope that he'd eventually lead a drama. The day is here and I cannot be happier that it's with Bai Lu. Both of them manage to produce such natural chemistry with their co-stars, and this time was no different- if I'm giving this drama an 8, it's purely, PURELY, because of them. It's so rare, but they actually acted like legit couples in that they were affectionate and touchy-feely. Very often drama couples continue to be so shy around each other even after dating for a while, which is ridiculously unrealistic and boring. Thank god there is none of that here!

Because the drama itself? Mediocre. I really didn't care about the secondary characters, and I skipped nearly all their scenes. It still annoys me that they relegated someone as talented and cute as Riley Wang to just a love interest for the female lead's best friend. The second male lead was annoying at best, but honestly, I hate what they did to him by the end. I wasn't his biggest fan by any means, but was it really necessary to turn him into the corrupt village creep? Honestly, I found myself wishing they ended the show at 30 episodes, it seemed like a decent way to end with everyone coming out better and grown. I am happy that we got more time with Jiang Jun and Yuan Shuai, but the way they twisted Du Lei's character was so unnecessary.

Also, the women in this drama were dressed SO bad. Honest to God, everything they wore was absolutely terrible. The men, comparatively, were dressed incredibly well, which made the contrast even worse. It became marginally better towards the end, and by marginally, I mean they finally removed that ugly-ass oversized check jacket and boyfriend jeans off Bai Lu. That alone made a world of difference.

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Great CP chemistry and romance but questionable values did not sit well with me

So many c-drama are set in the corporate world that is itself a trope. Sometimes it works but a lot of the time the plots are filled with jargons and then a bit of magic drama dust to create a company collapse or save the company in the nick of time. This show is heavily business focused and there was no ends of "intrigue" and dirty tricks.

The basic story is straightforward. Two old school mates met up again after many years apart and found love. The twist here is that the ML was in love with the FL since their school days and he tasked himself to protect her. The reason is because she is allergic to tears and it could kill her if she is not treated quickly. He tried to toughen her up so that she won't cry but it was seen as bullying. He was going to confess to her before he went aboard to study but circumstances made them part in bad terms and he missed that chance and lost touch for years. This misunderstanding lasted well into their new working relationship as he became her boss in her new job.

There were no doubt that the pairing of Bai Lu and Leo Luo was a masterstroke. They looked great together and have bucket load of chemistry. They did not shy away from the touchy feely stuff either so there were lots of skinship. The 2OTP was cute and they tried hard to tell their story but there were a number of plot holes. In the end, it was underdone as their romance felt contrived. The 3OTP (noona romance) came out of nowhere and it was a stretch. 2 other pairing of fellow workers overflowed the CP quota.

The romantic story of the OTP would have been good enough to sustain a shorter run but they had a lot of business subplots to get through and it is here that the tone and plots did not sit well with me.

Most of the early episodes have the OTP investigating various companies as part of due processes before the company goes public or are bought out by another company. However, instead of doing the sums and highlighting dodgy transactions so that the authorities can follow up, they (including junior analysts) behave like private investigators and some kind of corporate crusaders riding out to right wrongs. That would be ok if the message is clear but again and again, the punishments do not fit the crimes. We are talking about someone who embezzled a lot of money as well as a manager who drugged and raped a young worker. That is a criminal offence, is it not? This type of moral greyness ran right through the whole show. The FL was drugged and dumped in a hotel room (unharmed, thankfully) and even though it was obvious who did it, there was no retribution. Other people who did wrong were just spoken to or cut a lot of slack. With that, what appeared to be a righteous stance soon turned into a mess of confused messages. It speaks volume about the business environment in China if it is even partially true.

I also have issues with the SML storyline. There was little chance of a second lead syndrome from the start but he was given a lot of screen time in the last few episodes. Once that subplot started, there was little doubt how it would end. It did little to progress the main plot but managed to turn the SML into a despicable character.

There were funny moments and lots of swoon worthy moments. I did liked how they set up the OTP as competitors after the time skip and their interactions were cute but it ended almost as soon as it started. If they did the time skip and just have them working in their own small company or even in competition, I'd ship them even more. The ML's proposal short movie was clever and the doggie is so cute throughout. :D

Production value is high but there are gaps. OST was fine. If I ever want to rewatch this, I would start at ep.20 and then watch the next few episodes where the OTP was white hot then skip to the last episode just for the feel good fan service.

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A little imbalanced

I mostly enjoyed this drama, but I can't shake the feeling that the FL didn't deserve the male lead. Maybe it's because his love and loyalty was so encompassing that she seemed apathetic in comparison. I just wish they would have had a few examples of her being even a fraction as thoughtful as he was. Like a birthday or holiday gift; something, anything! It just felt like too big of a disparity. Actually, come to think of it, this may just be a Bai Lu problem because I got a similar impression from her in Forever and Ever. In that drama she at least verbalized her love and loyalty to the ML, but it wasn't always convincing. Sometimes it was just lines she was delivering. What really gave that romance credibility was One and Only. For whatever reason their love was 100% believable and engaging in O&O, despite the limitations of a serious period drama. Sorry, I digressed. Anyway, LYZ is absolute gold in this. He's so fun to watch, despite any other frustrations.

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Typical C-Drama Slop

This is my first time writing a review and it's because this drama genuinely pissed me off. Seeing people rating this a 9 or 10 and the avg rating is an 8.4 on here genuinely baffles me.
TLDR; don't waste your time with this, don't watch it, you will be stressed, annoyed, and upset

I'll start with the very few good things about this drama. Acting was pretty standard, decent chemistry, and I liked how Jiang Jun handled certain situations. I don't really like writing paragraphs (writing was never my forte) so I'll condense it into point form to explain better.
1. The acting was actually pretty good from majority of the cast so kudos to the actresses and actors in this
2. The chemistry was there. I liked FL and ML's relationship and interactions but that alone was not good enough to save this hot mess of a drama
3. Jiang Jun as a character is likeable for the most part and I do like how she stood up to the ML when he insisted on choosing what was best for her when it's been like what, 10 years since they last met

Now, for the many horrible things. Insensitive handling of serious topics, misogynistic undertones, incest, characters forgiven over sexual assault and physical and mental harm to the FL, god awful ML, illogical, stupid, and braindead plot points and scenes, accidental kiss scenes, unrealistic behaviour and situations, romanticization of selfish and weird behaviour from Xu Li, inconsistent characters, and unnecessarily drags out so many scenes. Obviously, there were a lot more but these are the ones that irked me the most.
1. Insensitive handling of serious topics - the way the drama just brushed over the fact FL got sexually assaulted was so disturbing and it wasn't even treated seriously. Then, minutes later, silly music plays as FL asks ML to not be mad at her anymore. Also, the way that FL just believes it was her fault is just so sad with no one by her side to support and comfort her
2. Misogynistic undertones - "a woman will wither without love", said by FL and FL always forgiving everyone when they have caused her mental distress and harm.
3. Incest - SML's sister is in love with him :| sure, they're not blood related but they're still siblings? It was literally so unnecessary to include that when it added pretty much nothing to the story
4. Characters are easily forgiven - Shen Xin led FL to a faulty elevator and had her stuck genuinely could have cost her life if she started crying or some other malfunction ocurred. She was easily forgiven by FL and even became a manager later on. Du Lei sexually assaulted FL and spread scandalous articles about her. What happened to him? Literally nothing
5. ML is a huge red flag - He literally BULLIED her in high school and traumatized her. Okay, fine, let's argue he was just a kid at the time. As an adult, he tries to kick FL out of his company because HE thinks it won't be good for HER and he makes her work life so much more difficult to try and kick her out. Also, when FL gets sexually assaulted by her friend, he's mad at her and she's the one who has to beg for his forgiveness?? And when FL says she feels like it's a pity she lost a great friend, the ML says "guess I shouldn't have saved you then" LIKE WHAT??? Then, when FL blames herself for not noticing SML's feelings earlier and should've been more "sensitive", ML agrees and goes like "yeah now you know you're not perceptive" when he should have been comforting her and telling her it wasn't her fault! After, he says "what did you do for him to act like that (sexually assault her)" like excuse me??? how was any of that her fault???
6. Plot points and scenes are illogical, stupid, and braindead. For example, FL is said to have a tear allergy. I searched this up and it is a real condition but it means they are allergic to the contact of water on their skin, which FL clearly did not have, just the tears.
7. Accidental kiss scenes - This almost never happens and especially not in the way they are shown that leads up to the "kiss" in this drama. Someone trips and falls into the other's arms and their lips touch. Ridiculous (sorry i know im a negative nancy and major hater)
8. So many situations and behaviours of the characters are unrealistic. For example, FL is constantly trying to get herself out of embarrassing situations with ML by running away (she literally runs) and the way every single character sucks at lying is insane
9. Xu Li and Xiao Chuan sucks - She gets a job at a cvs just so she could try to approach this cute guy (genuinely who does that). She's also selfish and inconsiderate of Xiao Chuan. Xiao Chuan also pisses me off because wdym you dont wanna be with her because you believe your app has 100% accuracy and no errors? If he were truly smart and a genius that the show depicts him to be he would know a software having ZERO errors and 100% accuracy is impossible. Also why are you even relying on this software when you KNOW you like her?? Their relationship is overall bland and boring
10. Inconsistent characters - Du Lei, the SML was originally seen as a nice, considerate, and helpful friend to FL, albeit his original intentions were to use her. But in the end, he fully loses it and sexually assaults FL and tries to take her down and ruin her life. Prior to this, he was literally helping the ML from a scandal, even knowing they were already dating. It just seems so out of character for him to do what he did when he was literally portrayed as an incredibly caring, sweet, and respectful guy. It honestly feels like they changed his character because ML was already a huge asshole so when comparing ML and SML, ML is obviously seen as the better one
11. This drama is incredibly slow with so many romantic scenes being dragged out to like a minute long

OKAY review/rant over

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A Sweet Love Story A Must Watch for All C-Drama Fans

Oh my goodness. This was such a sweet drama to enjoy, literally. If you want a sweet drama, THIS is the drama for you. The chemistry between the leads is Super-Duper on/off-screen. They were the cutest I have ever seen. And I've never seen any of Bai Lu's drama before so this really was adorable to watch.

Kido and Riley Wang were also cute. Though, I think I preferred Riley after the 30th episode, oh, and speaking of 30 episodes. I will let you know that IF you want, you CAN stop at episode 30. I'm pretending that the last 6 episodes are considered "extra special" episodes because the way episode 30 ended was perfect, but having that extra 6 episode was adorable. I will say, don't watch half of episode 34. I wanted to punch Du Lei for trying to force Jiang Jun to love him. Like, if she hasn't seen you any more than a teacher figure after the 3 years of knowing him, it's a hint that she loves Yuan Shuai more than you can ever know. Urgh. Episode 34 made me so angry. URGH!

Episode 20 made me cry so much all because of the amazing kiss. I loved that Bai Lu came up with the idea of that kiss scene and my goodness, my heart melted for the scene along with it being timed perfectly with the music and URGH, I thought My Unicorn Girl had a sweet kiss scene. Well, nothing beats episode 20 of Love Is Sweet. Out of all the c-dramas I've watched so far, this one is above 100%.

In the end, all the actors have done a good job portraying their character. I still cannot handle Du Lei. I think out of all the characters that really bugged me the most, it would have to be Du Lei.

Music. Now, let's talk about music. The music is amazing! I even downloaded each of the songs and I'm someone who doesn't have a lot of c-dramas OST, but this c-drama had so many songs and each of those songs was perfect. It literally fits the spot where it belonged. Not only did I really enjoy the story, I mostly enjoyed the music.

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Sizzling chemistry!!!

Should you? Would you? Could you?
You should watch this one (YES! )
You would recommend this to others. (YES!)
You could watch this again. (YES)

Ending: All’s well that end’s well

If you want to watch a “mostly” stress-free drama with a lot of chemistry between the two main lead pairs, then this is the one for you.
While you have the main lead pair knowing each other from childhood, the other lead pair is the typical FL falling in love with the ML and her chase. But what is good is their repartee which doesn’t let you fast forward.
The FL has a severe allergy to her own tears which makes her faint every time she sheds them. The ML vows to protect her from crying and catches her every time she drops down. They are so comfortable with each other that it doesn’t seem like a drama but a window to their actual world....that's how good their acting is. They are childhood friends turned hostile (on the FL’s part). They work together and the story takes on a mysterious tone when the subject of the FL’s father’s death is brought in.
The mystery is resolved. Some misunderstandings occur but are dispelled eventually.
But all this wouldn’t be complete without the stellar acting of the negative ML brilliantly portrayed by Kido Gao as Du Lei. What a performance! What an actor he is! He reminded me of Kim Woo Bin from The Heirs. Brilliant turn of emotions. Brilliant change of character from negative to positive and negative again. The only drawback I found was the over the top expressions some of the times.
The supporting cast is equally good too.

Towards the end:
I loved the fact that we lived through the ML’s (both pairs) love with them for a span of 6 extra episodes instead of just a moment of happy ending. And I loved the proposal which strangely brought tears to my eyes. I felt as if I rode along their journey of love with them and was happy to see it culminate in the perfect ending that was.

All in all, It's a good drama with a typical love story brought to life by good acting thanks to the entire cast.

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