The Starry Love

When the Female Lead Protects the Male Lead - A Rare, Powerful Love Story, Not Typical Xianxia

Starry Love took me on an emotional roller coaster from start to finish. I laughed, I cried (a lot), and I held my breath during so many heartbreaking scenes. This drama is packed with twists, sacrifices, and deep emotional bonds that stay with you long after the final episode.

What I loved the most:

• What stands out the most in this drama is how Youqin successfully portrays 4 different characters within the same storyline. Her portrayal of Emphyrean, Fiery, Heartless, and Wenren is incredibly effective and impactful. He nails each character, showing his range as an actor and how he can make a transition between vastly different personalities. His acting is incredibly powerful, with expressions that deeply resonate with the audience.
• So many unexpected plot twists that kept me hooked every single episode.
• The emotional depth, the constant separations, the reunions, the sacrifices, made me cry more times than I can count.
• Strong family bonds between the twin sisters, and powerful portrayals of true love that transcends realms and lifetimes.
• Ye Tan is one of the strongest, most protective female leads I’ve ever seen. She was willing to do anything to revive Youqin, even risk her own life and soul. It’s rare to see a love story where the female lead is the one fighting to protect her man with such intensity.
• Her love story with Youqin is not just romantic, it’s selfless and profound.
• Amazing production: from the stunning sets and costumes to the immersive fantasy world-building.

What broke my heart:
• The ending felt too open. The twins sacrificed everything, turned into blooming flowers, and the hint of rebirth was poetic but also bittersweet.
• We didn’t get that full human-form reunion we were rooting for. It left me feeling like something was missing.
• Still, the idea that love can bloom again even if in another life was hauntingly beautiful.

Final Thoughts:
If you’re looking for a fantasy romance with strong female leads, gut-wrenching sacrifice, sisterhood, and the kind of love that defies heaven and fate, this drama is for you. Just be prepared to cry your heart out, and maybe keep hoping for a season 2 or a special epilogue.

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good story but with a disappointing ending...

I started watching this drama without reading the reviews about the ending. If I had known it was going to end up disappointingly like this, I probably would have stopped somewhere in the good times for major leads in the middle of...

In general, what I liked was a nice idea for the plot, I especially liked the idea of the main lead Empyrean Xuan Shang, who played a total of 4 different characters in this drama.
Chen Xing Xu played it very well and I have to say that I really liked each of these character shards...especially I am impressed by the actor's warm-toned low bass voice, which also gave emotions to the characters played by him :)
Second lead character Chao Feng [ Third Prince] had a nice beginning and middle, but then the authors of the script probably ran out of ideas to develop it to the end, it's a pity, because this character and the actor's abilities could have been used more. As for the two twin flower sisters, both actresses played their roles well. I really liked both couples, they were very cute and sweet and I liked a lot of fun elements in between. Supporting characters like the Empyrean siblings, or Prince Di Lan Jue or Man Man also added a lot to the drama. The negative characters are really villains full of revenge, hatred and obsession to rule the world...there were moments when I got too much of this cold-blooded killing and scheming.
It's nice that the director gave a lot of nice light, comedic moments, it softened these drastic scenes a bit...

OST - when it comes to the music, I must say that it is very good and complements the drama scenes beautifully. For me, one of my favorites is Flawles World performed by Mao Bu Yi, where the instrumental version of the flute and guitar sank into my heart, and Sa Ding Ding with a beautiful flute motif and a female voice in the style of traditional Chinese opera, which was also an interesting solution. Funny and cute is the theme of the song Double flowers :)

The ending - the most disappointing moment of the drama ... for me it was not an open ending, but in my opinion both sisters ended sadly, that's how I perceive it, they were reborn, but only to the original form of a flower of a tree vein, which means for me, the form that they had in the beginning before the destruction of the tree in which both abided as twin flowers. Which means they won't be reborn as human beings, so that made me extremely upset and that's why I didn't give 10 points in the total score and also deducted points for the plot due to this ending. I think it's a big mistake of the writers of the script that they left the ending that way. After all the sacrifices, both couples should have a happy It would be good if the director thought about recording an additional episode with the rebirth of the sisters to human characters :)

Overall, I would say that this drama is worth watching, despite the unfortunate ending... :)

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"The Starry Love" tells the story of Ye Tan and Qing Kui, twin sisters whose fates are switched on their wedding night. Ye Tan is supposed to marry the demon prince and Qing Kui is supposed to marry the heavenly prince. In a twist of fate, the girls are switched in the carriages and both end up marrying the wrong person.

The romance is very good, especially between Ye Tan and You Qin. At first, they fight like children, since their relationship started with an arranged marriage, but little by little Ye Tan begins to change You Qin and make him fall in love with her. In a conflict, You Qin sacrifices herself to save the kingdom and his soul is shattered, so Ye Tan joins a quest to find the soul pieces and make them fall in love with her, only then can she make You Qin whole again. This is the lighthearted and fun part of the drama, You Qin's versions are cute and interesting.

The couple goes through many obstacles, but eventually they get married. The happiness doesn't last long, as people discover that Ye Tan and Qing Kui have a special power and that the girls are a threat to the world. In order to save Ye Tan, Qing Kui sacrifices herself. Ye Tan loses her sister and her husband, as the Heavenly Emperor takes You Qin's memories... she then sets out to take revenge on everyone that made her suffer.

In the end, even Ye Tan has to sacrifice herself to save the world. This was one of the things I didn't like, basically all the characters had to choose to die, it got a bit repetitive and I really wanted a happy ending for the characters. The ending is open, but it's not really a happy ending.

It was a truly spectacular drama in every way, I didn't expect all this when I started, but the story is full of humor, a passionate romance and a soundtrack that immediately catches your attention. The relationship between Ye Tan and Qing Kui is another positive point, they are two sisters with completely different personalities, but who would do anything for each other.

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Made me laugh, made me cry, made me be disappointed in a way...

This was a rollercoaster, both in terms of emotions, but also plot twits/arcs or whatever you want to call it. It started out strong, carried out strong, but the last 10 episodes or so gave me the impression they didn't know exactly the direction they wanted to go with the script and it went all over the place. Normally you'd have 1 big enemy and you'd build momentum for it throughout the series. But here the "enemy" changed so many times that you'd actually wonder who are they up against? This also makes the way they handle things weaker (no revenge, no remorse, no build up character for the villain, just plow through to the ending). I was kind of disappointed in the last 10 or so episodes, while the ending left a bitter taste and made me wonder why I spend so much time to get there. However, I loved the music, acting, costumes, CGI, even the story up to one point. 8/10

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What a pleasant surprise

Initially, I was skeptical since the first few episodes gave the impression that Xingxu Chen's acting was robotic and one-dimensional. Boy was I wrong. Midway in, I realized this was done intentionally to demonstrate Empyrean Xuan Shang's personality when purged of his desires. Later on, I loved his performance as the different soul shard personalities, as well as his complete change in personality near the end after his desires were restored.

I also loved the performances of Landi Li as Li Guang Ye Tan, and Xuanlin He as Li Guang Qing Kui. Chen Muchi was also great at playing the third prince of the void and I enjoyed the character Wu Dai played by actor Xiaolin Jiang as well.

All in all, I liked this series more than I thought I would, though the ending seemed abrupt and left me a little bit disappointed.

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The legend of twin flowers

Qingkui and Yetan are twins born to human queen and king.While Qingkui is respected by their clan,Yetan is ignored by her own people.
In a twist of fate,both the sisters are married to wrong husbands,not to the original betrothed husbands.
Yetan enters heavenly realm as the the heavenly prince consort.She is spontaneous,cunning,smart yet has a kind nature.She wins the heart of Empyrean Shaodian Youqin,her husband, but soon loses him after he sacrifices himself to the chaos.
Shaodian Youqin is introverted,respectful,duty oriented and is the highly respected Empyrean in heavenly realm.
Both the actors Chen Xingxu and Li Landi are good in their roles.
On the other hand,Qingkui,enters the demon realm.At first she is scared,but soon the third prince,Chaofeng,steps in to help her,at first for his own reasons,but slowly falls for her.
I specially liked their romantic track and also his mother and elder brother parts were also good.
Qingkui,is very smart,kind,helping,caring, loving and soon wins the hearts of the demon tribe using her medical skills.
Both Luke Chen and He Xuan Lin were good in their roles.
I liked the first 2 characters of the 3 shrads of Shaodian Youqin,which come to earth,and how Yetan deals with them is also funny.I quite liked the whole part.
All the other cast were good too.
As always,in Xianxia dramas,where the Immortals play the main role,there is a twist of fate,which links up the present people to the tribes and concepts of the past,that happened thousands of years ago,both the twin sisters are revealed to be key people associated with the chaos.
How the team of 4 solve the problems and struggles that come in their way is portrayed with a good pace.
As a whole,it is an entertaining drama.It brings few smiles,has good twists,and definitely does not bore you except for few scenes.Go for it!!

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Good one time watch ♡

The Starry Love 📺:Viki & YouTube
PG13
40ep

PROS:
◇The acting every actor brought the emotions & chemistry.

◇The sisters and their beautiful realtionship. The way they supported each other.

◇The side characters & couples ♡

◇The OST (orginal soundtrack)

◇The couples after they were together.

◇Unpopular opinion, but the ending it was great & lovely


CONS:

◇The revenge could have been justice and
would have been better in my personal opinion.

◇The plot dragged at times 🥲

◇Could have been 30 episodes instead of 40.


#TheStarryLove #cdrama #fantasy #XuanlinHe #LandyLi #DaherLin #MichelleHu #newshow

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magnifique ?❤️

Une des plus belle histoire que j'ai regardé avec beaucoup d'humour et surtout beaucoup de larmes 😭😭😭💔. Un gros coup de cœur pour les acteurs, ils étaient tous trop adorables 😍 surtout @hexuanlin.official qui joue QingKui ❤️❤️❤️ J'espère qu'il y aura plus de séries avec elle en tant que FL à l'avenir. Les effets laissaient à désirer mais bon, tout le reste compensait largement. Sinon vraiment magnifique

Notation personnelle 👇:

Note Globale 9 / 10
Scénario 10 / 10
Écriture 9 / 10
Suspense 7 / 10
Originalité 9 / 10
Addictivité 9 / 10
Pédagogie 5 / 10
Créativité 7 / 10
Personnages 9 / 10
Humour 7 / 10

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Annnddd Shaodian Youqin and Chaofeng Tianxia lives happily ever after! LoL

Ok. Done marathoning this in basically 3days with panda eyes and a building migraine from lack of sleep. Lol

Plot was catching with enough ‘cold hearted leads with shuai faces’ and comedy weaved throughout. I have problem sometimes deciding where to stop for the day and keep on clicking next episode, so guess the plot was catchy.

Nice to see CXX again after the complete tragedy that was Goodbye my princess. Lol. Still remember that tragic ending until now. Lol. Not sure if he used his own voice, but it sounds different than usual male lead’s voice. His acting sometimes seems off, but surprisingly all together came across as appealing to me. Dunno why. Lol. One thing for sure though, he’s still crying with all his heart (complete with the ugly crying face) lol but you cant blame the guy, you ask him to cry and he delivers! Lol.

This is my first drama of the FL and i was genuinely surprised by how much I like her acting. She doesnt come across as annoying (some FL does when acting as a carefree mischievous girl) and she cries beautifully. I was initially hoping for not typical plot where siblings backstabbing each other due to being pampered/ignored from childhood and thank god the drama made them such a close sisters. Qingkui’s actress do a good job in bringing forth such a soft spoken well mannered pampered character, but still not coming out as a helpless character waiting to be rescued.

2nd male lead also did a good job. Even though at first i was annoyed with him with all his scheming, he was able to mellow me down after few episodes when he starts falling for qingkui. I was laughing like crazy when he was berated by Qingkui’s father from get go. Hahaha

Of course the ending has left much to be desired. It would be nice to see the happy ever after with the 2 couples rather than only the bromance between SDYQ and CF only, though it makes the ending hilarious in a way.

Theres probably few plotholes here and there (or rather few nitpickings) -how the hell SDYQ is supposed to be all powerful being with high cultivation and almost always end up need to be rescued by FL or lost his memories time and time again! Lol, but i enjoyed watching this so much. Totally looking forward to more works by them in the future

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Long-winded but sweet

Foremost, it took a few initial episodes to get a bit more drawn in to the plot. Then while the interactions between the realms, families, and friendships developed pretty well, it became too long-winded and I spent a significant amount of time speeding it up. There are some sections that were binge-worthy and other sections that felt unnecessary. But it should be said that it was at least overall good enough to spend that fast-forwarding effort to complete the series.

Some additional words of description in addition to the title would be humorous, touching, and corny. I also agree with some of the other reviewers that the ML/FL development was nowhere as interesting as the secondary ML/FL. While I usually prefer the stronger female personalities, the feisty FL fell short of her gentle but tough sister in this one. If you're looking for a casual watch that doesn't require your full attention, this is a good one to try.

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I love Feiry! IYKYK. ?

I'm watching his current drama Love Between the Lines, and I had to say something about this drama, The Starry Love, too for it's when I first knew this actor Chen Xing Xu.
This drama is surely worth the watch - his three shards are my favorite characters 😆, especially the innocent Fiery.
He's so cool here, but most of the time he's that head over heels in love with the FL, Ye Tan (Li Landy). I love them both. I love their chemistry here, their scenes together, and the story. They share scenes where both of them act all goofy and played around. Though I had to cry at the end because of course, it's the plot giving you onions.
I also love the development of Chao Feng, the third prince. He appears playful and careless, but is actually cunning and deceitful even tricking Qing Kui, Ye Tan's twin, to believe he's the good guy. But he's actually the one scheming her demise. He shed off his deceitful character upon meeting and falling in love with Qing Kui.

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Quite annoying dubbing

Chen Xing Xu & Landy Li of course I have to watch this... Haha.... Not expect much, but turn out I quite enjoy the drama.

Usual story where the switched bride happen, the 'naughty' girl go to heaven realm & the 'good' girl go to evil realm. but of course turn out they both find the perfect match in each realm. The story gonna be bored with good girl go to heaven realm, but with the naughty one, the story become quite interesting....

As usual, our girl (Ye Tan (YT)) make a lot of trouble in heaven realm. But with that way, she seems to make her footprint & impression to our ML. And the same also happen with Qing Kui (QK) in the evil realm, where she also attract Chao Feng (CF) & Wu Dai (WD) with her charm & gentleness. As we usually said, opposite attract. Xuan Shang (XS) in heaven never really see such capriciousness like YT do, while CF & WD never really get such gentleness in evil realm.

The story become really interested after XS back to heaven realm. YT & XS become close & very romantic. In the same time I still grind my teeth to see the behavior of heaven emperor. Why he seems so bothered to see how close YT & XS are...? Sometimes with XIan XIa drama like this I have this big question: Why they really like to picture heaven as hypocrite, where they seem to do the right thing, but turn out they actually is so messed up & hiding something that dark even make the evil proud...?

From all that happen in this drama one thing that really bothered me is.... How fake & so dubbed Xuan Shang voice. It's like they cover the mike with sock or cloth and then start speaking. Haha....

Overall this drama actually nothing new, but still really enjoyable to watch.

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