The First Frost

Every dude’s out here scheming, and she’s the only saint in a world of snakes

A Gorgeous Mess Where Innocence Is A Superpower and Every Man’s a Villain

✨ THE GOOD:
Visuals that slap — Cinematography so stunning you might forget you’re stuck in this drama mess.

Lead actress nails it — Playing innocent like it’s an Olympic sport.

Atmosphere on point — Cold, bleak, and perfectly matching the mood of endless betrayal.

🤦‍♂️ THE “SERIOUSLY, EVERY MAN?” MOMENTS:
Plot = male conspiracy factory — Every guy’s trying to ruin her life like it’s a hobby.

Innocent goddess syndrome — She’s flawless, pure, and somehow the only one not shady in the entire cast.

Story takes a backseat — It’s all about her suffering and their villainy; where’s the nuance?

❄️ THE “CAN’T LOOK AWAY” FACTOR:
It’s exhausting but addictive—like watching a slow-motion car crash with pretty costumes.

The drama is so extra, you’ll laugh, cry, and rage all at once.

🎯 VERDICT:
"Like a winter fairytale where the ice queen is the only decent person, and everyone else lost the plot."

Watch if: You enjoy epic melodrama, innocent heroines, and men behaving badly.
Skip if: You want balanced characters or a plot that doesn’t revolve around endless betrayal.

Best paired with: 🍷 Something strong to sip while you shout at the screen.

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Looked forward to every episode (shock!)

I didn’t know it was based on the novel by Hidden Love author Zhu Yi, but it was very obvious from first episode I was in the same universe and even some of the same characters (just different actors).

First Frost is a super great watch from start to end. No draggy bits, no boredom with side quests or bland characters. I couldn’t wait to have spare time and grab the remote.

Romantic love, familial love (and tribulations), even love of pets, along with good food, good friends, big and small life events. At the center are two compassionate but very closed-off characters who find solace and trust and joy in each other to open up, very fun to watch. There’s some personal darkness in FL’s past, but thankfully not as horrific as (sadly) this subject matter can be in real life. Its effects, however, are long lasting and treated respectfully.

The ML’s devotion and completely unconditional love was unusually pure. Obsession-like, but not quite, as there was 0 expectations. I really liked his character, but I tend to like the externally stoic characters with the big heart inside.

I’m probably not supposed to compare, but I liked it way more than Hidden Love.

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Not what they said

Okay first I want to say this drama I am really looking forward to. Because my favorite actor This is my honest opinion and does not follow what is currently popular or hot. Honestly, if this drama wasn't Bai Jing Ting, then I think the plot and story of this drama would be very boring. If this wasn't a spin-off of Hidden Love, I'm sure it wouldn't be as popular. Honestly very honestly this drama is even very grey, and awkward if it wasn't for the actors Maybe I wouldn't watch this drama Other actors are not suitable, songs that do not fit the scene and actually make the atmosphere confusing. The epilogue scenes that I think are ambiguous, we should have known that because they were already there. But I persisted because it was said to be good, many people said it was good, secondly because of the visuals of Bai Jing Ting and Zhang Ruonan. Moreover, this drama did not meet my expectations. Sorry but Honest opinion and not fixated on any popularity.

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Watch this for Bai Jing Ting.

To start: Do not compare this with Hidden Love even though they are in same universe. Because I started the drama that way and ended up finding too many faults. On its own its a good drama, worth the time and tears you are about to shed.

Now, this could have been 10 stars for me had it been shorter and had better side characters. Before I rant about the cons lets talk about pros.

BJT- He carried the show for me. I have loved him in all his dramas and this was no different. He is absolutely incredible as an actor and when he feels emotions, its right there on his face and in his eyes. We are right there feeling it with him. Sang Yan played by him was beautiful and the way I cried for him was unreal. If someone loved me like Sang Yan loved Yifan, I would not ask for anything else in life.

The emotional aspect and the how well Rou Nan pulled off the whole Yifan character. Her dead inside eye look was incredible. She cried so naturally that made me tear up. I would say she needs a little opening up in romantic scenes, but other then that she was great.

The ending, I was sooo happy the mother didn't get forgiveness because she didn't deserve that. The wedding proposal was beautiful and the way Sang Yan recreated same home because Yifan sleep walks, I bawled like a baby.

Now for why I rated it 8 and not 10:

The side characters. Most annoying part of the show and absolutely uninteresting for me. I didn't like anyone of them and didn't end up connecting with them either. I mostly skipped for some portions especially that intern and other unnecessary drama. Hidden love was so on point and focused which made me realise if we focused just on Sang Yan and Yifan it would have been so much better.

The pacing got slow sometimes and that bothered me a bit.

On her own I absolutely loved Yifan and how strong she is as a person. But the way I wanted both couples on equal levels like Sang Yan loved her wayyyyy more than she loved him, even through actions. They could have shown more actions on her part of loving Sang Yan. We didn't get to see much from Yifan's end. In her heart Sang Yan is her only one but as a audience I was hoping to see more of that come to screen. Which made me feel that BJT was carrying the show strongly.

Over all, its worth a watch, wonderful drama that will make you cry so much.
But for Hidden love remains a jewel in my heart I will rewatch multiple times. First Frost might not make my rewatch list and hence doesn't get a 10.

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Met my expectations

Tbh being a spin off of hidden love which is extraordinaryly good drama, already put a pressure on this drama to be at the same level as HL. So I had in my mind that it might not be as good as HL and should be watched as an individual seperate drama with just few conn6with HL and this made the drama more worthy and satisfying to watch.

Some people might think that there were illogical things and things don't make sense, there is pacing problem or the FL is too weak. But if you watch it till end almost everything makes sense and why FL felt what she felt and why she became weak. Its true that there is pacing problem but once its on track, every episode is very anticipating to watch and the pacing problem is solved. For those who thing that FL is shown too weak, i haven't read the novel so idk, but i only saw the drama and as per drama it made sense of how she kept on losing hope and those sufferings made her like that.

I am really satisfied with this drama. And loved how the second lead couple were also so good. Writers gave enough screentime to them and a good short story too. Also i like how they settled every properly in the end without rushing the ending, like the uncle issue, mother issue, basically everything that came between them.

In the end it was worth watching drama👍

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