Both have the older female lead and younger male lead vibe. The female leads are more outgoing than the male leads who seem calm, reserved and introverted. The female leads are career oriented type of women. Both stories start off with the “from grass to grace” type of vibe for both male leads. Both male leads climb their way up from growing up in the village to finally spreading their wings to the city life after meeting the female leads. A bonus is the good fashion sense which is common in the female leads ?
In both series, the girl falls in love first, but the guy ends up falling even harder.
The love story develops slowly, with the man being cold and distant at first, while the woman does everything she can to get closer to him.
There are strong family intrigues in both series that try to keep the couple apart.
And in both, there's amazing chemistry between the main characters.
Tired of life in Seoul, Hae Won, a cellist who has closed her heart due to past emotional wounds, returns to her hometown, Bookhyun Village. There, she meets Eun Seob, the owner of "Goodnight Bookstore," whose simple routine of coffee, reading, and blogging begins to shift as their lives intertwine.
