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THIS IS MY REVIEW Whew… where do I even start?

This drama had potential — I’m talking serve me royal romance on a silver platter potential. The first few episodes? Cute. Promising. And then? It tripped, stumbled, and face-planted into messy plots, childish schemes, and characters making decisions like their brains were on airplane mode.

Let’s break it down:

First up, the Crown Princess. I don’t even know where to begin with her. She’s out here acting like the world’s against her, crying in corners, yet REFUSING to help herself. Girl, it’s not character development if you just stay stupid the whole show. Not once did she think, “Maybe I should speak up for myself.” Nope. Just tears, whining, and questionable choices.

And the Crown Prince? He’s emotionally constipated, sure, but he at least tries in his cold, awkward way. I’ll give him half a star for effort. But she? She’s busy emotionally bonding with the OTHER prince like she’s not a whole married woman. And then has the nerve to get upset when the Crown Prince breathes near another woman. The math ain’t mathing.

Don’t even get me started on Second Female Lead Syndrome. This girl is the president of Delusion Nation. If you wanted the man, SAY YES the first time. But no, you chased status and now you’re salty because someone else has what you didn’t want when it was offered. Girl. Heal.

And the palace schemes? Please. I’ve seen elementary school drama with more depth. How are the royal adults THIS clueless? I’m embarrassed for them.

Now, for the fun part:

Kokowa Drama Starter Pack Checklist:

✅ Doormat Female Lead with Negative Self-Esteem

✅ Emotionally Damaged, Cold Male Lead with Hidden Feelings

✅ Clingy, Whiny Second Male Lead who needs to sit down

✅ Delusional Second Female Lead living in her own K-Drama fantasy

✅ 99 Misunderstandings for absolutely no reason

✅ Love Confessions happening at the worst possible moments

✅ Passive-aggressive tea drinking scenes

✅ Dramatic wrist grabs (because apparently words don’t work)

✅ “I heard half the conversation and now I’m mad” plot devices

✅ Rich people making poor decisions with royal-sized egos

✅ Female lead tripping over air and falling into someone’s arms (mandatory scene)

✅ A random fever to force an emotional bonding moment

✅ Schemes so obvious even a goldfish could connect the dots

✅ Second Female Lead blaming everyone but herself for her poor life choices

✅ Petty jealousy as a full-time job

✅ Parents ruining everything just for fun

✅ THAT ONE CHARACTER who exists only to deliver bad news dramatically

I finished it, but only because of the actors and my pride that refused to let me be defeated by bad writing. It’s camp, it’s chaos, it’s Goong — a drama that could’ve been iconic but instead said, “Let’s drown in stupidity for 24 episodes straight.”

The actors were good — they did what they could with that chaotic script — but they deserved better. Honestly, I stayed for the cast and the aesthetics, but the writing? Maximum drama with minimum sense . NO CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT WHATEVER.

NO CAP for real how did the Queen Mother survive palace life that long with the IQ of a decorative pillow? Sis couldn’t see through the simplest schemes or a fake smile to save her life. But sure, let’s blame everyone else while she sips tea like they aint all apart of the problem. The math is not mathing.

And don’t even get me started on the ending — they really had the nerve to roll credits without anyone realizing the ex-Crown Princess was the real villain. LIKE??? It was right there. Peak clownery. 🤡

And that whole mess with the King acting like a discount villain — sir, you’ve got the audacity to point fingers when you’re out here doing dirt yourself? They really missed a moment to humble him properly. All that wasted potential makes me want to sue.