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Definitely quirky and charming

Just wanted to start off by saying, my rating is based on the genre of the drama, which is a romcom. The drama is true to it's genre, a romantic comedy with the male lead who is the boss and a kind of hard headed female lead who becomes his employee and they have beef, a typical romcom enemies to lovers. Even if it's something I've seen manyyyyyy times I still enjoyed it in this drama.

The story starts off with Yi Ran, the female lead who has multiple jobs and prioritises money. One day, she catches her boyfriend cheating on her and breaks up with him. She makes the sudden decision to stay one night at a 5-star hotel, and lets go of herself. Once the night was over, she had an incident with one of the employees which causes her to write a bad review of the hotel, which leads to bad PR for them. Vincent (Xiao Mu Cheng) who is in charge of managing the hotel goes out and seeks Yi Ran to become a professional reviewer for the hotel, and their story begins.

There are characters you'll like, some you don't, some you'll come to like and some you kind of just don't care for. For me, I did personally enjoy watching both the lead characters and tbh I think it's mostly because they were hilarious, their relationship was enjoyable to watch and I do like how the Yi Ran just does not care and makes things clear, it was fun to watch the relationship dynamic between the main couple. I really enjoyed Yi Ran's attitude when it came to defending her man, it was funny. Some people might find her annoying but her character works in this sort of genre so I don't take it too seriously. I also enjoyed the coworkers, I do admit some of them were kind of irritating in the beginning but I really did come to like them, they were the comedic relief along with the main couple for me.

That being said, I did not care for Yi Ran's friend so I skipped her parts, she didn't add anything to the story and I truly disliked the second leads throughout the drama. You Jia and Yi Shu were both irritating, they don't take no for an answer and were very unreasonable and unprofessional, so I skipped them too. Personally felt the second leads got way too much screen time for my liking, I rolled my eyes every time they were on screen, I did not enjoy their "romance" and the attempt at doing comedy with them just wasn't for me. Another annoying character that appears in the second half of the drama is Mu Cheng's dad...all I could think of was, "what a miserable hag". Wished Mu Cheng was able to stand up to his dad from the beginning.

Story was really fun in the first half, I enjoyed it, it made me laugh a lot and the couple were quirky indeed, sometimes they made me go ??? with their actions, they just caught me off guard (not in a bad way) but I did find them cute together and how they would stick up for each other even before they became to realise their feelings. I enjoyed how easily and naturally they became friendly and soon a couple. I don't remember any serious arguments from the couple once they got together but they definitely did have several misunderstandings before which I think got resolved quick enough. Misunderstandings aren't my thing and I dislike them but I could handle it in this drama. It was all pretty light-hearted, which I enjoy from these dramas because sometimes I just need a break from the really serious dramas. The second half of the drama...for me there was too much going on, I mean for a cdrama it's pretty short but they were doing too much with Yi Ran's mother and Mu Cheng's dad, then the rival, maybe if they took a different route with some of these characters it would've been more enjoyable.

Overall, I enjoyed the scenes at the hotel and how they deal with customers, I enjoyed the main couple for the most part but the story became kind of meh towards the end I guess and it dragged a little in the last couple of episodes, all of a sudden there was too much drama and the original vibes of the drama were lost. Too many negative characters appeared at once but despite this, the couple and their coworkers were still fun to watch and were the best part of this drama, would've preferred more of them rather than the second couple. However, I still would recommend this if you're simply looking for an easy, lighthearted drama to binge and keep you entertained without racking your brains. It's been a while since I've watched a drama like this so I ended up liking it more than I thought I would.

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BEAUTIFUL, FLUFFY AND TRULY LOVELY DRAMA!!

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE!!! I just love how it was a simple drama that wasn't too complicated, and I love that they didn't waste time and focus on creating some backstory for the villain; he is just a bad guy who happens to be present. This is the first time in a while where a drama didn't lose me because I felt the storyline was getting weaker. The drama stayed true to what it was meant to be, a cheesy rom-com with all the cliches and I love when a rom-com is unapologetically exactly that. It was simply full of fluff and I don't remember any product placements being shoved in my face, which was nice. I'm glad everyone had a beautiful and fulfilling ending, and this is definitely a drama I would rewatch.

Everyone worked so hard on this drama after having so many setbacks. I'm glad it got popular, and I really hope more dramas like this will be produced. It truly is nice to simply watch a lighthearted drama. I was giggling and grinning from episode one all the the way to the last episode, even when the last timeline began and Sunjae didn't remember Sol, his personality didn't change and the couple still managed to make me laugh. The music in the drama was also so beautifully done, spring snow in particular might just be one of my favourite OSTs of all time. Thank you to everyone who worked on this and thank you for letting me experience such a wonderful drama. <3

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Just meh...

I am a fanatic for cheesy romances so I truly thought I would like this but ended up wasting my time. I tried watching this drama two times before I actually finished it the third time. I was bored the first couple of times but because of the high praises I decided to stick to it cause maybe it will pick up, unfortunately it never did for me. I don't care too much for drama and conflict so personally I didn't need it to be entertained but it was just plain boring. There are many dramas where the cp is together throughout the series without any conflict, however, they still managed to make the drama entertaining. I'm all for easy to watch dramas but this was just boring, nothing ever picked up, the couple were sweet but it was just that. I didn't necessary enjoy watching them tbh, I became more interested in the side couples but we barely got anything from them. I just personally feel that it didn't deserve over 30 episodes, should've been 24 maximum. The fl's family were more interesting, wish we got more of them, it was just way too much screentime of the main couple which sounds like a ridiculous complaint but that's how much I was bored of them despite the fluff (which I absolutely adore). Overall, the drama just wasn't it, it didn't move me at any point and main couple didn't do anything for me (lowkey didn't feel the chem between them), it was a cute setup but ended up being nothing.

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PERFECT ROMCOM WITHOUT TOO MUCH DRAMA AND A LOT OF SWEET ROMANCE !!

If you love yourself a cliché rom-com, but WITHOUT the frustrating love triangle or too much unnecessary drama, only small misunderstandings that are resolved VERY maturely then you have to watch this drama. Sure the plot isn't very unique but the drama is incredibly entertaining and even the cliché's are well done tbh.

One of the few dramas where the main leads are actually carrying the whole drama. The chemistry was off the charts, like I wasn't even exclusively waiting for the couple to get together cause even before they became an official couple it already seemed like they were in a relationship for years (probably cause they're childhood friends), but they understand each other so well and even when problems ensued it wasn't dragged they were just mad at each other (like normal human beings) and they both resolve their misunderstandings very cutely, quickly and maturely, it was adorable to watch honestly. As well as the friendships that have been made in this drama, it's very very wholesome to watch honestly, the drama has so many sweet moments and fluff, it kept me smiling.

I would definitely watch this again, it's a light hearted rom-com to pass time without getting frustrated at the the main leads so it's a really easy watch, it didn't even feel like it was a really long drama, the entire flow of the drama was natural (maybe a little rushed towards the end but not too bad, maybe cause it was supposed to be a 40 episode drama originally). Not even exaggerating when I say this has become one of my favourite Chinese dramas of all time, honestly wish it was longer which is rare for me to want especially from a c-drama.

Definitely would recommend you to watch the drama if you haven't but do not start the drama thinking it's a new concept or anything it's just one of the best dramas produced of the rom-com genre, the storyline, the acting, it was all so good that's why it's getting so much praise, also do not start the drama and make assumptions right off the bat cause so many have done that only for it to be wrong, and yes the female lead is actually smart for once. The male lead is incredibly smart and is always winning but the female lead is also very smart even if you may think at times she's not, but she actually is and from the beginning till the end she is.

Overall, I just really enjoyed watching this drama, from the entire flow of the storyline, to the acting and the chemistry between the actors/actresses as well as the music which was incredibly good, wish more dramas were like this.

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It could've been so much more....

I don't have much to say except the drama had potential to be so much better, especially when I watch all the deleted scenes, my heart hurts. The editing was horrible from a certain point and the story line didn't make sense until I watched the cut scenes, most of them I don't even understand why it was cut. I know censorship exists but I don't think any of the cut scenes went against it especially when many other dramas show just as much intimacy as the ones we see in the deleted scenes.

The story itself had potential but the villain characters pissed me off bad, especially the emperor, he has such a punchable face and his little eunuch sidekick with that annoying voice and he's beady eyes. The emperor is a full blown creep, I hated him till the end and also the fact he harasses the fl to that extent is disgusting. I also hated the SA scene for obvious reasons, it just went on for too long and brushed off. I don't understand how they kept a clear assault scene in but cut out all kiss scenes like what even was the standards when putting the drama together??

Personally I think this was just a waste and I feel sorry for the actors, I really did enjoy the actors and the relationship dynamics but unfortunately the production completely butchered the show, I only stuck around for the leads tbh and skipped any scenes with the villains at some point even the ending was bad. I really want to know how the show would have turned out if they didn't get rid of so many important and intimate scenes. The chemistry was definitely there between the leads and even more in the deleted parts. Overall, it's just unfortunate what the end product is :(

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