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The show had all the perfect ingredients to be great but did not have the time to cook
Heeju, a rich ceo who is not taken seriously in the business world due to her status ends up in a marriage of convenience with a nonchalant prince to bring up her status. All of this started very well, Heeju was a fire-y character and I was thoroughly entertained by all her antics. Prince Ian trying to catch up with her was also fun but they never had time for us to properly enjoy them.
The whole monarchy was a comedy. First of all who even considers a child as their king? How could the people ever take them seriously. Secondly they were all acting like the whole country depended on them for everything when they were just glorified pr ambassadors. The political stuff took up so much time but did not add anything.
With this even their reason to get married looked stupid, Heeju will not get to run her company so what's the end goal of her doing all this.
People finding out that their marriage was fake should have been such a big conflict of the show but it is brushed away for the political plot.
The Prime Minister Min was such a weak character. When he is introduced you would never suspect that he likes Heeju but suddenly after she gets married he becomes angry enough to become a super villain??? Literally wth.
The queen was also a shallow character. She seemed to only care about keeping the crown in the family and showed no concern for her child but suddenly by the end she helps everyone due to her emotions. Weak writing imo.
Heeju's family was also badly done in my eyes. In the beginning it looks like her father
neglected her emotionally since childhood and the whole family separated her and were just waiting for her downfall. But then they turn around to be this caring and loving family who help her and only want to protect her. The castle group comes to the crown's rescue multiple times for Heeju and it just doesn't make sense. If they showed her this much care before and included her, she would not have to enter this fake marriage.
The romance could have been nice but we started rushing through the story. The prince liked her since school but we mostly see that only through the epilogues at the end of the episode and we don't have an exact moment where Heeju falls in love. I liked the parts before their marriage where the prince is losing his mind over all the couple activities they do and Heeju looks chill on the outside but is denying her feelings to herself. But we don't get the time to sit and watch them as a couple cause we immediately have the marriage and then people start to assassinate them. No time to enjoy.
This was kind of a different role for IU compared to wlgyt and I think she did well given the material. Byeon Woo Seok was kind of weak here.
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