So. This was my first Chinese drama and I didn't expect to finish the first episode, never mind all 50 something episode. Since I am new to c dramas, I'm not really a good judge of the actors, OST or plot but.....

I really enjoyed it. There was not one moment (except for the first episode) where I considered dropping it and when it was approaching 50 episodes, I was dreading having to finish it.
However, without being too spoilery, the ending was just plain awful, not because the ending was happy or sad but because of all the plot holes. The last few episodes were so rushed that they almost ruined the drama for me. Well, not almost, they did ruin it for me until I remembered how much I enjoyed the first half so I decided to compromise and give this drama a rating of 7.5

Other problems:

Plot holes - but they didn't appear until the end, so you could watch most of the drama without experiencing any major issues.

Major reveals - these are important secrets hidden for most of the drama and many characters go to great lengths to hide them but in the end, there were revelations left, right, and centre all at once without having much impact on anyone.
Here's an example, and I don't think it's much of a spoiler because it's barely mentioned, a male character is actually female but pretends to be male for no real reason. Throughout the whole drama she pretends to be a boy, only to at the end, reveal that she is actually a girl in a scene that lasted less than 5 minutes and had little to no impact on any of the other characters. So this poor actor had to pretend to be male for no reason. They might as well have gotten a male actor in the first place and saved that ridiculous reveal that they forced into one episode.

Villains- let's just say that I don't think each character got what they deserved in the end.

Miscommunications- which, granted are in most dramas but these ones weren't resolved because they were towards the end, and as I already mentioned ,the ending was such a mess that these things were sidelined.

Second male lead - I ended up rooting for him but they ruined his character in the end (like they did many, many other things) . He started off sly, manipulative but completely devoted to the heroine. He ended up still devoted to the heroine but lost his edge and became just desperate.

Ok, a lot of negatives BUT this drama did have good things as well :

Female lead - smart but not perfect and most importantly, remained motivated. Yes, she fell in love but she still had her own priorities and agendas which she didn't give up or ignore for the male lead.

Chemistry - I think the male and female lead had good chemistry, but so did the female lead and second male lead .....(just saying)

Actors - again this was my first drama so I can't tell for sure but I thought all of the characters acting was really good.

Plot - A good plot and storyline throughout most of the drama.


Would I recommend this ?

Hmmm.....yes because of how much I loved this drama before the ending. It's worth watching as long as you enjoy the first 40 or so episodes.