I would have given this drama full stars if I had liked the FL better. I’m just not a fan of the ‘cutesy’ type of character, and her portrayal of the novel character was really annoying since pouting and baby talk took center stage. Why do Chinese guys like this type of girl? Do they have a secret desire to date babies? Anyway, I’m not saying the actress was bad – she wasn’t, she did a good job switching personality types – I’m just saying I prefer her sister’s type character – quietly intelligent and reserved in nature. FL was clever, but I just hated the ‘cutesy’ thing. I preferred her in real life rather than in the novel. Also, I hated how the costume designer dressed her in the novel world. What is she? A twelve year old? Do adult women actually wear big bows in their hair? If her novel husband, Feng Muchen, was the designer of her clothes, no wonder he went bankrupt! And don’t get me started on his wardrobe! Before his character was ‘taken over’ by the boyfriend, he dressed like a Korean gangster with patterned shirts and gold chains. Thanks goodness, ‘real world’ Feng Muchen ditched the gold chains!

Now, to the #1 reason I kept watching this drama – ML. He is the best boyfriend ever! And this actor did an excellent job showing a wide range of emotion and facial expressions. You could feel his desperation. I’ve liked him since I first saw him on ‘Professional Single’, and he’ll always be known as Song Si Yi in my mind. Like I said, he is the best boyfriend a girl could want. He risked his life to join her in this novel and bring her back to the real world. He was always devoted, always true and always...well...wonderful! I like how he was in love with her personality, not her appearance since he almost immediately realizes that the novel character is back and FL has departed to somewhere unknown. Even though the novel character tries to act ‘cutesy’, he knows it’s not his girlfriend and makes excuses to avoid her. What a guy! He's the best! I loved him, and main reason I tolerated FL’s character was because of him. Oh, and BTW, he's a hot kisser too! Finally, kisses that look like passionate kisses in an Asian drama. Sometimes we get those from the second couple, but it's rare for the main couple. And it was all him, he put all the effort in those hot kisses.

As for the plot, it actually wasn’t bad. Yes, there was some silliness, but I was surprised at how well the plot held together. The logic held together too. Usually, in these fantasy plots, I don’t like how it ends because FL has to leave fantasy ML behind in the book or game, and then, hopefully - but not always - she meets a ‘real life’ version of him. In this plot, both ML & FL are real people who knew each other prior to entrance into fantasyland so nobody’s going to be left behind (although ML briefly and accidentally gets left behind and ends up in another novel! That was cute!). It was reasonable that ML would follow FL into this virtual world, and it was reasonable how they got out of it. Ok, yeah, it's definitely fantasy, medicine hasn't advanced this far, but I didn’t have any unanswered questions at the end or any ‘but that doesn’t make sense’ feelings. All the main characters in the novel correspond with real people…even the two guy secretaries (look for a really cute twist at the end on these two!). It's sort of like the Wizard of Oz how Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion and Wizard were people that Dorothy knew prior to her 'dream'.

If you can tolerate FL’s personality, it’s definitely worth the watching, and even if you’re like me and can’t stand the ‘cutesy’ type, it’s still worth watching because of ML. I wish every boyfriend could be like this guy!