I've been anticipating The Shadow/Snowfall for about three years, especially because this is Winwin's first drama, and I would say it wasn't really worth the wait and was quite disappointing. It started off really strong—I was hooked and intrigued by the storyline, and I found the cinematic shots to be really nice. However, the low budget tends to stand out from the middle to the end of the drama. Mi Lan, portrayed by Ouyang Nana, was quite well done, but I found her character to be extremely childish. I understand that within the realms of her abusive and sheltered childhood, she wouldn't have matured, but she doesn't have much character development. The romance aspect was also poorly portrayed; it's evident that the FL and ML have feelings for each other, but nothing really happens between them. Shen ZhiHeng takes on more of a caregiver role instead of a partner role, and I feel like their massive age gap didn't help at all. Their vampire abilities seemed to only be present for their convenience, but when it seemed logical for their abilities to assist them in their troubles, somehow they were absent.

There are also a lot of plot holes, and many things were skipped over. The ML and SML never really properly mend their relationship; they just go back to being best buddies, and I felt like the mythology of all the vampire clans was also hastily done. The antagonist, Li YingLiang, only has one goal, and that was to take down SZH, which literally dragged on for the entire duration of the drama. A very one-dimensional character. The ending was horrible and rushed. It makes little sense and just kind of leaves us hanging for nothing. Overall, I would say although Snowfall brings something new to the table in terms of C-drama themes, it's very skippable and forgettable, thus 6.5/10.