TL;DR - Did this warrant 17 episodes? I thought so until the last ep. The reveal with the revenge doesn't happen until the last couple of episodes, which isn't my favourite. The romance had its moments, but due to the choices of the male lead, I would've been okay if they didn't end up together. Give it a watch and if you can buy into the ML's reason for revenge, I don't think you'd have a bad time.

I started watching this because it pretty much has my favorite type of slap/kiss plot (although I'm sure 90% of this genre has this sort of "macho man misunderstands innocent girl" type story) and I liked the look of the main leads. After finishing, I definitely thought there were some interesting elements, but overall just thought it was okay. I will first start with what I liked first.

One of the things that surprised me about this was how the story managed to be engaging and believable enough that it almost warranted the 17 episodes; when I first saw that it was going to be that long, I was filled with dread at how this was likely going to have a lot of filler. But this wasn't really the case; there are multiple plot lines occurring that make sense, and this lakorn does a good enough job to make you care about the characters that are directly involved. In particular, I really liked the storyline involving the dad and his conflict of how to love and protect both his sons born from different mothers. Whoever produced this show had a good sense of when certain plotlines should come in, and was in line with the current psychological states of the characters. At least to me, things went on in a logical manner that was engaging and not hard for me to go on to the next episode, although I had issues with the last episode that I'll discuss later).

I also really liked how they dealt with the character of May; the twist involving her was brilliant and she's one of the most memorable villains I've seen in awhile. Sa Anisa has really improved since Maturot Lohgan. I really really liked how when her secret was revealed, she was not demonized for being trans but rather more for her terrible actions as her own person. Her struggles as a trans woman were expressed well, and honestly it would've been too hard for the main leads to figure her true identity, so it made sense that it was revealed in the end. I will say that I felt like it would've been more in line if she'd try to kill Jan; she'd already gone too far and we don't really see her feel guilt for tricking Jan till the last episode. I felt like if I changed my whole ass gender for someone, I'd see it all the way through. Regardless, I'm satisfied with her development and I'll remember her for a long time.

Now onto what I didn't like; the first problem was that I didn't like how everything was resolved in the last episode. Problems that had been plaguing the characters for hours in the lakorn were conveniently settled within half an hour or so in the last ep. I really dislike this kind of storytelling because it makes me feel like I wasted my time, and it makes for an unnatural ending. This sort of quick, idealistic wrap-up with sunshine and rainbows felt like a cop-out and it disregarded the earlier conflicts that took long to set up. I also felt like production kind of gave up just because it was the last ep. Another problem I had was that I wasn't expecting the revenge plot to go on for so long, although this is a point that I'm conflicted with myself. On one hand, Jan should've had an idea that Sichon was Nam (there were a lot of coincidences) at least halfway through and move the plot quicker. On the other hand, if she did find out early and things resolved sooner, I would've lost interest in the OTP.  Ultimately, this is something that I've just come to accept, although it doesn't make me satisfied and isn't what I was expecting.

Another dislike is unfortunately the romance; because the revenge went on for so long, it personally made me unable to completely immerse myself in the romance. I thought BigM and Hana had really good chemistry, and the way they touched eo was very intimate and special. However for me, when I saw these intimate scenes, my feelings of romance would be negated by the fact that I knew the revenge would come, and it greatly bothered me that Jan was totally falling for him while he was intent on deceiving her. 

I was also disappointed by Sichon's character; at first I thought he would be like the main lead from Game Rai Game Rak (both even have similar names!). However, Sichon had this big insecurity about being low-born and would just again and again cave-in to it despite what Jan did for him. While I don't deny that he loved Jan, he also couldn't believe in her and it's telling when the aunt and 2ndry FL believed her more than him. The moment he chose to believe Mek's words (in the latter third) was when I kind of gave up on him and thought Jan deserved better. Jan was a queen in every way and frankly I would've been okay if they didn't end up together. 

I will inject some Sichon positivity and say that I was touched at the part with May when told her that gender didn't matter when it came to love. That everyone deserves love. I honestly expected him to hold that against her, but the fact that he didn't warmed my heart.

Music was alright (at the very end they played one of my fave Tilly Bird songs which I totally didn't expect), and I liked the secondary cast as well. Not something I'd re-watch. If you don't mind that the big reveal doesn't happen until the last couple of episodes, I'd say to give this a watch.