this is a review for both season 1 and season 2!

I watched this drama over the course of 3 days (I usually take weeks) because:

1. It was pretty fast paced so I never felt bored or lost.

2. Most of the characters were very charming and lovely and I liked seeing them.

- can I just say you will get second lead syndrome from this because I love moran so much it hurts he's so so beautiful inside and out and it HURTS when he kept repeatedly getting let down I'm :(

- on another note my absolute favorite couple/characters of this drama were yanran and moran if you like angst you will love this... THE PINING PLEASE>>> I really wish there were more chinese dramas with couples like them because I love them so much helppp sad that they weren't the leads :(

- also for fans of The Untamed I think one of the relationships in this drama (xiao zhan's character is in the ship ahaha) had a similiar wangxian tone to it... It wasn't made very obvious and there are only slight hints but there's one moment that makes me really ship them ahhh

- on another note I felt another potentially gay relationship (although they obviously won't make it obvious it could pass off as bromance) which was nice to see them include (this relationship is quite cute as well)

3. I really liked the ending and how open it was, you can make your own theories about it :)

4. The ost's were great too I couldn't stop humming and singing the songs for awhile afterwards, especially moran's song xiao zhan's voice is heavenly and it's my favorite song from him.

onto the things I disliked:

1. The costumes were very cheap and quite unrealistic also in my opinion some of the fight scenes weren't all that great.

2. The main couple really really wasn't it for me.. luo feifei was such a stereotypical character for me and most of the times I could hardly find her cute or charming because of how rude and bratty and disrespectful she was for the majority of the show... and beitang yi.. first of all the acting was very very mediocre compared to xiao zhan's acting (it shows from all of the comments and reviews about second lead syndrome haha) and I could barely find any depth in his character? He just quietly agreed to things most of the time and really nothing about him stood out to me he was so painfully boring to watch...

3. I also thought it was so disturbing to keep seeing luo feifei like beitang yi because he was really the only one who didn't believe in her and kept asking to have her killed, beheaded, constantly pushing her away. That's why I shipped moran and feifei in the beginning because he actually appreciated her (she didn't deserve him tho lmao), until yanran came along haha.

Other than all of that this drama is a nice watch if you're looking for something quick to watch because it's still very entertaining! Not too complicated, easy to understand, with an overall warm tone. I loved most of the characters even though a lot of them were very stereotypical and one dimensional (except moran and yanran and some others) and it still really got me in my feels.