My Princess Drama Review

My Princess

Sunny, stubborn college student Lee Seol  has a fairly ordinary life. She squabbles with her adoptive sister and mother, has a crush on her good-looking professor, and has a part-time job as a decorative Korean "princess" at tourist events. Her life turns upside down when she discovers that she is in fact a real princess, a blood descendant of the last emperor of Korea. With a large faction of the government pushing to turn Korea into a constitutional monarchy, she's quickly instated into the palace and assigned to Park Hae Young  to be tutored in etiquette and how to be a princess. Hae Young, however, is her political rival - his grandfather is pushing to put Lee Seol in power, but if he does so, all of Hae Young's inheritance will go to her. Hae Young initially intends to do all he can to thwart Lee Seol, but when he finds himself falling for her instead, he's caught between his heart and his life goals. (dramafever.com)


The review:


Plot:
    The basic premise of a girl finding out  that she is a princess is not a new idea and has been done many times before. Also another theme with in this drama is opposites attract and love hate relationships. Even though these themes have been done before it is a cute drama. The main characters are on a journey to find out what  happened to Lee Seol's father and to reestablish the monarchy. Both of these tasks are very hard to accomplish. I had originally thought that this drama would be like the drama 'Goong' but really the only similarities are  that the main characters become royalty. Their journey takes them all over South Korea. One of the main locations where the drama takes place at is  Palace. Though you get to see the areal from outside you only get to see maybe 6 rooms inside the Palace.  Other places are the country side, Lee Seol's mother's inn, Hae Young's house, and other parts of Seol (the city).


Characters:
     Lee Seol is this drama's main character. She is quirky and frugal but she tries her hardest which makes her endearing. She at the beginning  is in love with her history professor that she also works for as an assistant.Lee Seol also has a fondness for historical dramas which she often quotes at Hae Young.  As the Drama goes on you get to see her grow up in to the princess that she is.
      The main male lead is Park Hae Young. He his a handsome young diplomat that is put in charge of Lee Seol. He knows how the government and high society really works which makes him a great adviser to the princess. Although his actions are sometimes questionable with his motives but he has Lee Seol's best interests in mind. 
      The antagonist of the show is Oh Yoon Joo. She is a brilant curator that becomes head of the Royal Foundation. She hates Lee Seol because when the monarchy was reestablished it took away Park Hae Young's inherentace. The reason why she cares so much about Park Hae Young is because she feels that she is going to marry him. She also had a past relationship with the professor that Lee Seol was in love with. 
       The last of the main characters is Nam Jung Woo. He is the professor that Lee Seol was in love with. He also had a past relationship with Yoon Joo. He also joined Yoon Joo as part of the Royal Foundation but unlike her he was a constant ally to Lee Seol.
   The other characters of the show are Park Hae Young's Grandfather. Yoon Joo's Father, Lee Seo's adopted mother and sister. Two of the characters that are important to mention are two of Lee Seol's allies in the Palace and they are   Lee Geon a royal chef and  Shin Mi So one of the princess's maids.


Acting:
     The acting in this show was pretty good. Everyone was well suited for their role. Kim Tae Hee who played Lee Seol played her role so well that I didn't realize that she had also played the main female lead in IRIS. 


On the side know i just wanted to point out that Lee Geon is played by B2ST's Lee Ki Kwang. He was adorable in this role though I'm pretty sure that his character was suppose to be older than 20 which he is. 


My rating:

I give this drama a full 4 stars. It was a pretty good drama with a lot of ups and downs. Park Hae Young and Lee Seol were a cute couple to watch.