I discovered Lee Joon Gi through Flower of Evil and immediately became a fan.

Been seeing a lot of good reviews for this and though, a bit late, I finally decided to dive in.

The series is an introduction to Korean Dynasties if you are unfamiliar to them, like me. Watching the palace intrigues, decorums and hierarchy of classes really makes one think. Centuries may have passed and yet, ambition and greed still brings out the monster in an individual.

Lee Joon Gi isn't the quintessential macho, big muscled lead actor, physically. But no one can doubt his presence when he is on screen. He is one of the greatest actors I have seen in Kdramas. So much so that I have been looking at his filmography to see his previous projects.

IU is so pretty. I love her here more than I did in Hotel del Luna.

At first, I was confused because there were too many princes but they eventually became more familiar. I found Eun's (10th prince) acting a bit on the overacting side. I had to skip through his scenes. Asides from Lee Joon Gi, I liked Baek also. Was rooting for Wook (8th prince) but he really changed over the course of the drama

I still have about 5 episodes more to go and I couldn't believe how fast I was watching it. Really riveting story.