📺 Korean Tv Series Review: Romance is a Bonus Book (로맨스는 별책부록)

Cha Eun-Ho and Kang Dan-Yi have been friends for almost their entire lives, sharing hopes and dreams as well as fears and hard times...or at least, that's what they both thought.
In the last year, Dan-Yi got divorced and has been going under several job interviews, but got rejected because of her 7 years career break, so things are not doing so well, but thankfully she hasn't lost her optimism. 
In the meantime, Eun-Ho has become a successful writer and the founding member of Gyeoroo Publishing company; he's clueless about Dan-Yi personal situation so he's completely taken aback when finds her in front of him on Gyeoroo's job recruiting day.

Eventually, Dan-Yi gets a contract position on the Task Division and they decide to hide the fact that they know each other and that Dan-Yi will live with Eun-Ho for the time being.
A third character appears right on episode one, to save Dan-Yi from a rainstorm (literally): Ji Seo-Joon. He's a talented artist and famous book designer...he's also interested in a senior author who left all his royalties to Gyeoroo Publishing and that curiosity will cause turmoil between him and Eun-Ho, who knows personally said, author.

I particularly liked the friendships that Dan-Yi is able to start with some of the company's members, especially with Marketing team leader Seo Young-A and two colleagues, Park Hoon and Oh Ji-Yool.

My Opinion👍👎
Kang Dan-Yi is in denial about her true feelings for Eun-Ho for basically half series, even when he explicitly tells her he likes her. Also, this might be the first k-drama where I hoped for the second lead to get the girlJi Seo-Joon is such a good guy, with the prettiest smile ever!

Did I like the series? Yes. Would I suggest it? It depends...
I enjoyed how well the world that's behind the publishing of a book is described: endless proofreading and editing sessions, marketing strategies, and runnings against time to fix even the tiniest detail mistake.
But, other than that, I think the story is very linear, with no "WOW moments" and some outcomes were extremely obvious.

If you want something light, enjoyable, that doesn't require a lot of focus, go for it! This is the perfect series for a Sunday kdrama marathon!

Ranking: 3/5

Ph: asianwiki.com

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