The best thing about this manhwa is definitely the art- specifically the scenery porn. I love this kind of style, and it's what made me pick up the series in the first place. It reminds me a lot of CLAMP- intricate, highly decorated, beautiful line work. It's also an immediately interesting premise. A young woman is sacrificed to the Water God in order to stave off the terrible drought that plagues her village, and then finds herself living in the world of the gods with her extremely mysterious new husband.

Unfortunately the interesting premise gets increasingly bogged down in predictable makjang plot twists, and the characters become more and more incomprehensible and poorly motivated as the romantic conflicts drag on and on without resolution. This kind of soapy romance could still have been enjoyable, however, IF the mangaka was able to properly portray the over the top emotions involved. This is the key factor that made me drop this series half way through the third arc- the characters just DO NOT EMOTE in a satisfactory way. The mangaka doesn't have a perfect grasp of how to convey motion and flow in general, and subtle facial expressions are definitely way beyond her. The experience was exactly like watching a high budget, beautifully costumed, beautifully produced historical fantasy drama cast entirely with wooden idol actors. Eventually it got so frustrating I just couldn't keep going.