Unpacking The Passion Of "First Night With The Duke": K-Drama Review
The name of this series reminded me so much of the only British series I've had time to see to the end, the Bridgeton series because of the title "Duke" used lol. I heard the word first in the Bridgeton series so I thought it was a title used only by Britain royals. The thought has changed because I do have a better idea of who a Duke is.
Another reason that drew me to see this series is the male lead, Taecyeon who was a villain in the first series I saw him in, "Vincenzo". I thought this would be a way to see him in a romance setting as I didn't get it much in his vampire role in "Heartbeat". The many reviews from friends also got me curious on how interesting it could be.
"First Night With The Duke" is an adaptation from a hit Web Novel and released in 2025. The series is cast by Taecyeon, Seohyun, Kwon Han-sol and Seo Bum-june. It's a fantasy story that explores a love story that gets a rewrite when a character is replaced by a big fan of the novel. It explains the effects of changing a plot even by just a scene.
A college student, K finds herself in her favourite romance novel set during historical times. She becomes a minor character in the story but after spending a night with the main character, Lee Beon (The Duke, favoured by the king), she witness the story she thought she knew very well change by every scene with her becoming lead.
I enjoyed this story more because I've seen one like it that I still think is better than this by the way, "W Two Worlds". It's also a series where a character goes into another story and changes fates. I think "First Night With The Duke" is a good one with the fantasy of one entering a novel but it was kinda too slow at the beginning to me.
But my best part of this series is the romance genre, I think Taecyeon as the Duke was perfect for the role. "Love at first sight" stories are becoming too much so I think it was refreshing to see this story take another route, "Love at first night" lol. How the Duke pursues a minor character, totally ignoring his supposed female lead is a never boring sight to watch throughout.
The comedy in the story is good too, there were even funny scenes where we had villains in it. It was a crazy and unexpected but reasonable twist to see the supposed female lead become a villain in the story, that's what they get for making her lose her main role, I'd say. It turned out the whole point was to make the reader, student K, understand the writer in her creation journey.
The story is good, I love how heartwarming it became as the two navigate love. The comedy from the family of the story invader is memorable too. I didn't expect a love triangle in this one since it's a story that's being rewritten but there was one and I think it was quite unnecessary as he was just controlling and a bit toxic from start.
Over all, I had a nice time on this one but I'll recommend with a lesser rating (7/10) as I think there is a better series of same genre or focus that I'll rather recommend. But if you'd love to see it, bear through the first episode and you're good. There's so much to see in it than I have mentioned and I hope you do enjoy what it offers.
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This is the series I'm seeing currently. I got bored, though, but my friend has convinced me that they actually have good chemistry, so I should watch it.
I don't know again, lol.
Lol I also thought it was boring at some point. But yeah, the chemistry kept going.
I am dropping the idea to watching the drama. I think right now I won't like it. Thank you for sharing.
Lol I won't force this one on you. 😅