I have to confess after reading the reviews I am not even sure if I wanted to start the journey watching 62 episodes of this drama series. However, the story started to get interesting about 3 episodes in. The main male and female leads acting are just passable, but I am hooked on the storyline. Great War strategies and great fighting scenes. And half way through I found out there was a book on this drama series too.
So if you start with the book, I would urged you to forget about watching the series. It would be boring. If you start with the series, go read the book and you will find the plots more entertaining.
On the plus side though, the main lead kissing scenes in this series were very worthwhile to watch.