Secret/Secret Love Review

There's a thin line between love and hate - I don't know who originated this quote but they were right!

It takes about 4 episodes for you to get into it but once you're in, YOU'RE IN.

this drama should have been called the devil beside you because DO HOON. That's all i'm all going to say.

there are just some dramas that hook you and they don't let you go until its over. this is one of them
just the intensity of the emotions, all the mixed feelings (that were very well portrayed), just made it so addictive to watch. like everyone is losing their minds but you can't help but want to see more of it.
it took me like 3 days to finish this drama which is record! it usually takes me a month to finish a drama (because of school).
But since its summer I can just marathon it which is a fucking luxury that i'm going to miss so so so much when school starts again

Damn Ji Sung. That man is sex. not sexy, just sex. the way he talks and moves and smiles screams HOT DAYUM. And to be completely honest, At first glance, he's not THE most facially attractive Korean actor  (i don't even think he's in the top 20) but that doesn't mean he isn't good looking because the more you look at his face the more you realize how unique and handsome he is. I mean, dem cheekbones!  plus his brown eyes would make any woman melt. okay, maybe not ANY woman but certainly me.

in the last episode one of her prison bffs is pregnant (and married maybe? dunno) anyway, the father was Nigerian! that surprised me and cracked me up cuz I have never ever heard Nigeria being mentioned in a drama LOL. it was so cute hearing her say "naiigeeriahn". All the timed comments on Viki were like "I'M NIGERIAN, I'M NIGERIAN" and I wanted to be like "bitch me too!"

I watched the last scene like 50 times. i don't think I've felt this way about  a particular scene since Coffee Prince (my first drama aka my first love aka the drama that popped my Kdrama cherry).

 this is a bit of a SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
But when they were about to make sweet passionate love and he sensually kissed her burn scar that
 did something to my heart like i don't even know where to begin exactly. I got kind of emotional. it felt so symbolic. like he was accepting and loving her physical scars but he was also accepting her emotional scars, her mental scars e.t.c. it was like he was telling her "you don't have to hide this from me the way you hide it from other people. I love everything about you even the things you think is ugly. No scar will turn me away from you no matter how big or ugly it is. and I think she REALLY needed that. I was just so moved by the way he kissed and caressed her skin like even if she was covered in scars he would kiss every one them because it just won't change the way he feels about her. and he needed for her to know that.

I know some people were like "he shouldn't be with her cuz he 'abused' her" but i'm not sure i can agree with that; their situation was just too complex and complicated. when he met her, she was the person who killed his girlfriend and the unborn child he didn't even know about until it was too late. I personally think the way he reacted was completely real and expected. Anyway, after months of creepily stalking her, he realized that she was a strong, kind hearted and loving woman WHO DIDN'T KILL HIS GIRLFRIEND and then he got infected by that pesky virus called love. He never abused her when they got into a relationship.

 I just want to say, it quite extraordinary  to find someone that loves you so wholeheartedly and really sees you in a light that nobody else sees you. it's such a blessing because you come across thousands of people every year and its like, how many of them would really understand you? how many of them would really care for you, like the real YOU, not the you that kind of wish you were? For me the answer is, if any, it would probably be very few.

I'm pretty sure i can go on and on about that scene but you get what I mean.

lastly, brilliant acting by everyone but specifically Hwang Jung Eum. I mean she was flawless!! She cried in like everyone episode (multiple times) and she was ON IT every single time in every scene. I've loved her since Little Mom Scandal and I'm so glad I got to see her in another drama. Cant wait see her other works

LASTLY AGAIN, I think everyone should watch this drama because it's fucking heart wrenching in the most beautifully satisfying way. Yes, you will cry, yes, you should invest in a new tissue box but also get ready to get invested in the characters cuz like I said before THEY WILL PULL YOU IN.