Ski into Love

Hush,The king is in hibernation.

A drama with a winter sports theme and a snowy atmosphere is really interesting and visually flawless because the snow itself gives beauty to the scenes and everything has a romantic and desirable feel. First of all, I really appreciate the efforts of the crew and actors because I know it must have been hard work. It is exhausting to work in sub-zero temperatures, but they filmed it so beautifully without any excuses.
The series is about continuing even if you fail many times. It doesn't matter if you are rich or average, just remember to follow your goals and don't let anything stop you. The snow is a reminder of the hardships that come after the earth comes back to life in the spring after the cold weather. The actors were also chosen perfectly. Esther is really capable. She has a complete command of her facial expressions and has cute and lovely facial expressions. Along with Sean Chung's cold look, they complement each other.
I've enjoyed it so far, so join us and don't deprive yourself of this beautiful atmosphere...🌹🌹🙏🏻❤️❄️☃️

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A good drama isn't just by goof actors

I like Lin Yi and Esther. I have seen many of their dramas and I loved some and hated some. So I can say that my dislike for this drama does not stem from the actors, I think they did their jobs well.

The writers and director, however, could've been a lot better. The repeated comments on body, weight, body-shaming were too much to tolerate, let alone ignore. You can't really show a person thinner than a pole and just go on and on about how fat they are, its disingenuous as well as problematic.

I'm also quite tired of the trope where people force a person to go back to doing something they did before an accident/near death incident. I never finished the show so I don't know what SC did but the way Dou and the coach kept harping on him got on my nerve.
Almost in the same vein, Wei Zhi and her dismissive attitude towards the scandal annoyed me too, it reeked of money and privilege. I can't understand how an artist would let themselves be blamed for AI, lose their life's work, find out their friend/assistant is still profiting off and then do nothing?? Yeah right

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A Seemingly Unfinished Story

I was hoping my first review was going to be positive, but unfortunately, that won't be the case. Nobody loves love more than I do. I spend half of my time thinking about which drama to watch next on my list, and I spend the other half of my time watching it. I'm not well versed in C-Dramas, but with The First Frost being the most recent C-Drama I had the pleasure of watching, I fear my expectations were set significantly too high.

As episode 23 began to wrap up and the outro begins to play. I grabbed my remote looking for a "Next Episode" button that never came. This feeling of disappointment began to wash over me like water being thrown on a cozy campfire. Even if we disregard that weak proposal (The speech was great, everything else was not) preceded by a time jump with no context, all of the subplot's felt like there was absolutely zero payoff. You're going to try to convince me that the Qualifier was the big payoff when the Olympics are being dangled in front of us like a carrot tied to a stick?

Lao Yan and Jiang Nan Feng? Dai Duo and Shan Shan? Wei Zhi's Parents? None of the "endings" to any of these plots we were given felt anywhere near satisfactory. I haven't needed closure this badly since my last relationship ended.

I don't have much to say about the acting, because it didn't feel like there was much of it. Esther Yu carried this project on her back and did an absolutely wonderful job with her role. Was Wei Zhi sometimes cringy and mildy annoying? Sure, but that was her character. She managed to give us a powerful performance and she felt like one of the only two bright spots in an otherwise mediocre project.

The other bright spot that left me longing for more and deserved recognition was Zeng You Zhen's performance with Shan Shan. She was able to hit those emotional High's and Low's wonderfully, leaving me with tears of sympathy in my eyes more than once.

Random Disconnected thoughts:
This was a freshly baked, still warm chocolate chip cookie that ended up being oatmeal raisin.
Watch it, but discard any expectations you might have before going into it. There are plenty of VERY cute moments.
This was reminiscent of the Kdrama Eve for me, in that I really enjoyed myself until the last episode.

Final Score: A reluctant 6/10.

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Enjoy the Scenery: Mountains, Yi Lin, and Esther Yu

I like sports dramas. I appreciated learning more about snowboarding, but I wish there had been a little more competition shown. Except for two jumps, there was no suspense involving the snowboarding.

There should be an expiration age on full-time aegyo for adult humans, and Esther Yu, approaching 30, has reached it. I didn't mind the childishness in Love Between Fairy and Devil, because aegyo suited the character of an innocent flower fairy. It's different when Esther Yu is playing an adult businesswoman. This is not a criticism of the actress; I like her very much and will happily watch most of her dramas, but I hope she can get more adult-ish roles where she plays an intelligent, competent person without all the toddler, spoiled attitude. What's cute as a toddler just isn't as an adult. I'm not saying she has to take cold, calculated roles, but wouldn't it be fun to see what she could do with a villain role?

When watching this drama, leave logic at the door. FL wore a new snowboarding outfit every day but claimed she couldn't afford to buy fogless snowboard goggles. This from a woman staying at an exclusive resort and taking personal snowboarding lessons. And she carried one suitcase a trip when she wore the equivalent of a complete dress shop. She seriously couldn't get two of her coats in that suitcase, much less all of the boots/shoes/purses/hats/dresses. That suitcase must be like the Tardis: bigger on the inside.

Kudos to the secondary romance of a snowboarder and his ex-skier girlfriend who lost her legs in an accident. Their love story was more interesting to me than the leads. It's not often a disability is done well. Either the person is pitied or made into a saint. The girlfriend was treated like a normal, sweet person with dreams and abilities. The third romance between FL's best friend and snowboarder Lao Yan was weird and unfinished.

Loved the scenery. The mountains were exquisite. It's hot summer where I watched the drama, but I had to cuddle up in a warm blankie to make it through all that snow! Beautiful scenes!

All in all, I'm not mad I watched, but I was a tad disappointed, because I expected more.

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Cute but nothing impressive

Cute-Funny romance with cute actors on a sports theme.

I picked this one because I like Esther (she's really cute and funny) and the male lead is super handsome.
I felt that 23 episode was a little short. I would have aimed for 25 because some things were rushed near the end.

1) I like Esther's acting in this type of role: cute, funny, and silly. BUT, there were moments I thought it was a little too much. There are some scenes where the director should have toned it down a bit.

2) I got distracted by the "fashion show": they made her change outfits every single episode (or more), and she never wears the same thing twice. Mind you, she only carried a small luggage, so how could she have the space to pack 7 snowsuits/winter coats??? I understand it's for aesthetics and that it doesn't need to be too logical, BUT they should have toned it down by bringing back some previous outfits a couple of times. They also went a little overboard with the silly babyish outfits (especially her pyjamas), so this is another thing that should have been toned down a little bit, because too much is like not enough. There needs to be a balance.


= Light Spoiler =

What I feel has been rushed

1) For example, the relationship resolution between the 2nd male and female lead (Yan & Jiang Nan Feng). Since this is a "feel good" romance, I was kinda expecting a positive ending for them, so I felt a little disappointed when things were left unsaid in the last 3 episodes.

2) The resolution between Wei Zhi and her crooked ex-employer. We are left guessing what happened.

Artistic Choice that could have gone a different way

1) The male lead's reaction/decision to "take his distance" and let Wei Zhi see this as a breakup without explaining thoroughly what happened with her dad and how he feels. It felt a little immature and not worthy of his character. Communication is the pillar of a healthy, successful relationship, thus, he should not have left things the way he did. There was no need for imposing a breakup while both of them "tiddy up" their personal lives. (Maybe he told her, but we are left guessing because it hasn't been shown during screen time since this drama was rushed in only 23 episodes.)

Plot Hole
Episode 10 (38 min)
Yan shows Beici that Jiang NanFeng deleted his contact on WeChat and confronts Jiang Nanfeng regarding this.
Jiang Nanfeng answers him: Did you even ask Wei Zhi what really happened?

I thought we would get to learn this later in the show, but no! It never gets explained. What are we supposed to understand exactly? What has "really happened"? Is it supposed to be something so obvious that it doesn't deserve any more script time???

It's shown that:
- Yan has feelings for her since way back in the past.
- She treats him with utter disrespect on the last day before her departure, and then deletes his contact.
- She adds him back to WeChat after Yan confronts her about this.
- Wei Zhi asks her, "What's the deal with you and Yan?" She answers, "We just set up a class for tomorrow morning. We're adults. No need to hold grudges. I just want things to be less awkward when we all hang out. "
There is no further explanation of that situation or sentence in the show.

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cute and sweet - but not rewatchable

I wrote this review like 2 weeks after watching the show with no notes and just pure memory of what happened. I scored it as soon as I finished watching it though. The characters were fun to watch, the plot involved snowboarding and webcomics (which I enjoyed for a bit), but the show ended up falling short in the end. Also, the title makes no sense, as there is no skiing whatsoever. But oh well LOL.

Ski into Love Review- sometimes maybe cute, sometimes maybe shit
I gave this show a 6/10. It was cute and started really well. I appreciated the first half of the show for the most part, other than the little annoyances of Wei Zhi’s character. Shan Cong and Wei Zhi were super sweet during their initial phases of their romance. The plot, honestly, was kinda non-existent in the show. Yes, it was there. However, I didn’t exactly care for it and it didn’t add much to the show in any way, in my opinion. At first, I really liked the webcomic theme and snowboarding theme as well, however as the show kept going on it was pretty dragged out and added no good substance to the plot. The show, all in all, was very tropey. The show was executed well in the first half, however, just kept falling short by the end by adding all the unnecessary tropes to continue the storyline.



Beware of Spoilers Moving Forward!









What Episode did the Main Couple Start Dating?
Shan Cong and Wei Zhi finally start dating in Episode 13. Basically, halfway throughout the show.

Honestly, I don’t even understand why it took them this long to get together. They basically show their attraction for each other almost right from the start. And start to be pretty possessive over each other very early on. So, for it to take 13 episodes was crazy. However, the actual confession scene was pretty sweet.

Misunderstandings?
They have a major conflict in episode 17, where they “take a break” aka break up. The reason for the break-up is literally the most generic trope and I haven’t seen it in a while, so it was pretty infuriating to watch. Her parents don’t approve of Shan Cong, and he thinks by leaving her and getting better in his career and having more money before he pursues her again is the right way to go. Fricking dumb.

ALSO, they take a whole 4 episodes to get back together. So, they get back together finally in episode 21. The whole break-up was just dumb. It could have been removed from the entire plot and would have made no difference, except giving us more sweet moments between Wei Zhi and Shan Cong.

Love Triangles?
So, Jiang Yi Ming has been in love with Wei Zhi since they were kids. He, honestly, wasn’t a bad dude. He was pretty funny and sweet. You could see he really likes Wei Zhi. He earned my respect and was probably one of my favourite characters in this show.

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a fun, lighthearted, and healing watch.

ski into love is so far one of my favorite dramas of 2025. everything about it was really lovely. the main cp chemistry was amazing, and was prolly my fav part! personally, this cdrama with or without the editing in fewer eps is great, and i barely noticed it imo. maybe i was too focused on other elements, but this drama had the story, the fun, the cast, and the atmosphere for me to ignore the cuts. im sure if youku hadn't cut the eps, this drama would surely have better ratings.

one of my fav scenes is where they eat at a hotpot place near shan chong's home, and they later play with sparklers, which honestly melted my heart. another scene that i rlly liked was when shan chong and wei zhi found out abt dai duo & shan shan's relationship.

lastly, i wanna talk abt the main cp's break up. this part was lwk relatable, and i have no issues with it. either way, the parents weren't so wrong. knowing that this would be how other parents in Asia would react, or worse, i wasn't so shocked. i actually like how shan chong took time to improve himself, and how wei zhi waited for him. the break up also allowed wei zhi to go back into her comic career & reconcile with her friends.

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Not just a fluffy story.

I hesitated a lot whether to watch this but I like Esther Yu (yes can you believe it . She’s like that kooky new girl you meet upon getting a new job or changing friend groups. At first you can’t understand why people like her but after awhile you like her energy or wonder what outfit she’s gonna turn up in . I thought Lin Yi was miscasted in his role in put your head on my shoulder. ( not his acting but the height differences among other things kinda made for zero chemistry between him and FL ). However in this drama there is tons of chemistry between them. The story combines their family issues of each character. They cope with different issues but support one another -in the end we see character growth . I really liked this drama -remain fan of Esther and now Lin Yu . It was enjoyable to watch

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