Love in the Moonlight (2025)

Love in the Moonlight (2025) Review

Absolute gem of a show, probably my favorite BL this year. I just loved it. The chemistry between the leads is what sold it for me. From the height difference to their physical contrasts, they just fit so perfectly. Every scene they had together felt so natural and real, like they weren’t even acting. You could feel the tension, affection, and comfort between them, and that made the story hit even harder. I honestly hope they do more projects together or even become an official pairing because they work so well together.

Now for my only complaint. The finale focused way too much on people I honestly didn’t care about and who, in my opinion, didn’t deserve Saenkaew’s or Sasin’s forgiveness. His dad should have faced real consequences for everything he did. He didn’t deserve peace after the harm he caused. Khamsu and Pin too, like no. Kamsu had no right being forgiven, and Pin really pissed me off. I’m glad she came to her senses eventually, but I still didn't forgive her idc.

I feel like the ending should have been all about them, their life after everything, their healing, and their happiness. After all that pain and chaos, we deserved to see more of them just existing and being happy together at last.

Still, even with the rushed finale, this show is something special. The chemistry, the emotion, the storytelling, everything came together beautifully. Definitely one of the best BLs of 2025 and one I’ll be rewatching for sure.h

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Truly one of the best BL series of 2025! Absolutely loved it! What a great plot, what mind-bending and heart-wrenching twists, Pin truly came out to be a bitch.

I have watched till episode 11 and the starcast is such an eye candy and everyone is acting so well!

OMG, Pearl looks too good to be true and Peak is just like a heavenly angel. Peak can improve much more though in intimacy scenes and acting.
I believe chemistry was there but much more could have been there, it felt like two straight actors doing their job. I wasn't truly fooled by their acting, so I think this could have been worked upon. Perth was, as always, a delight to watch but her character Pin truly was a bitch, sorry.

But all came to naught as they got happy ending in ep 12, I have heard. I am yet to watch.

Still, I loved the drama and series. Real and hardcore. Melancholy all around.

Truly, a must watch! Loved the screenplay, the acting the cinematography, the plot -- just everything!

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Don't miss it. If you are into periodic drama, just go for it. Absolutely amazing.

This is one of the best BLs I have ever seen. The acting, the plot, the direction, the screenplay, the plot twists—everything is absolutely perfect. One 31 never disappoints when it comes to delivering BL lakrons.

Especially the chemistry between the main leads, Sasin and Seankew - it’s truly amazing. The way they portrayed their struggles in love and the typical societal taboos surrounding the LGBTQ community is just perfect.

Even the portrayal of the female character, Pin, stands out. In most BLs, female characters tend to feel a bit annoying or unnecessary, but here, she’s different. At first, she may seem naive, but by the end, you’ll be impressed by her performance, her attitude, and the way she handles situations.

And finally, I have to mention the chemistry and the slow-paced romance between the leads - their struggles to build a life together, the family conflicts, Sasin’s hardships, and Seankew’s grandmother’s understandings . It’s all portrayed so beautifully.

For me, this series is a true masterpiece. After "To Sir With Love" , I had huge expectations from One 31, and once again, they did not disappoint me. It’s truly perfect.

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My heart breaks for Pin.

From wardrobe (except that hideous pink dress), to set locations (the same used in memoir of Rati), this drama is stunning and truly feels appropriate of the Era it's set in.

The three mains have a wonderful chemistry with each other, the pacing of the story is perfect, the shady uncle and his wife are hilarious and the father a truly hate worthy villain.

As the story progressed I got more and more invested and was bracing myself for the moment Pin found out as I didn't want that beautiful and kind girl to suffer. And then it happened,Pin my dear I was rooting for you, we were all rooting for you!! You just had to turn around and become an insufferable little witch; I guess it's better to resent her than have to endure her pain, eventually she did turn back into the loveable sweetheart that grabbed my heart but I still resent her a little.

Some minor flaws here and there so insignificant that I won't even complain (The cops don't exist in this world, people can just shoot, kidnap and stab people, without consequences).

I truly enjoyed this one and I might even dare say that I liked it better than I feel you linger in the air and I liked that one so much that I already rewatched 3 times.

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Exceptionally done!!!

Where to even begin with a fantastic series of this caliber!
I loved every minute of it, and I was immersed in it 100%!

Starting with such a well written story. The dialogue and interactions were always pertinent to its telling and it flowed from beginning to end. Even the character reactions were realistic to their situations which made it all so believable. So few BL stories have left me clamoring for the next episode and feeling so immersed in it.

The acting was above par by the entire cast. They played their characters very well and I really have to congratulate them all on their achievements here. The two male leads had just the right chemistry and you rooted for them, the bad guys were very detestable, the good guys you’ll care about, but the female lead was so strong in both character and acting that she almost stole the show for me.

I cried for the last 5 episodes just for her pain and almost couldn’t rejoice in the BL couple because she was done so dirty. I would have slapped them both two more times at least and kicked them in the Crown Jewels before letting go of that pain of betrayal. Her reactions were normal for her pain even if you don’t agree with them. I’m glad she could let go of it all to live better. I would have liked to see her with a better ending, with someone who loved, took care of her, and made her his world, to alleviate how I felt of her taking all that on. I guess I’ll have to be content that she was just happiER in the end.

The music didn’t really stand out enough for me(which is usually my focus) so I’ll only rate it as good. The pacing was always moving forward, never boring. I also couldn’t find too many flaws in this. I think the story was written, acted and directed so well I overlooked any of it and feel it’s not worth taking away from the overall value of this series. So I highly recommend this to watch and rewatch again! Congratulations to the entire team on this!!!

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The Ending With The Father....

Honestly, I was trying to be fine with how things ended but something just felt very uncomfortable watching the father of Saenkaew sit amongst everyone else taking the picture. Like Sasin looked uncomfortable, I could be reading too much into it and maybe it was just the actor pulling faces just because. It felt rushed and weird. But whatever, shows always do this with parents who cause a lot of damage and its wild to me..

Anyway, I'm glad how things turned out for everyone else and their fate. It was a good ending and this show really pulled me out of the slumps I've been feeling towards BLs lately.

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Definitely worth the watch!

Any series that has me hating one or more of the characters, is a good series.
In this one it was the parents, and Pin.

I'm so glad it had a happy ending. I really thought that Saenkaew was gonna stick it out with Pin and try and forget Sasin.

I'm sorry, but I really really didn't like Pin. How did she fall so madly in love with Saenkaew anyway??
When she started seeing them together before they got engaged she should have backed off already. How desperate and dumb must you be to wanna hang onto a one sided love?
I enjoyed the parts were Saenkaew gave her the cold shoulder 🤣

What can I say, I absolutely hate females getting in the way when they can so clearly see the 2 guys are into each other, in any bl.
I get so worked up, I was secretly hoping in this series that maybe she is the one that gets killed accidentally or something. 🙊

And the dad at the end? I'm sorry he didn't deserve to see Saenkaew again. He was abusive and nearly a murderer. How do they forgive him so quickly? He should have just died alone.
Yeah I know I'm horrible, but I'm so pissed that he got away with so much. Even blaming his son for the mom's death.
I guess by the end the gran was dead when they came back... Also.. What the hectic was up with her way of talking?? Is that how she speaks in real life or just for this role. She spoke so slow it sounded like she is ready to fall over and die any second.

Pin's dad got a justly death. Wonder what happened to the horrible wife?

I know the movie was set in the 60's so homosexuality was even more frowned upon then as now.. But this dad totally went over board.

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Waiter waiter more lakorn please

I never thought I would like Lakorn but here I am eating it up . This series gave us everything. Drama, suspense, chemistry,comedy and thrill. I rarely like thai bls nowadays for some reason but somehow this series managed to captured my attention from the very first episode and have me tuning in as soon as I could for every episode. The downside of this series was the lack of subs. It was torture to wait for an entire single day to watch an episode. I hope that the production company provides subs as soon as they can next time they produce another bl cuz it really brings down the hype because of the delay. Now the acting, it was really good. Both the MC's actors did a splendid job. Especially Saenkaew's actor. I love his face when he is on the verge of crying. Eyes red and face with sadness muah chef kiss. Hard to get that type of face. The chemistry also was chemistrying. The ost was so good. I like the bar music too. Really old timely and sets the vibes. I thought thai bls were starting to get boring but I think it's only Bls from GMMTV. I am looking forward to the next series of the main couple and this production company.

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The Rabbit and the Moon

Love in the Moonlight is quite your basic plot at it's core - it's got all the clichés you would expect of a lakorn, down to the tiniest details, for example, the leads getting stranded somewhere (huh.. yeah). But what makes it work is surprisingly enough, the formula itself. That, and the chemistry between the leads.

I have not watched enough lakorns to claim subject matter expertise, but the ones I've seen all have ten scenes that always happen - may not be the same ten, but ten nonetheless that move the story forward, with things happening very conveniently just so the story can move forward. The leads come up with a plan and the script just happens to say that they will get caught halfway through the scheme?! Why not, because that means half their plan is complete, all the important setup is done - it's just the execution that needs fine tuning. Lucky us (unlucky them), we get to witness this plan circle around for five more episodes because they just keep getting caught time and again.

Love in the Moonlight follows Saenkaew, the prince of the kingdom Nanta, who needs to marry a Thai woman so that his family may survive the political changes his country is going through, changes that are resulting in the persecution of royals. His father has arranged for him to marry Pin - anong, a childhood friend of his but he has no interest in this marriage. He does not love her, but he's also bound by his duties, so he decides to go along with the plans while formulating his own, to ensure that his family can safely move to Thailand.

Before his wedding, his father sends to Thailand to start the process of asset transfers and to get to know Pin better - but the very first person he falls for (pun intended) is Sasin, her elder brother. Sasin is immediately suspicious of Saenkaew, he's worried about his intentions, especially after he catches Saenkaew sneaking around in his attempts to transfer the assets without a marriage of convenience, which means that he's certainly going to break off his marriage to Pin. But Sasin decides to put aside all his suspicions for the sake of his sister, who's actually in love with him, has been for a long time. But each time Saenkaew is caught in a "compromising" situation by Sasin, he gets more and more upset, which forces Saenkaew to reveal all his plans to him.

After a bit of convincing, Sasin decided he's going to help Saenkaew, as it is by far the best scenario for all parties, and this causes them to grow closer and closer, until it hits a point where they acknowledge something that's been apparent from the beginning - they've developed feelings for each other.

This is of course, just one plotline that's going on, there are several others that run intersecting with this one, involving Saenkaew's family, Pin's family, Sasin's friends, the political situation in Nanta, and a few others. It's a complex layering of story lines and characters that is both predictable and unpredictable - you can tell exactly how each character will behave in a situation, the situation will mostly go only one way - but the possibility that it could another way is very imminent (and nerve wracking might I add).

It's that kind of back and forth, between hope and anxiety for the leads that keeps you on the edge, and pushes you to press the "next episode" button. The absolute predictability of it all serves as a complete paradox to how well the series actually moves despite knowing every next move.

But the best part about this series is it's leads and their romance. While almost every second character is unsurprisingly one-dimensional, Saenkaew and Sasin are complex, deep and well written.
Sasin may seem like a typical protective, playful and flirty male lead, and to an extent he is - but his relationship with Saenkaew makes him a more cautious and calculated, more depth than perceived.
Saenkaew though.. my, my, my.. he is easily the best character in this by a mile. He is smart, strong, empathetic, and annoyingly adorable. I wondered with each episode just how he functioned, because he is a human angel and deserves the absolute best.
He is incredibly well written - so complex, yet with such a simple notion - he just wants to be a good person. He recognises that in his pursuit to be this individual, he will have to take risks and chance hurting people he really cares about, but because he's also smart and calculative, he's anticipated that these negative feelings are an unavoidable by product every way. He wants to be a good son, a good friend, and a good partner to someone he can truly love as a partner and he's even willing to sacrifice his happiness to an extent - until he isn't. Saenkaew is the best character, hands down.

And the romance? The flame that lit many fires was truly top notch. Sasin and Saenkaew's chemistry was just incredible, incredible enough to make my side eye about the absolute passion of their relationship disappear. Plausibility is not what I came for anyways - I'll take their heartfelt smiles and chemistry any day. The trajectory of their love story was not a simple one, opposition from characters you wouldn't expect it from is the least worrying thing - so many characters brought out actual pitchforks to try to stop them from loving each other. But Sasin and Saenkaew are the brightest spot, their love burns as bright as they do.

The rest of the characters can.. I have some choice words not suitable for a review but they can do all that. Some of them are human trash, most of them are bad people to an extent, some are surprisingly complex. Yes, perhaps most of them were presented as absolutes of good or evil, for the most part really one dimensional, but there was surprising depth. It did come a bit too late (and yes, I could not excuse the previous horrids), but I'm glad it came nonetheless.

I won't be covering the ending - I'll just say it was an emotional rollercoaster.
I will say the acting was brilliant. You can feel all the emotions from Inside Out in one scene, and the actors all deliver.

I'm not sure I've convinced anyone to give it a try - I've basically said a lot of it is not plausible, the writing is predictable, the characters are atrocious and the only saving grace are the leads. I'll just be straightforward then. You should try this. Yes, it's incredibly dramatic and a lot of things happen more out of convenience than confident writing, but lean into the vibes and drama of it all, and it is worth it.

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A great series.

“Love in the Moonlight” is undoubtedly one of the best Boys Love (BL) series I have ever watched. From start to finish, this series captivated me with its compelling story, rich emotions, and unforgettable characters. What truly sets it apart is the way it skillfully evokes a wide range of feelings—making me cry, feel sad, get angry, and also experience moments of pure happiness. It is rare to find a BL series that can take the audience through such an emotional rollercoaster in such a genuine and heartfelt manner.

One of the biggest strengths of the series is its remarkable cast. Peak, Pearl, and Perth each delivered outstanding performances that brought their characters to life with depth and authenticity. Peak’s nuanced portrayal reflected a complex mix of vulnerability and strength, making the character relatable and deeply engaging. Pearl brought charisma and emotional intensity to their role, which made every scene they were in truly memorable. Perth’s performance added a layer of charm and subtlety that enriched the overall story. The chemistry between the actors was palpable and significantly contributed to the emotional impact of the series.

The storyline itself was thoughtfully crafted, with moments of tension, drama, and romance balanced perfectly to keep me hooked throughout the entire series. The pacing was just right, allowing enough time for character development and meaningful interactions without dragging on unnecessarily. Beyond the romance, the series also touched on themes of identity, acceptance, and personal growth, making it more than just a typical love story.

Overall, “Love in the Moonlight” is a truly special BL series that deserves all the praise it receives. I am grateful to have experienced its emotional depth, memorable performances, and compelling narrative. I sincerely hope to see another great BL series featuring Peak and Pearl in the future, as their talents brought so much life to this story. If you are a BL fan or someone new to the genre, this series is an absolute must-watch.

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Love in the Moonlight: A standout in the world of BL lakorns.

"Love in the Moonlight" kept me captivated from beginning to end. Every episode was both engaging and entertaining. I usually find myself fast-forwarding through scenes in Thai BLs, but this one held my full attention the entire time.

The story explores themes of arranged marriage and family obligation. Both Saenkaew and Pin find themselves in the same predicament: forced into marriage to protect their families’ status. While their prior acquaintance offers some comfort, their situation is complicated by Saenkaew’s sexuality and Pin’s unrequited love for him. The dynamic becomes even more complex with the arrival of Sasin, Pin’s cousin, whose initial skepticism gives way to an unexpected attraction to Saenkaew.

While the plot isn’t entirely original, it’s far from predictable. The storytelling is engaging and well-paced, unfolding in a way that feels natural and emotionally grounded. Each episode builds momentum, keeping the audience fully invested from start to finish. By the time the story reaches its halfway point, you can’t help but wonder if the characters actually get their happy ending, or are they destined for heartbreak?

The cast honestly did such a great job bringing these characters to life. Perth completely nailed it as Pin. You’ll start out feeling sorry for her and rooting for her, but by the end, you might find yourself yelling at the screen because of her choices. That just shows how believable she was. Peak and Pearl were both incredible as Sasin and Saenkaew. Their chemistry was so natural, and their performances made me giddy, cry, and feel everything in between. The supporting cast also did really well, especially the actor who played Saenkaew’s father who really stood out with such a powerful performance.

Although the main OST was slightly overused, it remained beautiful and memorable, helping the series stand out in a unique way. The songs performed by Sasin’s band were equally captivating and perfectly in tune with the show’s nostalgic atmosphere. I actually caught myself searching online to find and replay them after each episode. Act Chockchai’s voice, in particular, deserves special mention; it’s rich and soulful, perfectly matching the tone and era in which the story is set. One memorable moment for me was his performance of “Buppesaniwat” in episode 2 (if I recall correctly)--a song that beautifully captured both the mood of the scene and the series.

The drama is absolutely gorgeous to look at. Everything. From the clothes and hairstyles to the cars, houses, and even the color palette, all perfectly captures the 1960s vibe. It really feels like stepping back in time.

Without a doubt, this is my favorite Thai BL series to date. It left such a lasting impression on me that I’d give anything to relive the emotions I felt watching it for the first time--the excitement, the heartbreak, and the quiet beauty of its storytelling.

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