This review may contain spoilers
You love Smut? Steamy Scenes? Amazing chemistry? It's a must watch!
If you love smut, steamy scenes, great sexual tension and amazing chemistry Speed and Love will do all of that for you. Esther and He Yu's chemistry is out of the world. They are sexy, funny and cute. These two will definitely make you blush. They are a visual couple and play their roles well. Honestly He Yu really shines in this work! He played Jin Zhao perfectly. However, if you are into chemistry but plot is very important to you...this might make you have mixed feelings...
[Plot]
Jin Zhao is an adopted brother who was separated after the divorce. Forced apart from his non-blooded adored little sister Jiang Mu; Jin Zhao's childhood is crumbled making sacrifices for his adoptive family to barely survive in Thailand, forcing him to drop his education. After many years Jiang Mu searches out for her brother Jin Zhao...except they aren't so little anymore. She learns that he is no longer the boy he used to be; bright, positive, book smart, and optimistic; instead she is met with a dark, reserved, cold faced Jin Zhao. Jin Zhao lives a fiercely dangerous life to make ends meet, however, it is much more than that. Esther learns his deeper darker secret that may cost him his future.
[My thoughts w/ SPOILERS]
Esther plays a bright, naive, big-hearted character who really is faced with a lot of change from her beloved 'brother'. I understand them being able to gain romantic interest despite their past relationship as sibling like. They were torn apart young before romance begins to even bud. So to me that makes more sense, it's not like Dexter and Debra situation from Dexter. IYKYK. What grinded my gears was, they ran with the steamy plot for far too long and ignored the actual story line a bit. As soon as they were officially dating, they rushed the plot fast. The whole part with him working for an undercover cop to clear his name was brushed and glossed over. After the big race and he got into an accident they spent nearly two episodes of Jiang Mu in Canada trying to re-date other boys. After the accident, suddenly EVERYTHING about the very mysterious case was solved and Jin Zhao made amends with past foes. RUSHED. As much as I love steamy, good feel, kiss scenes...I also do enjoy a good plot and great character arch. I would say the only person who had a growth arch....was honestly He Zhang (side character villain). The rest stayed as they were. There isn't a big huge message the directors seemed to want to let the audience know either. So if you're just looking for a smutty drama to watch, it will satisfy you. If you are looking for character depth, story plot, and great pace this drama might not check all those boxes. But I cannot deny Esther and He Yu have one of the greatest chemistry in 2025 drama realm!
ALSO....their BG NPC actors really made me cringe...and puke. Because man ngl, those did kind of rob my brain in the worse way possible. LOL.
[Plot]
Jin Zhao is an adopted brother who was separated after the divorce. Forced apart from his non-blooded adored little sister Jiang Mu; Jin Zhao's childhood is crumbled making sacrifices for his adoptive family to barely survive in Thailand, forcing him to drop his education. After many years Jiang Mu searches out for her brother Jin Zhao...except they aren't so little anymore. She learns that he is no longer the boy he used to be; bright, positive, book smart, and optimistic; instead she is met with a dark, reserved, cold faced Jin Zhao. Jin Zhao lives a fiercely dangerous life to make ends meet, however, it is much more than that. Esther learns his deeper darker secret that may cost him his future.
[My thoughts w/ SPOILERS]
Esther plays a bright, naive, big-hearted character who really is faced with a lot of change from her beloved 'brother'. I understand them being able to gain romantic interest despite their past relationship as sibling like. They were torn apart young before romance begins to even bud. So to me that makes more sense, it's not like Dexter and Debra situation from Dexter. IYKYK. What grinded my gears was, they ran with the steamy plot for far too long and ignored the actual story line a bit. As soon as they were officially dating, they rushed the plot fast. The whole part with him working for an undercover cop to clear his name was brushed and glossed over. After the big race and he got into an accident they spent nearly two episodes of Jiang Mu in Canada trying to re-date other boys. After the accident, suddenly EVERYTHING about the very mysterious case was solved and Jin Zhao made amends with past foes. RUSHED. As much as I love steamy, good feel, kiss scenes...I also do enjoy a good plot and great character arch. I would say the only person who had a growth arch....was honestly He Zhang (side character villain). The rest stayed as they were. There isn't a big huge message the directors seemed to want to let the audience know either. So if you're just looking for a smutty drama to watch, it will satisfy you. If you are looking for character depth, story plot, and great pace this drama might not check all those boxes. But I cannot deny Esther and He Yu have one of the greatest chemistry in 2025 drama realm!
ALSO....their BG NPC actors really made me cringe...and puke. Because man ngl, those did kind of rob my brain in the worse way possible. LOL.
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