So once upon a time I wrote a review for "Between Us", where I said UWMA broke me, and then I realized that I had never written a UWMA review, so I'm fixing that right now.

And when I say UWMA broke me, I mean it BROKE ME.

I smiled, I squealed, I cried(OMG did I CRY), and it was all worth it.

Actually, I have never spent so many episodes bouncing between smiling like a total idiot and then bawling my eyes out(until I watched "Between Us", but that's a totally different review).

Like, Earth and Fluke have this amazing ability to take my little heart and make it glow one minute, and then smash it to pieces and make me bawl just as hard as they do the next(like, Pham's final breakdown and In begging Korn to wake up, I can't, I JUST CAN'T).

This series is on the my list of Things That I Love So Very Much, and it's not going to get removed ever.

I found this novel as a translation online and read it two days--that's how good it was.

Then, I found the series a couple of months ago.

And binged it.

Twice.

This cast is perfect, the writing is almost perfect(there's a couple of scenes where the pauses between dialogue felt a little bit too long, but hey I can forgive that).

Also, I said in my review for "Between Us" that there is a fabulous display of Consent--it's here, too. Dean totally backs off when Pharm tells him to and wants to make sure that Pham is comfortable in the relationship and won't push boundaries. Pharm also gets kudos for establishing those boundaries and wanting Dean to respect them. Can you say Healthy Relationship? Because that's what it looks like.

I love that Pharm is so passionate about food, and the cooking scenes made me hungry(like, I googled the recipes so I could try them myself).

The swimming scenes were a nice touch. I loved the dunk tank, and the races, and the locker room flirting(especially when we needed a little bit of a breather, and you know, shirtless BounPrem--because both of them look fabulous without a shirt on I don't care what anyone else says).

Ohm is one of those rare actors that can say so much with just his eyes, and Dean's face while he eats the food Pharm brings him food at the swimming club turned me into a big pot of goo.

Fluke is absolutely adorable and can emote on the turn of a dime, and Pharm's shyness is so cute I could die.

BounPrem have always and will always make me smile. The Christmas broccoli scene is one that I watch on repeat whenever need a pick me up because awwwwwwwwwwww.

The beach scenes made me squeal(like, I scared my dog with the amount of squealing going on).

Manow is the friend everyone wants, and she's not the annoying-female-who-exisits-in-the-plot-only-to-make-trouble-for-main-couple-because-she-has-a-crush-on-one-of-the-boys. Manow is there as a supportive a wholly positive person and she also made me grin like a stupid idiot whenever she was on screen.

Will I rewatch this?

ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY!!!!

I'll just make sure that I have plenty of tissues and no makeup on when I do.

And I bought the novels, because of course I did.