I am watching this drama series in 2023 for the first time and surprisingly I found myself enjoying every bit of the story. Forgiving some of the fashion styles especially for the MLs hairstyles and some awkward acting I feel this drama was unfairly underrated. Peter Ho was a delight to watch even though I wish he gets more screen time and more intimate interactions with FL. Barbie was beautiful as XiaMo even with some critics for her acting here, I think that was how she interpreted the role, a cold and indifferent person. We do wish she would put a bit more emotions in some of the scenes. Nevertheless I still love her better as XiaMo than all the other versions of Summer’s Desire. HXM as Lo Tsi got better as the drama progresses and he put a lot of emotions into his love scenes ?. The love triangle between them was the most complicated and intense that I have watched, the ML leads didn’t give up easily and use every means and chance to get close to XiaMo.I love the all the songs too, and I don’t even understand lyrics.
So to me Summer’s Desire (2010) are a very refreshing story to watch even now and it deserve better review. I have skimmed through the 2018 remake and did not find it at par with the Taiwan’s version. I would love to read the novel and now am looking for the English translated version.