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Under the Surface

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When high school swim team captain Aidan Crew loses his essential after-school job due to his rich bully Will Harrison standing up for him to his boss, he has no idea how he's going to pay his mother's substantial medical bills and rebuild his college fund. Then Will offers Aidan a humiliating, but lucrative job as his pool boy. Aidan reluctantly takes the gig and the two start to fall for one another. But they must navigate the hatred between their families and vicious school bullies, while protecting the secret of Aidan's pool boy gig and the feelings building between them.

When high school swim team captain Aidan Crew loses his essential after-school job due to his rich bully Will Harrison standing up for him to his boss, he has no idea how he's going to pay his mother's substantial medical bills and rebuild his college fund. Then Will offers Aidan a humiliating, but lucrative job as his pool boy. Aidan reluctantly takes the gig and the two start to fall for one another. But they must navigate the hatred between their families and vicious school bullies, while protecting the secret of Aidan's pool boy gig and the feelings building between them.

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Under the Surface Reviews

★★★★☆4.1·10 reviews

Nora_Twist

★★★★★·2 months ago

The episode endings in Under the Surface are very hard to ignore.

MilaMoments

★★★★☆·2 months ago

The actor playing the antagonist in Under the Surface knows the assignment.

Nora_NoSpoilers

★★★☆☆·3 weeks ago

Under the Surface is simple, clean, and mostly fine.

Nora_Twist — ★★★★★

The episode endings in Under the Surface are very hard to ignore.

MilaMoments — ★★★★☆

The actor playing the antagonist in Under the Surface knows the assignment.

Nora_NoSpoilers — ★★★☆☆

Under the Surface is simple, clean, and mostly fine.

LoganLens — ★★☆☆☆

Under the Surface could use more believable tension between the leads.

Nora_Watching — ★★★★★

Under the Surface is put together with more care than I expected.

IvyScenes — ★★★★★

The pacing in Under the Surface works better than I thought it would.

Avery_Twist — ★★★★☆

The cast in Under the Surface does a good job, especially in the tense scenes.

EllaMarathon — ★★★☆☆

Under the Surface is okay if you already enjoy this kind of plot.

Avery_NoSpoilers — ★★★★★

I liked the way Under the Surface uses music to push the bigger scenes.

QuinnRecap — ★★★★★

I enjoyed how Under the Surface lets the tension build in short bursts.

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