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psistillreadyou's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
Minor: Cancer
mishale1's review
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
This was a really sweet book.
I’m not sure where to start with my description since there’s a few interesting things happening in the storyline.
Liya is mourning her grandmother and her parents barely mention her. She’s trying to save the family store because she’s seen past due notices on bills and she feels like her parents don’t care. She’s also continuing her grandmother’s tradition of granting wishes secretly. Liya is also trying to deal with her feelings for her best friend Kai who she hasn’t talked to since she embarrassed herself around him. Her parents also don’t approve of Kai because they don’t like his family. But Liya really needs Kai in her life, more than ever because of the loss of her grandmother. Her grandmother and Kai are basically Lita’s closest confidants and favorite people.
Liya’s grandmother brought a lot of Chinese traditions to their part of the world in the United States. The lantern festival was the biggest. It’s the festival where everyone wrote their wishes on a lantern and released it into the sky, hoping that their wishes would come try.
Most people had no idea that Liya and her grandmother were slyly granting wishes themselves.
Now that her grandmother is gone, Liya is trying to keep their tradition alive.
Enter Kai. He reconnects with Liya and offers to help her with the festival and the wish granting.
I thought Liya and Kai were very sweet both as characters and as friends (potentially a couple). I enjoyed the wish granting. I loved learning more about Chinese traditions. I will say this book read a little younger than I was expecting. Also, the ebook from the library was a bit messed up. There are drawings in this book and the library ebook actually showed the drawings directly on top of the text, the text was completely covered in some instances. I don’t know if this is a problem within the Libby app or the ebook itself but I thought it work mentioning in case it could be fixed.
This was a sweet book and I thought the idea of making wishes come true yourself was very heartwarming.
I’m not sure where to start with my description since there’s a few interesting things happening in the storyline.
Liya is mourning her grandmother and her parents barely mention her. She’s trying to save the family store because she’s seen past due notices on bills and she feels like her parents don’t care. She’s also continuing her grandmother’s tradition of granting wishes secretly. Liya is also trying to deal with her feelings for her best friend Kai who she hasn’t talked to since she embarrassed herself around him. Her parents also don’t approve of Kai because they don’t like his family. But Liya really needs Kai in her life, more than ever because of the loss of her grandmother. Her grandmother and Kai are basically Lita’s closest confidants and favorite people.
Liya’s grandmother brought a lot of Chinese traditions to their part of the world in the United States. The lantern festival was the biggest. It’s the festival where everyone wrote their wishes on a lantern and released it into the sky, hoping that their wishes would come try.
Most people had no idea that Liya and her grandmother were slyly granting wishes themselves.
Now that her grandmother is gone, Liya is trying to keep their tradition alive.
Enter Kai. He reconnects with Liya and offers to help her with the festival and the wish granting.
I thought Liya and Kai were very sweet both as characters and as friends (potentially a couple). I enjoyed the wish granting. I loved learning more about Chinese traditions. I will say this book read a little younger than I was expecting. Also, the ebook from the library was a bit messed up. There are drawings in this book and the library ebook actually showed the drawings directly on top of the text, the text was completely covered in some instances. I don’t know if this is a problem within the Libby app or the ebook itself but I thought it work mentioning in case it could be fixed.
This was a sweet book and I thought the idea of making wishes come true yourself was very heartwarming.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Grief
Minor: Cancer
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