Reviews

Donut Fall in Love by Jackie Lau

kayleigh_reads_romance's review against another edition

Wasn’t feeling the characters or the story

colo's review

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

IT WAS GOOD. Just exactly what I needed to get out of this reading funk. It was fun and lighthearted and Ryan is such a cool guy. Like that sounds weird but he’s just so cool and I’m pretty sure he was based off Ryan Reynolds… No complaints though!

Melvin was a jerk. 
Vivian my sister!
Lindsay… dare I say mother?
Ryan,,, my beloved.
Wished we got to see more of Noreen.

The twitter interactions were hilarious mainly because that’s exactly how stan twitter speaks. Like it’s all so ridiculous but I was laughing!

martha_w's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

Really sweet. One of those that has a constellation of great supporting characters, too. 

dreezy's review against another edition

funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness and Death of parent

Minor: Biphobia, Racism, Eating disorder, Homophobia, and Misogyny

mshai's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

The best scenes in this book were the family and friend connections for me. 

amlibera's review

4.0

Second book I've read recently set in Toronto about a regular Asian/mixed girl falling in love with an Asian male movie star with social media issues being a stress on the relationship. I particularly liked the extended family and friend network in this romance, the more that was fleshed out, the more the story took real shape.

pixiepages's review

4.0

It starts off when Ryan, who's a famous actor walks into a donut shop. He doesn’t just walk in, he crashes into the baker, Lindsay and drops two full trays of donuts. Ryan decided he wanted to learn to bake and asked Lindsay to give him lessons. This book had so much potential. I couldn’t vibe with the characters at all. I felt that their romance fell a little flat.

Spicy: 2

jackiehorne's review

DNF after 100 pages

I've enjoyed a lot of Jackie Lau's category-length contemporary romances, but this first full length trade paperback with Berkely/Jove fell flat for me. Lots of telling, two characters without much personality and no romantic spark, and not much in the way of goal/motivation/conflict for either character. And despite being packaged to look like a rom com, the story has next no humor. There are lots of more interesting baking contest romcoms out there than this one. And lots of better Jackie Lau contemporary romances out there; try any of the Cider Bar Sisters or Baldwin Village books for a far more entertaining read.

Kudos for discussions of Asian rep in tv/films, and for exploring racism/trolling on social media.

kristine2221's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

ameserole's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0