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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
This book was adorable! I loved the audio and was able to speed through it. I honestly wanted this to be more of a love triangle between the love interest and best friend and I played myself by wanting a love line with the wrong character
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
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
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I'm an Indigo Employee, and I received an Advanced Readers Copy of this book from Indigo Books & Music - in exchange for my honest review.
SPOILERS AHEAD.
This book was so cute! A little unrealistic, but laugh out loud funny. I had so much fun reading it - although parts of the book did really irritate me. I found it unrealistic and really annoying that Desi missed her interview - it seemed really unlike her character - because of how long she'd wanted to do this. I really loved the fact that Desi and her dad had such a healthy, mature relationship. Desi was a little unhinged - and hard to like at times - the things she did were reckless, unbelievable, and dangerous at times. But you sort of had to suspend your disbelief, and it became a cute, funny romance.
SPOILERS AHEAD.
This book was so cute! A little unrealistic, but laugh out loud funny. I had so much fun reading it - although parts of the book did really irritate me. I found it unrealistic and really annoying that Desi missed her interview - it seemed really unlike her character - because of how long she'd wanted to do this. I really loved the fact that Desi and her dad had such a healthy, mature relationship. Desi was a little unhinged - and hard to like at times - the things she did were reckless, unbelievable, and dangerous at times. But you sort of had to suspend your disbelief, and it became a cute, funny romance.
It was so cheesy and funny and cute I definitely laughed too loud quite a few times.. thanks for getting me out my reading slump!!
I was attracted to this book because of my own love for K-dramas, but I sadly didn’t end up loving this book. The two main characters need therapy and I liked the side characters more than them. The plot was just ok.
I picked this up for my Physical TBR challenge and it wasn't really a hit for me.
Desi is a straight A student, never disappointed her father, is very active in all school activities. That type of YA girl. As a kdrama fan, I really liked the story concept of the whole "kdrama steps to love" list and just the whole vibes did scream a very cheesy kdrama rom-come to me. It was just the story went a bit too far in my opinion, some stuff Desi does is just straight up crazy. I didn't like her train of thoughts most of the time or how she kind of abandoned her friends for most of the story for a guy. Also, the ending was just not it for me, she didn't seem to have learned anything until the epilogue, which was just wild to me.
What I did like was the beginning, which was very enjoyable and I loved all the kdrama references. Her dad was very cute, her friends were a solid group and, most of all, when Desi stopped being so obsessed she had a really cute connection with Luca. Also there were some really funny parts in here.
So the main issue is that I'm outgrew this type of story. I think I would have enjoyed it more when I was younger. So I don't really want to give it a low rating, but I'm giving it a 2,5 stars, but will round it up to a 3 because I feel it's more a Me thing than a book thing. I really should just read books when I buy them so I don't outgrow them like this one.
Rating: 2,5 stars.
Desi is a straight A student, never disappointed her father, is very active in all school activities. That type of YA girl. As a kdrama fan, I really liked the story concept of the whole "kdrama steps to love" list and just the whole vibes did scream a very cheesy kdrama rom-come to me. It was just the story went a bit too far in my opinion, some stuff Desi does is just straight up crazy. I didn't like her train of thoughts most of the time or how she kind of abandoned her friends for most of the story for a guy. Also, the ending was just not it for me, she didn't seem to have learned anything until the epilogue, which was just wild to me.
What I did like was the beginning, which was very enjoyable and I loved all the kdrama references. Her dad was very cute, her friends were a solid group and, most of all, when Desi stopped being so obsessed she had a really cute connection with Luca. Also there were some really funny parts in here.
So the main issue is that I'm outgrew this type of story. I think I would have enjoyed it more when I was younger. So I don't really want to give it a low rating, but I'm giving it a 2,5 stars, but will round it up to a 3 because I feel it's more a Me thing than a book thing. I really should just read books when I buy them so I don't outgrow them like this one.
Rating: 2,5 stars.
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Etant une grande fan de dramas coréens, il fallait absolument que je lise ce livre!
Et je n'ai pas été déçue! Cette lecture a vraiment été agréable et la relation entre nos 2 héros tout à fait adorable!
Dans ce roman, on suit l'histoire de Desi, une coréenne vivant avec son père qui est accro aux k-dramas. C'est une lycéenne modèle qui rêve d'aller à Stanford pour étudier la médecine et qui est douée dans tous les domaines sauf un: l'amour.
Et alors, qu'elle tombe à nouveau amoureuse d'un nouvel élève, elle va décider d'établir une liste de tâches à accomplir pour que Luca tombe amoureux d'elle!
Elle est épaulée par ces 2 meilleurs amis: Wes et Fiona.
Le point fort du livre et bien sûr l'inspiration de Desi avec les k-dramas! J'ai beaucoup aimé toutes les références sur lesquelles elle s'appuie et ces applications.
Les personnages sont aussi très attachants et drôles.
Le seul point négatif c'est qu'on sait très bien toute la trame de l'histoire. Mais cela n'empêche pas de passer un bon moment.
Et je n'ai pas été déçue! Cette lecture a vraiment été agréable et la relation entre nos 2 héros tout à fait adorable!
Dans ce roman, on suit l'histoire de Desi, une coréenne vivant avec son père qui est accro aux k-dramas. C'est une lycéenne modèle qui rêve d'aller à Stanford pour étudier la médecine et qui est douée dans tous les domaines sauf un: l'amour.
Et alors, qu'elle tombe à nouveau amoureuse d'un nouvel élève, elle va décider d'établir une liste de tâches à accomplir pour que Luca tombe amoureux d'elle!
Elle est épaulée par ces 2 meilleurs amis: Wes et Fiona.
Le point fort du livre et bien sûr l'inspiration de Desi avec les k-dramas! J'ai beaucoup aimé toutes les références sur lesquelles elle s'appuie et ces applications.
Les personnages sont aussi très attachants et drôles.
Le seul point négatif c'est qu'on sait très bien toute la trame de l'histoire. Mais cela n'empêche pas de passer un bon moment.