A review by msvenner
My Summer of Love and Misfortune by Lindsay Wong

2.0

I really wanted to like this book. I loved the author’s memoir and was excited to see she had a YA novel. Her writing was good, the plot was pretty good, the settings were great, even the Shopaholic meets Crazy Rich Asians concept had merit. The protagonist was the problem, the character was so vapid and self-involved there was no possibility of a believable redemption, and when the author tried it was too little too late. The book’s resolution was rushed and unsatisfying. I feel like this book needed a really good editor to catch the problems early on.