A review by pavi_fictionalworm
Love and Other Moods by Crystal Z. Lee

4.0

Also Posted on For The Love of Fictional Worlds

Disclaimer: An eARC was provided via Colored Pages Blog Tours and the Author as part of the Blog Tour. The Thoughts, opinions & feelings expressed in the review are therefore, my own.

“Why Shanghai?
…It’s because we believe in certain ideas about this city – that it has the potential to be invincible, that it could be ours.”

Oh this was a beautiful and a lovely coming of age novel – but it was so much more; because this coming of age happens in the 20s-30s for the characters – and I loved that, for you have to know, that growing up can happen any moment in your life.

Crystal Z Lee gives us characters who you can’t help but connect with – set in Shanghai (I have never been there; but the author makes it sound like a wonderful place to visit!); Love and Other Moods is all about taking risks, making mistakes and trying to better every moment of the day.

The characters introduced in the book aren’t perfect; but they are human and thus, oh so easy to relate to. You will find yourself lost in a city that is so unlike your own, but somehow finding yourself within its inhabitants anyways!

Love and Other Moods is a debut that is a read that you do not know what you expect from it, but also one that will still surpass your expectations anyways!

“Home is our mental as much as it is a physical space. It’s where we choose to root our existence, where we decide to build our bliss, our lives, ourselves.
… Some people made anywhere feel like home.”



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