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A review by sarah_thebooknerd
Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang
challenging
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
📕 Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham
Format: Physical
Source: Library
I came across this book while looking for books at Walmart and the cover drew me in. I immediately requested it from my local library and patiently waited for it to arrive.
This is a YA graphic novel about a young teen, Valentina who was named after Valentine's Day. She loves Valentine's Day and every year the spirit of Saint Valentine comes to spend the day with her and she loves to make cards and celebrate with her family and friends.
Until, one really bad Valentine's Day, when she is rejected from her peers for continuing to do the valentines and her entire world is turned upside down when she learns family secrets.
Valentina then learns from Saint Valentine that she is cursed like others in her family, and that curse is that she will never have love. Before she relinques to this fate she joins in on the Lunar New Year celebrations and becomes a Lion Dancer and runs into the boy that rejected her Valentine the most, Jae.
This is a story of connecting with yourself, your culture, your family, learning where you come from and and how to allow others in to help when you need it. It's about loss, grief, abandonment and love.
The graphics are STUNNING and the story will captivate you. I now need to go back and purchase the book because I loved it so much and want it for my shelves so I can revisit this one again and again.
Format: Physical
Source: Library
I came across this book while looking for books at Walmart and the cover drew me in. I immediately requested it from my local library and patiently waited for it to arrive.
This is a YA graphic novel about a young teen, Valentina who was named after Valentine's Day. She loves Valentine's Day and every year the spirit of Saint Valentine comes to spend the day with her and she loves to make cards and celebrate with her family and friends.
Until, one really bad Valentine's Day, when she is rejected from her peers for continuing to do the valentines and her entire world is turned upside down when she learns family secrets.
Valentina then learns from Saint Valentine that she is cursed like others in her family, and that curse is that she will never have love. Before she relinques to this fate she joins in on the Lunar New Year celebrations and becomes a Lion Dancer and runs into the boy that rejected her Valentine the most, Jae.
This is a story of connecting with yourself, your culture, your family, learning where you come from and and how to allow others in to help when you need it. It's about loss, grief, abandonment and love.
The graphics are STUNNING and the story will captivate you. I now need to go back and purchase the book because I loved it so much and want it for my shelves so I can revisit this one again and again.