A review by smalltownbookmom
Made in Korea by Sarah Suk

4.0

I really enjoyed this fun enemies to lovers, dual perspective YA romance featuring competing Korean American teen K-beauty entrepreneurs who are fighting for the number one spot among their high school peers. This book deals with the heavy pressure parental expectations place on second generation kids. Saxophone playing Wes wants to go to music school and Valerie feels like she can never live up to her perfect older sister. The two teens also grapple with moral and ethical decisions as they run their respective businesses - the idiom all's fair in love and war gets tested to the extreme as Valerie and Wes learn maybe love is more important than winning. Suk expertly sprinkles Korean food and culture references throughout the story which I loved but I wish the story would have had a Canadian setting rather than an American one. Recommended for fans of Tweet Cute, A pho love story and A taste for love. A great debut for Canadian author, Sarah Suk! Can't wait to read what she writes next! Thanks to NetGalley for my advance copy.