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A review by whatnolareads
Not Your Valentine by Jackie Lau
4.0
This book was so adorable! It exceeded my expectations.. I saw this book on NetGalley and the title and the book cover caught my attention. Please understand although I received this from NetGalley my review is my own.
Let’s get into Helen I loved her as a main character. She is quirky and a little bit grumpy and I love that. She is very down to earth relatable to me in away she’s a little bit of a loner and so am I.
Helen wants to get everyone off her back so she comes up with the idea to pretend to date her high school best friend Taylor, Taylor who is opposite of Helen because his need for approval and constantly reaching out to Helen throughout their fake relationship.
Although the relationship starts off fake it quickly turns into something real something neither of them were expecting. This is my first time reading a book with Asian characters and I love the diversity in Asian MMC. I loved the representation that Jackie Lau’s characters presented.
There is a lot of wholesome goodness in this story and the ending omg I just adored. I loved the detail description around food, buses, travel that I loved it made me feel as if I was there with the family. Most people may not like the details but I loved them.
One of my favorite characters was Helens mom she reminds me of my mom, she was bad ass, supportive and mad sure she was understanding and there for Helen.
I would have loved for this book to be longer I can’t lie, but nonetheless it was an adorable read and was very heartwarming.
Thank you NetGalley, publisher, and author for allowing me the opportunity to read this lovely book.
Let’s get into Helen I loved her as a main character. She is quirky and a little bit grumpy and I love that. She is very down to earth relatable to me in away she’s a little bit of a loner and so am I.
Helen wants to get everyone off her back so she comes up with the idea to pretend to date her high school best friend Taylor, Taylor who is opposite of Helen because his need for approval and constantly reaching out to Helen throughout their fake relationship.
Although the relationship starts off fake it quickly turns into something real something neither of them were expecting. This is my first time reading a book with Asian characters and I love the diversity in Asian MMC. I loved the representation that Jackie Lau’s characters presented.
There is a lot of wholesome goodness in this story and the ending omg I just adored. I loved the detail description around food, buses, travel that I loved it made me feel as if I was there with the family. Most people may not like the details but I loved them.
One of my favorite characters was Helens mom she reminds me of my mom, she was bad ass, supportive and mad sure she was understanding and there for Helen.
I would have loved for this book to be longer I can’t lie, but nonetheless it was an adorable read and was very heartwarming.
Thank you NetGalley, publisher, and author for allowing me the opportunity to read this lovely book.