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A review by keliterate
Love, Lies, and Cherry Pie by Jackie Lau
2.0
Really wanted to like this, because hello who else is in that precarious age where their mothers/aunts have started matchmaking because you're hopelessly single and the fact that it had Asian rep too—i was really excited for it.
While the concept was right up my alley, this was kind of a miss. The romance didn't feel believable to me, i wasn't convinced that the leads had much chemistry, i really felt like their relationship was underdeveloped, and the "explainer" on Mark's personality was sort of random... and appeared much too late? the POV switch in the latter part threw me off. I did not enjoy Mark's perspective, which is a rare thing for me typically i love dual POVs but the way mark viewed a potential relationship with Emily just raised a couple of red flags.
It also sounded too forced— kind of stilted and stuffy, sadly. I did like seeing aspects of Asian culture in this especially the focus on family, but unfortunately this didn't work for me.
Thank you, atria books, for sending over a copy!
While the concept was right up my alley, this was kind of a miss. The romance didn't feel believable to me, i wasn't convinced that the leads had much chemistry, i really felt like their relationship was underdeveloped, and the "explainer" on Mark's personality was sort of random... and appeared much too late? the POV switch in the latter part threw me off. I did not enjoy Mark's perspective, which is a rare thing for me typically i love dual POVs but the way mark viewed a potential relationship with Emily just raised a couple of red flags.
It also sounded too forced— kind of stilted and stuffy, sadly. I did like seeing aspects of Asian culture in this especially the focus on family, but unfortunately this didn't work for me.
Thank you, atria books, for sending over a copy!