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A review by mastersal
I Believe in a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo
4.0
Read as an audiobook - narrated by Emily Woo Zeller
This book is part of what I call my “I just discovered BookTube and fell down a YA rabbithole” phase - circa 2018 ish. I had left this on my TBR because (a) I own the physical book and (b) I LOVE (!!!) K-dramas.
I am glad I finally picked this up because this generally worked for me. I tend not to like YA romances because reading about romantic drama of teens feels a bit icky to me - old fogey that I am. Here it worked for me - perhaps because the drama felt age appropriate and light. Our heroine - Desi - is looking for her first boyfriend not the love-of-her-life who she will be forever!!
Plus, this book had one of the best dad-daughter relationships ever! Well, not ever - but I was sold right from the first few pages (where he feeds his 7 year old daughter as she focuses on moving a pencil with her mind - so cute!!)
I think this was the general positive of the book for me - it was so cute! I liked the tone of the writing and the humour. It balanced cringe with some great moments between friends and family which I enjoyed. It felt a bit like the high school anime which I am pretty fond of (and k-dramas).
Plus - Won Bin is a great reference. That would have put it over the top for me. I really enjoyed this book quite a bit - it was a quick, funny, sweat little rom-com. I liked Desi as a main character quite a bit - she was a focused protagonist who still felt like a teen.
4 stars for being a great example of what a YA high-school romance can be. I found it charming.
This book is part of what I call my “I just discovered BookTube and fell down a YA rabbithole” phase - circa 2018 ish. I had left this on my TBR because (a) I own the physical book and (b) I LOVE (!!!) K-dramas.
I am glad I finally picked this up because this generally worked for me. I tend not to like YA romances because reading about romantic drama of teens feels a bit icky to me - old fogey that I am. Here it worked for me - perhaps because the drama felt age appropriate and light. Our heroine - Desi - is looking for her first boyfriend not the love-of-her-life who she will be forever!!
Plus, this book had one of the best dad-daughter relationships ever! Well, not ever - but I was sold right from the first few pages (where he feeds his 7 year old daughter as she focuses on moving a pencil with her mind - so cute!!)
I think this was the general positive of the book for me - it was so cute! I liked the tone of the writing and the humour. It balanced cringe with some great moments between friends and family which I enjoyed. It felt a bit like the high school anime which I am pretty fond of (and k-dramas).
Plus - Won Bin is a great reference. That would have put it over the top for me. I really enjoyed this book quite a bit - it was a quick, funny, sweat little rom-com. I liked Desi as a main character quite a bit - she was a focused protagonist who still felt like a teen.
4 stars for being a great example of what a YA high-school romance can be. I found it charming.