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A review by sweekune
Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
4/5
Cute, heartwarming and cosy. Dylan's family runs a Singaporean takeaway in New York. He meets well-off Theo during a delivery run and Theo asks him to be his fake date for a wedding.
- Tropey but in the sweetest way. As the title would suggest, there's fake dating but also miscommunication and family drama. The book uses them well and makes them work in the story rather than the story having to work around the tropes.
- I loved the sense of culture and family in the book and how both characters have experienced both. You felt for both the main characters and the situations they had been through.
- The descriptions of the food and the titular mooncakes were amazing. Those alone trigger a mooncake-related internet rabbit hole I've intermittently fallen down the past week.
Cosy, full of food, family and fun. Would recommend to those who enjoy lighter romance, books with cooking and heartwarming vibes.
Cute, heartwarming and cosy. Dylan's family runs a Singaporean takeaway in New York. He meets well-off Theo during a delivery run and Theo asks him to be his fake date for a wedding.
- Tropey but in the sweetest way. As the title would suggest, there's fake dating but also miscommunication and family drama. The book uses them well and makes them work in the story rather than the story having to work around the tropes.
- I loved the sense of culture and family in the book and how both characters have experienced both. You felt for both the main characters and the situations they had been through.
- The descriptions of the food and the titular mooncakes were amazing. Those alone trigger a mooncake-related internet rabbit hole I've intermittently fallen down the past week.
Cosy, full of food, family and fun. Would recommend to those who enjoy lighter romance, books with cooking and heartwarming vibes.