BOOK REVIEW: A Taste for Love by Jennifer Yen

 


A Taste for Love is an unapologetically Asian fun story about love, family, and life.

SUMMARY:

For fans of Jenny Han, Jane Austen, and The Great British Baking Show, A Taste for Love, is a delicious rom com about first love, familial expectations, and making the perfect bao.

To her friends, high school senior Liza Yang is nearly perfect. Smart, kind, and pretty, she dreams big and never shies away from a challenge. But to her mom, Liza is anything but. Compared to her older sister Jeannie, Liza is stubborn, rebellious, and worst of all, determined to push back against all of Mrs. Yang’s traditional values, especially when it comes to dating.

The one thing mother and daughter do agree on is their love of baking. Mrs. Yang is the owner of Houston’s popular Yin & Yang Bakery. With college just around the corner, Liza agrees to help out at the bakery’s annual junior competition to prove to her mom that she’s more than her rebellious tendencies once and for all. But when Liza arrives on the first day of the bake-off, she realizes there’s a catch: all of the contestants are young Asian American men her mother has handpicked for Liza to date.

The bachelorette situation Liza has found herself in is made even worse when she happens to be grudgingly attracted to one of the contestants; the stoic, impenetrable, annoyingly hot James Wong. As she battles against her feelings for James, and for her mother’s approval, Liza begins to realize there’s no tried and true recipe for love.

THOUGHTS:

A Taste for Love is an unapologetically Asian fun story about love, family, and life.

Although slow-paced in the beginning, I can say that it’s worth pushing through because it’s just overall funny and I was curious to see what will happen in the end.

What I liked most about this book is the main character’s development. In the beginning, she’s this selfish fresh out of high school “idgaf” kind of person. But as time passed by, she became more aware of the people around her, especially her mother.

What I didn’t like about it is that towards the end, it kinda focused on another problem, and although it’s still related to the two main characters, I would’ve liked it better if the conflict would’ve been between the two of them.

Overall, A Taste for Love is perfect to read during the summer, especially if you just want something fun and sweet!

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