Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee

Fake Dates and Mooncakes

by Sher Lee

Heartstopper meets Crazy Rich Asians in this heartfelt, joyful paperback original rom-com that follows an aspiring chef who discovers the recipe for love is more complicated than it seems when he starts fake-dating a handsome new customer.

Dylan Tang wants to win a Mid-Autumn Festival mooncake-making competition for teen chefs—in memory of his mom, and to bring much-needed publicity to his aunt’s struggling Chinese takeout in Brooklyn.

Enter Theo Somers: charming, wealthy, with a smile that makes Dylan’s stomach do backflips. AKA a distraction. Their worlds are sun-and-moon apart, but Theo keeps showing up. He even convinces Dylan to be his fake date at a family wedding in the Hamptons.

In Theo’s glittering world of pomp, privilege, and crazy rich drama, their romance is supposed to be just pretend . . . but Dylan finds himself falling for Theo. For real. Then Theo’s relatives reveal their true colors—but with the mooncake contest looming, Dylan can’t risk being sidetracked by rich-people problems.

Can Dylan save his family’s business and follow his heart—or will he fail to do both?

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DNFed at 16%. Read from August 2nd 2023 to August 3rd 2023.

The writing is OK! I made the mistake of starting the book and, since I was having that little inkling in my head that I wasn't really enjoying it, reading some reviews for it... So I ended up seeing a lot of valid points and I was ultimately turned off from reading it. The plot just seemed to keep going and going, with a bit of infodumping - which I'm fine with, but at some point it felt like the book was turning into that only.

At the same time, I could feel the insta-love vibes more or less... so, sorry! But I didn't hate this, so I might try other books by the author.

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