Snapshot of the Book

It’s a saccharine sweet love story; wildly predictable; and short on captivating writing.

But, it is told from a point of view and about characters that are rarely centrepieces in teen romantic fiction. The main character is a Korean American young man, a Limbo, he calls himself– straddling the customs, traditions and languages of the two cultures he inhabits. His parents would prefer he “date Korean” and this poses the obstacle and underpinning of the story’s plot. From there, it is a sweet boy meets girl story with a calculable twist.

Not my favourite YA novel, but it wins for bringing racial characters and intersecting racial issues to the forefront.