#212 – Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee (with Katrina of Katrina’s Library)

Tune in as Pride Month continues for its third week on 2CC! Katrina (@katrinaslibrary) is jumping onboard for a review and recap of Fake Dates and Mooncakes, the 2023 YA fake-dating rom-com novel by Sher Lee that follows an aspiring teenage chef who gets caught up in a fake-dating scheme with a rich crush, all while preparing for a mooncake contest that could help him save his aunt’s Singaporean Chinese takeout place. Comparing this book to the tropes of k-dramas, the hatability of Theo’s wealthy and distant father, and appreciation for the romantic fun and tension of the fake-dating trope comprise a few of the talking points in this episode.

TW: grief, parental death (in the past), parental neglect, classism, cancer (in the past), car accident (in the past), alcoholism (in the past), alcohol, dementia, and racism

Spoilers start at 28:05

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