Three Recommended Romcoms
Comfort reading badly needed at this time, so I finished three books and here they are!
Playing with Matches (by Hannah Orenstein)
A book about a matchmaker written by a woman who used to be a matchmaker herself. Feels very millennial, very real, very charming, very original. Tore through this in a day. Like romcoms? Definite thumbs up on this one.
Save the Date (by Morgan Matson)
Such a charming young adult novel about the Grant family, stars of a nationally syndicated cartoon written by their mother, getting together for a sibling's wedding. The book focuses on Charlotte "Charlie" Grant, the youngest daughter, and the structure and plotting are perfection. It's also often laugh-out-loud funny.
The Bride Test (by Helen Hoang)
By the author of The Kiss Quotient, who is on the autism spectrum and has written a romcom featuring Khai, a Vietnamese-American man with autism. Her leading woman and main character is Esme, a Vietnamese woman his mother meets back home and brings to America so that Esme can potentially marry her son. Misunderstandings ensue, but it also has deep emotional truthfulness. Recommended.
Playing with Matches (by Hannah Orenstein)
A book about a matchmaker written by a woman who used to be a matchmaker herself. Feels very millennial, very real, very charming, very original. Tore through this in a day. Like romcoms? Definite thumbs up on this one.
Save the Date (by Morgan Matson)
Such a charming young adult novel about the Grant family, stars of a nationally syndicated cartoon written by their mother, getting together for a sibling's wedding. The book focuses on Charlotte "Charlie" Grant, the youngest daughter, and the structure and plotting are perfection. It's also often laugh-out-loud funny.
The Bride Test (by Helen Hoang)
By the author of The Kiss Quotient, who is on the autism spectrum and has written a romcom featuring Khai, a Vietnamese-American man with autism. Her leading woman and main character is Esme, a Vietnamese woman his mother meets back home and brings to America so that Esme can potentially marry her son. Misunderstandings ensue, but it also has deep emotional truthfulness. Recommended.
Labels: kindle, library, romcom, women's contemporary fiction, young adult
posted by mo pie at 7:17 PM
2 Comments:
I absolutely loved Save the Date!! I thought it was funny, heartfelt, and sweetly romantic.
I liked all three of these but yes! Save the Date was so great!!
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