One of Kirkus Reviews's Best Books of 2017
One of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2017
One of Seventeen.com's Best YA Books of 2017
Desi Lee believes anything is possible if you have a plan. That's how she became student body president. Varsity soccer star. And it's how she'll get into Stanford. But she's never had a boyfriend. In fact, she's a disaster at romance, a clumsy, stammering humiliation magnet whose botched attempts at flirting have become legendary with her friends. So when the hottest human specimen to have ever lived walks into her life one day, Desi finds guidance in the Korean dramas her father has been obsessively watching for yearsâwhere the hapless heroine always seems to end up in the arms of her true love by episode ten. It's a simple formula, and Desi is a quick study. Armed with her "K Drama Steps to True Love," Desi goes after the moody, elusive artist Luca Drakosâand boat rescues, love triangles, and staged car crashes ensue. But when the fun and games turn to true feels, Desi finds out that real love is about way more than just drama.
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781705204818
- File size: 244122 KB
- Duration: 08:28:35
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- English
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- LexileÂź Measure: 690
- Text Difficulty: 3
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Publisher's Weekly
Starred review from April 3, 2017
Desi Lee, 17, is a smart, ambitious, and athletic Korean-American girl headed toward becoming valedictorian, then to Stanford to study premed. Desi excels at pretty much everything she puts her mind toâexcept landing a boyfriend. Her best friends, Fiona and Wes, have coined a phrase to describe Desiâs haplessness: âFlirt + failure = flailure.â But when Luca Drakos, 17, shows up at school, Desi turns to the serialized Korean TV shows (âK dramasâ) that her father is forever watching. Taking notes on the seriesâ romantic formulas, Desi creates a blueprint to winning Lucaâs heart, with steps that include âFind Out the Guyâs Big Secret, Preferably Through Excruciatingly Repetitive Flashbacksâ and âReveal Your Vulnerabilities in a Heartbreaking Manner.â Desiâs plan launches her down a path thatâs as cringe inducing as it is hilarious. The art-centric romance that develops between Desi and Luca is rewarding to follow, as are their parental relationships, particularly that between Desi and her widowed Appa. Goo (Since You Asked...) simultaneously honors and deconstructs romantic tropes, both in general and specific to K dramas, and does so using a wonderfully diverse cast. Ages 14âup. Agent: Judith Hansen, Hansen Literary.
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- OverDrive Listen audiobook
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- English
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- LexileÂź Measure:690
- Text Difficulty:3
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