When a movie comes out on a streaming service we don’t have, I look to see if it was based on a book. So when I saw this trailer, I was excited to find Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen. If you enjoy this one and the second, Loveboat Reunion, you’ll be thrilled to know Loveboat Forever comes out next week.
In the first book, it’s the end of senior year for Ever
Wong. She’s been accepted to a pre-med program at Northwestern. Her parents are
ecstatic. Little do they know she’s been secretly applying to dance programs. And
little does she know they’ve signed her up for an intensive language and
culture program for the summer in Taiwan. In the program, she meets Xavier, the
son of a mogul, who would rather be drawing than aspiring to run a company. Other
key players (pun intended) are cousins Rick and Sophie. Rick becomes one of
Ever’s love interests and Sophie discovers her prowess at social connections
can be put to good, after she admittedly does some evil
Fans of Crazy Rich Asians will find some
familiar tropes - social media exchanges, extravagant parties, people who own private
jets, and matchmaking schemes. Wen provides plenty of teen angst, over the top drama,
and will they/won’t they moments to keep the plot moving.
Turns out they almost always will.
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