A Pho Love Story
Loan Le
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars
3.68
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Glimpses and kisses [?]
· 47 ratings · 416 pages · Published: 09 Feb 2021

If Linh Mai had to describe herself, she’d say she was a firecracker. Stable when unlit, but full of potential for joy and fire. She loves art and dreams pursuing a career in it. The only problem? Her parents rely on her in ways they’re not willing to admit, including working practically full-time at her family’s pho restaurant.
For years, the Mais and the Nguyens have been at odds, having owned competing, neighboring pho restaurants. Bao and Linh, who’ve avoided each other for most of their lives, both suspect that the feud stems from feelings much deeper than friendly competition.
But then a chance encounter brings Linh and Bao in the same vicinity despite their best efforts and sparks fly, leading them both to wonder what took so long for them to connect. But then, of course, they immediately remember.
Can Linh and Bao find love in the midst of feuding families and complicated histories?
When Dimple Met Rishi meets Ugly Delicious in this funny, smart romantic comedy, in which two Vietnamese-American teens fall in love and must navigate their newfound relationship amid their families’ age-old feud about their competing, neighboring restaurants.
Tagged as:
- contemporary 4
- enemies to lovers 4
- multicultural 4
- young adult 4
- friends to lovers 3
- funny 3
- secret relationship 3
- dual pov 2
- high school 2
- forbidden love 2
- forced proximity 1
- east asian mc 1
- m-f romance 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- racism 2
- death / grief 1