Their romance falls apart and comes back together too quickly as well. It is too obvious from the beginning that they like each other, that the “fake dating” feels a little silly. I didn’t feel the build up of their relationship that I expected. Theo and Dylan went from fake dating to real dating too quickly. However, the book doesn’t have the charm of the Heartstopper series or the compelling storyline of the Crazy Rich Asian series. The publisher’s summary compares Fake Dates and Mooncakes to Heartstopper and Crazy Rich Asians, and I do understand where those comparisons come from. I wanted to like this book, but it fell flat for me. I was immediately intrigued by the title of Fake Dates and Mooncakes. If you’re reading this, you probably know that I love romances centered around food.

Can Dylan save his family’s business and follow his heart-or will he fail to do both?

Then Theo’s relatives reveal their true colors-but with the mooncake contest looming, Dylan can’t risk being sidetracked by rich-people problems. but Dylan finds himself falling for Theo. In Theo’s glittering world of pomp, privilege, and crazy rich drama, their romance is supposed to be just pretend. He even convinces Dylan to be his fake date at a family wedding in the Hamptons. Their worlds are sun-and-moon apart, but Theo keeps showing up. Enter Theo Somers: charming, wealthy, with a smile that makes Dylan’s stomach do backflips. Dylan Tang wants to win a Mid-Autumn Festival mooncake-making competition for teen chefs-in memory of his mom, and to bring much-needed publicity to his aunt’s struggling Chinese takeout in Brooklyn. Publisher’s Summary: Heartstopper meets Crazy Rich Asians in this heartfelt, joyful paperback original rom-com that follows an aspiring chef who discovers the recipe for love is more complicated than it seems when he starts fake-dating a handsome new customer.Title: Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee.

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