Fake Dates and Mooncakes Review


The PERFECT romance book!

Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee is about Dylan, a teenage boy who works at his Aunt Jade's Singaporean Chinese takeout shop. His family has been struggling financially, and they are worried they won't be able to keep the shop open. Dylan finds out about a mooncake making contest run by a celebrity chef named Lawrence Lim. The winner will get their restaurant showcased on Lim's TV show. Dylan decides to enter the contest, thinking if the shop makes some publicity, they might get more customers. 

Then, one day Dylan accidentally gets the order wrong of a rich customer named Adrian, and Adrian makes a big deal out of it. Adrien's equally rich friend Theo, who was there when the incident happened, makes up for it by visiting and eating at the takeout shop. Eventually Theo and Dylan become friends, and Theo decides to make a donation to Dylan's aunt Jade to keep the shop afloat for much longer. Dylan's family is very happy about it. Theo then invites Dylan to his cousin's wedding, and he wants Dylan to go as his date. Dylan isn't so sure about it, but Theo tells him that they can fake date. Dylan is then thrusted into the aristocratic world of the Somers family (Theo's family), and it's not all sunshine and rainbows! But he and Theo do start to fall for each other for real...

This was such a sweet and cute book! All the characters were so well written, the food descriptions were so delicious, the romance was done perfectly...I don't know what more praise it needs. 

I also get to learn more about Singaporean Chinese culture along the way! 

So I gave it 5 stars. I highly recommend it!

Do you like romance books that also have a food focus? What are your favorites?

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