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Café Con Lychee by Emery Lee
4.0
emotional hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

A queer YA enemies to lovers that will have you crying and laughing and be envious of all the food mentions. 

Told from both Theo's and Gabi's perspective, Café Con Lychee is a fun, drama filled story of two families and their rival shops. But when their shops are threatened by a fusion cafe, Theo and Gabi join forces to save their respective family businesses. As they spend time together, they realize that maybe they never really hated one another at all. 
 
I really liked watching Theo x Gabi's relationship unfold. They learned so much of from one another and found solace in each other. Neither of their family life was perfect, and at times, it was really heavy on my heart to read about the homophobia they each experienced. And I love how it's called out and later transformed to love. 
 
 It ends on a sweet and uplifting note for the HEA lovers out there.