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A Pho Love Story by Loan Le
4.0
hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

 Pho reminds me of my first year of uni when my friends and me frequently a Vietnamese restaurant in Amsterdam. So when I came across A Pho Love Story I really wanted to read it.

A Pho Love Story is Romeo and Juliet meets Tweet Cute. Linh Mai and Bao Nguyen are both children of Vietnamese immigrants in California. Their families own competing restaurants across the street. The story includes Vietnamese culture, family history and life as restaurant kids.

I loved Bao and Linh. As I read, I felt like they were well-developed characters with their own ambitions. I liked to see them working together. And I liked their parents' story.