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The Tech sisters dont date in high school. Not because theyre not asked. Not because theyre not interested. Not even because no one can pronounce their long, Thai last namehence the shortened, awkward moniker. But simply because theyre not allowed.
Until now.
In a move that other Asian American girls know all too well, six months after the older Tech twins got to college, ...more
Until now.
In a move that other Asian American girls know all too well, six months after the older Tech twins got to college, ...more
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Apr 30, 2020
may ➹
marked it as to-read
update: got an ARC (a month ago)... Thai rights
this cover represents me because THAI GIRL!!!! but also does not represent me because she is pretty
this cover represents me because THAI GIRL!!!! but also does not represent me because she is pretty
I received an ARC of this book for free from the publisher (Entangled Teen) in exchange for an honest review. Since I received an ARC, my quotes from the book are tentative.
This was the cutest YA rom-com!
Okay so first I just have to talk about the #OwnVoices aspect. As a Filipino American, I know how important it is to have your stories told, so I was so happy to finally see a book about the Thai American experience. I had never read a book about the Thai American experience before so I was ...more
This was the cutest YA rom-com!
Okay so first I just have to talk about the #OwnVoices aspect. As a Filipino American, I know how important it is to have your stories told, so I was so happy to finally see a book about the Thai American experience. I had never read a book about the Thai American experience before so I was ...more
Jun 01, 2020
Nenia ✨️ Socially Awkward Trash Panda ✨️ Campbell
marked it as to-read
OH MY GOD I THINK THIS IS A THAI AMERICAN RETELLING OF THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
OH MY GOD
I NEED IT
OH MY GOD
I NEED IT
ALMOST FOUR STARS
This book reminded me so much of To All the Boys I've Loved Before, in a good way, and I feel anyone loving the trilogy, will adore this book.
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This book reminded me so much of To All the Boys I've Loved Before, in a good way, and I feel anyone loving the trilogy, will adore this book.
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I received this book in exchange for an honest review for HEAR OUR VOICES BOOK TOUR.
I'm a huge advocate for Asian representation and voices in the book community so when I saw that there was a Thai Asian American YA Book I jumped at the chance to review it.
I absolutely adored this novel because it was so fun and flirty. It was cute and fluffy in all the aspects when our main heroine was figuring her self out plus her identity. I also really loved the representation in this book and I'm sure that ...more
I'm a huge advocate for Asian representation and voices in the book community so when I saw that there was a Thai Asian American YA Book I jumped at the chance to review it.
I absolutely adored this novel because it was so fun and flirty. It was cute and fluffy in all the aspects when our main heroine was figuring her self out plus her identity. I also really loved the representation in this book and I'm sure that ...more
Thank you to Entangled for the ARC and to Hear Our Voices Tours for hosting the blog tour!
Dating Makes Perfect is an ownvoices Thai YA rom com and as an ownvoices reader I truly had the best time reading it!
This story follows the Tech sisters whose strict Thai parents didnt allow them to date in high school. But once the eldest Tech twins go off to college, their parents allow the youngest sister, Winnie, to date. But theres a catch: mom gets to set up the date and chooses the guy (and she sets ...more
Dating Makes Perfect is an ownvoices Thai YA rom com and as an ownvoices reader I truly had the best time reading it!
This story follows the Tech sisters whose strict Thai parents didnt allow them to date in high school. But once the eldest Tech twins go off to college, their parents allow the youngest sister, Winnie, to date. But theres a catch: mom gets to set up the date and chooses the guy (and she sets ...more
Dating Makes Perfect was my first book by Pintip Dunn, and I thought it was pretty enjoyable, even if I wanted a little more from it.
I don't read a ton of YA contemporary romance, but I was drawn to Dating Makes Perfect from the blurb. In some ways, it delivered with a sweet story with a likable female MC, an enemies-to-lovers story, and lots of DELICIOUS-sounding Thai food (made me so hungry). But in other ways, I was a bit let down.
I think parts of the plot just didn't make sense. The ...more
I don't read a ton of YA contemporary romance, but I was drawn to Dating Makes Perfect from the blurb. In some ways, it delivered with a sweet story with a likable female MC, an enemies-to-lovers story, and lots of DELICIOUS-sounding Thai food (made me so hungry). But in other ways, I was a bit let down.
I think parts of the plot just didn't make sense. The ...more
How gorgeous is the artwork for Dating makes perfect! Pintip Dunn is an artistic genius and Im not talking about the cover. Her words are addictive and the characters she creates come to life on the page.
I love the Tech sisters. Orrawin is the youngest sister and bout to become the first to get the chance to date in high school. With strict parents the Tech sisters dont date but when the older two point out a flaw in their mums plan Winnie is set-up with her ex-best-friend/enemy.
Mat and Winnie ...more
I love the Tech sisters. Orrawin is the youngest sister and bout to become the first to get the chance to date in high school. With strict parents the Tech sisters dont date but when the older two point out a flaw in their mums plan Winnie is set-up with her ex-best-friend/enemy.
Mat and Winnie ...more
3.5 stars, but rounded up for the sister feels and rom-com moments.
If you want a very cute YA rom-com read that includes the fake dating trope, well, DATING MAKES PERFECT would be a great choice! I enjoyed the time I spent with Winnie, from the shenanigans in her love life to the dynamic with her family, and I think a lot of other readers would like that too.
If you want a very cute YA rom-com read that includes the fake dating trope, well, DATING MAKES PERFECT would be a great choice! I enjoyed the time I spent with Winnie, from the shenanigans in her love life to the dynamic with her family, and I think a lot of other readers would like that too.
Aug 10, 2020
Paula M
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AHHH!!! I CAN'T STOP SMILING!!!
"How am I supposed to survive three months fake-dating the most obnoxious boy in the entire world?"
I spent the whole time reading this book sighing, swooning and just smiling. And even after finishing the book, it's like someone put a hanger in my mouth because of how big my smile is. I can't believe this is the first time I picked up a book by Pintip Dunn! This will definitely not be the last.
In Dating Makes Perfect, we follow the story of the youngest Tech ...more
"How am I supposed to survive three months fake-dating the most obnoxious boy in the entire world?"
I spent the whole time reading this book sighing, swooning and just smiling. And even after finishing the book, it's like someone put a hanger in my mouth because of how big my smile is. I can't believe this is the first time I picked up a book by Pintip Dunn! This will definitely not be the last.
In Dating Makes Perfect, we follow the story of the youngest Tech ...more
Dating Makes Perfect is one of those books that you cant help but love. I loved all the Tech sisters by the end of the first chapter (no exaggeration) and I literally could not stop smiling. This book is just too!! damn!! cute!! I somewhat expected there to be conflict between Winnie and her twin sisters but their relationship was so wholesome.
I will never be insulted by a compliment to my sisters. The competition among us has never amounted to a grain of rice. Their wins are mine and vice ...more
I will never be insulted by a compliment to my sisters. The competition among us has never amounted to a grain of rice. Their wins are mine and vice ...more
2'5 stars, it was an okay read.
It was a fun easy read, an #ownvoices rom-com.
We have a Thai family, with their own traditions and ideas about dating.
There's tons of food mentions, this book can make you hungry haha
We have an Indian best friend, and we will also find Black and LGTBI rep. So, kuddos for all this.
We find the trope enemies to lovers but maxified: from childhood friends, to enemies, to fake dating to friends to lovers. We did cover a lot of ground here!
P.S. The book is entertaining ...more
It was a fun easy read, an #ownvoices rom-com.
We have a Thai family, with their own traditions and ideas about dating.
There's tons of food mentions, this book can make you hungry haha
We have an Indian best friend, and we will also find Black and LGTBI rep. So, kuddos for all this.
We find the trope enemies to lovers but maxified: from childhood friends, to enemies, to fake dating to friends to lovers. We did cover a lot of ground here!
P.S. The book is entertaining ...more
This was a perfect summer read! You know the kind, something light and quick and fun. Honestly I haven't been feeling much YA lately but this was the ideal choice for dipping a toe back in, I was able to read it all in two sittings.
The relationships in this book were wholesome and cute. I liked that while obviously it was a romance, it was mostly about a young girl finding herself. I also really enjoyed being immersed in Winnie's life and culture. While it can be great to see yourself in a ...more
The relationships in this book were wholesome and cute. I liked that while obviously it was a romance, it was mostly about a young girl finding herself. I also really enjoyed being immersed in Winnie's life and culture. While it can be great to see yourself in a ...more
Im not sure how to even start this review without sounding like a raving spaz.
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In short, I LOVED this book. Totally my kind of five star read! I read it in pretty much one sitting because I did not want to put it down. I feel like theres something in this book that everyone can love: a little Lara Jean, a little Gilmore Girls, a little 80s and 90s romcoms, and I loved that beautiful mashup. I could not help just sitting there and smiling as I read, ...more
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In short, I LOVED this book. Totally my kind of five star read! I read it in pretty much one sitting because I did not want to put it down. I feel like theres something in this book that everyone can love: a little Lara Jean, a little Gilmore Girls, a little 80s and 90s romcoms, and I loved that beautiful mashup. I could not help just sitting there and smiling as I read, ...more
Book Review: Dating Makes Perfect
By: Pintap Dunn
Genre: YA Romance
Format: ARC thank you so much to my friends at @entangledteen for my gifted copy- Pub day is 8/18/2020!
The Tech sisters are not allowed to date in high school- because of their strict parents. But when the oldest twins report they are struggling with dating.... Winnies parents decide its time for her to fake date. They pick the locations, the time, and the person.... who just happens to be Winnies sworn enemy, Mat.
The very best ...more
By: Pintap Dunn
Genre: YA Romance
Format: ARC thank you so much to my friends at @entangledteen for my gifted copy- Pub day is 8/18/2020!
The Tech sisters are not allowed to date in high school- because of their strict parents. But when the oldest twins report they are struggling with dating.... Winnies parents decide its time for her to fake date. They pick the locations, the time, and the person.... who just happens to be Winnies sworn enemy, Mat.
The very best ...more
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Nov 16, 2020
Namera [The Literary Invertebrate]
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review of another edition
Okay, so even though I got an ARC copy I ended up reading this way after the publication date. Which is a shame, because I was depriving myself of pretty good entertainment.
First things first: it sounds like it, but this is not a Thai-American retelling of Taming of the Shrew . After the first few chapters, which in any case are the weakest part of the story, it goes its own way. And that totally works.
Seventeen-year-old Orrawin (aka Winnie) is younger sister to the beautiful, accomplished ...more
Well now - wasn't this just the cutest read! It was exactly what I needed between my darker reads. I love seeing Asian American representation through this Thai family. Winnie also represents every teen girl out there who wasn't allowed to date in high school, who wondered how their first kiss would go, who wanted to be the perfect daughter, who still needed to find the courage to stand up for what they wanted and not what they thought was expected of them.
Imagine your parents all of the sudden ...more
Imagine your parents all of the sudden ...more
Aug 17, 2020
Amy Imogene Reads
marked it as to-read
This sounds like a hoot
Thank you to the publisher via NetGalley for my copy in exchange for an honest review.
Thank you to the publisher via NetGalley for my copy in exchange for an honest review.
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Diversity: Thai-American main character (ownvoices), Thai-American side characters and love interest, bisexual Thai-American side character, Indian-American side character.
Ahh I had so much fun reading this book. I loved the family vibes, loved the close sisters relationship, the exploration of romance and the childhood best friends to enemies to fake ...more
Diversity: Thai-American main character (ownvoices), Thai-American side characters and love interest, bisexual Thai-American side character, Indian-American side character.
Ahh I had so much fun reading this book. I loved the family vibes, loved the close sisters relationship, the exploration of romance and the childhood best friends to enemies to fake ...more
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I really love the cover for this book, and Im happy to say that the story lived up to the expectations set by the cover.
Winnie was a lot of fun to follow because her character voice really animated the story. The reader is fully immersed in her head, experiencing the joys and pains of first love, the highs and lows of adolescence, the hopes and fears that drive Winnies decisions. She struggles to assert herself, inhibited by insecurities, and that aspect of her personality ...more
I really love the cover for this book, and Im happy to say that the story lived up to the expectations set by the cover.
Winnie was a lot of fun to follow because her character voice really animated the story. The reader is fully immersed in her head, experiencing the joys and pains of first love, the highs and lows of adolescence, the hopes and fears that drive Winnies decisions. She struggles to assert herself, inhibited by insecurities, and that aspect of her personality ...more
Annoying parents? Check! Sweet main characters? Yes! Character development? Kind of. Cute scenes? Yes, so many!
Overall Im definitely looking forward to more books like this or of this author! ...more
Overall Im definitely looking forward to more books like this or of this author! ...more
I was given an ARC of this by a friend who had an extra copy.
Oh, where to even begin? I loved everything about this book, from beginning to end, especially the individual nuances of each character. Although Im not Thai (Im Chinese), I wish this book existed over a decade ago when I was in high school with my own insecurities. My parents were also traditional in the sense that they wouldnt let me date until college, so I had to secretly date (which was rare anyways). I found it refreshing that ...more
Oh, where to even begin? I loved everything about this book, from beginning to end, especially the individual nuances of each character. Although Im not Thai (Im Chinese), I wish this book existed over a decade ago when I was in high school with my own insecurities. My parents were also traditional in the sense that they wouldnt let me date until college, so I had to secretly date (which was rare anyways). I found it refreshing that ...more
thank you to entangled teen for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review!
gahhh i wanted to like this sooo bad!!! i have never EVER read a book with a thai main character, let alone from an own voices perspective! and in a rom com!! there def needs to be more asian rep in romance!! but unfortunately i did not enjoy this at all. though this is in part my fault -- this book is marketed towards people who enjoyed to all the boys ive loved before, and i gave that book 2 stars as well, so i ...more
gahhh i wanted to like this sooo bad!!! i have never EVER read a book with a thai main character, let alone from an own voices perspective! and in a rom com!! there def needs to be more asian rep in romance!! but unfortunately i did not enjoy this at all. though this is in part my fault -- this book is marketed towards people who enjoyed to all the boys ive loved before, and i gave that book 2 stars as well, so i ...more
Love love loved this book. It's funny, sweet, swoony. It has all of my favourite topes and it's so steeped in Thai culture. It also has an all-POC cast, which I love! I cannot recommend this highly enough. It's in my romcom hall of fame.
Aug 18, 2020
sophie b
marked it as to-read
this just looks so fun
This book was SO CUTE.
Dating Makes Perfect is a young adult standalone romantic comedy by Pintip Dunn. I loved this book so much. It is happiness personified. I dare you to read this book and not have a good time. I triple dog dare you. I loved this story and these characters so much! This is my favorite book so far by Pintip Dunn, and I have really enjoyed all of her books. I read this book in one sitting, and I breezed through all 400 pages of it. I simply could not put it down. If you are a fan of the fake dating
...more
I adored this book! So cute! Loved the references to new Asian American rom coms. Loved Winnie. Loved Ari and Bunny. Highly recommend.
Thank you to the publisher for the free ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Thank you to the publisher for the free ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Reviewed by Paige
Dating Makes Perfect is a teen dream in my book. Pintip Dunn takes high school senior Winnie Tech on a high school love life adventure. This love story is like a mixture of Twilight and To All the Boys I Loved Before. Its the story of a girl with a dream of always wanting to date and when that chance comes it has a list of rules that must be followed, including her frenemy Mat Songsomboon. Dating Makes Perfect will bring a smile to your face and a little bit of envy to your ...more
Dating Makes Perfect is a teen dream in my book. Pintip Dunn takes high school senior Winnie Tech on a high school love life adventure. This love story is like a mixture of Twilight and To All the Boys I Loved Before. Its the story of a girl with a dream of always wanting to date and when that chance comes it has a list of rules that must be followed, including her frenemy Mat Songsomboon. Dating Makes Perfect will bring a smile to your face and a little bit of envy to your ...more
DATING MAKES PERFECT is a beautifully written YA contemporary romance that had me grinning from ear-to-ear. Winnie has two older sisters, twins, who have gone off to college. When their parents are suddenly pressuring them to get engaged, they point out that their parents rule forbidding them to date in high school has left them without a critical skill. Their mother then decides to revise the rule for Winnie, asking her to go on practice dates during her senior year of high school.
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Pintip Dunn is a New York Times bestselling author of young adult fiction. She graduated from Harvard University, magna cum laude, with an A.B., and received her J.D. at Yale Law School.
Her novel FORGET TOMORROW won the 2016 RWA RITA® for Best First Book, and SEIZE TODAY won the 2018 RITA for Best Young Adult Romance. Her books have been translated into four languages, and they have been ...more
Her novel FORGET TOMORROW won the 2016 RWA RITA® for Best First Book, and SEIZE TODAY won the 2018 RITA for Best Young Adult Romance. Her books have been translated into four languages, and they have been ...more
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