Published by Katherine Tegen Books on June 16, 2020
ISBN: 0062936921
Pages: 328
Genres: Realistic Fiction, Romance
Format: Chapter Book Fiction
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Recommending for Young Adult cream consideration. In a fresh, first person voice of an aspiring K-pop singer and dancer, Korean- American Skye Haneul rocks the auditions for the latest K-pop competition in Los Angeles. From an early age in ballet class up to these auditions, she has had a grueling, abusive, daily reminder from her mother that “fat girls can’t dance” and other body shaming behaviors. Skye’s passion and talent for K-pop fuels her confidence and enables her to shake off the various microaggressions and speak up when they come from the judges of the competition. Along the way, Skye snags the eye of the fetching young Korean celebrity Henry Cho and their new relationship goes viral. They are both bisexual, some secondary characters are queer, and the majority of characters are Korean or Korean-American. A fun romance that will have readers searching to see if there is a real K-pop competition to watch. The copy reviewed was a library copy.
Reviewed by Sheila Dube, Youth Services, Springvale Public Library