I Love You So Mochi follows Kimi, a Japanese-American girl who is artistic and loves fashion. Unfortunately, I found the plot to be slow and dragging, the main character to be a bit juvenile, the dialogue to be awkward and kind of artificial, and the romance to be lacking in chemistry and honestly just unnecessary. Being an Asian-Australian, I love reading about other diasporas and their experiences, and I thought I would absolutely fall in love with I Love You So Mochi because I love all things Japan.

I was so looking forward to reading this book and had really high hopes for it but, sadly, it didn’t live up to my expectations. In I Love You So Mochi, author Sarah Kuhn has penned a delightfully sweet and irrepressibly funny novel that will make you squee at the cute, cringe at the awkward, and show that sometimes you have to lose yourself in something you love to find your Ultimate self. And what begins as a trip to escape her problems quickly becomes a way for Kimi to learn more about the mother she left behind, and to figure out where her own heart lies. She loses herself in the city's outdoor markets, art installations, and cherry blossom festival - and meets Akira, a cute aspiring med student who moonlights as a costumed mochi mascot. When she arrives in Japan, she's met with a culture both familiar and completely foreign to her. So when a surprise letter comes in the mail from Kimi's estranged grandparents, inviting her to Kyoto for spring break, she seizes the opportunity to get away from the disaster of her life.

But her mother disapproves, and when they get into an explosive fight, Kimi's entire future seems on the verge of falling apart.

She's obsessed with transforming everyday ephemera into Kimi Originals: bold outfits that make her and her friends feel like the Ultimate versions of themselves. Kimi Nakamura loves a good fashion statement. I gobbled it up.' - Maurene Goo, author of The Way You Make Me Feel

a tender love story wrapped up in food, fashion, and family. 'As sweet and satisfying as actual mochi. Perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Kasie West, I Love You So Mochi is a delightfully sweet and irrepressibly funny novel from accomplished author Sarah Kuhn. Genres: Contemporary, Diversity, Romance, Young AdultĪmazon | Book Depository | Publisher | Angus & Robertson | Booktopia | Barnes & Noble Published by Scholastic Press on May 28, 2019

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