The Garcias live in fear until the day both parents are picked up his Pa is taken to jail and his Ma to a detention center. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents show up unsuccessfully seeking his Pa at his New York City bodega. Mateo’s life is turned upside down the day U.S. There’s not much plot here, but readers will relish the opportunity to climb inside Autumn’s head.Ī Mexican American boy takes on heavy responsibilities when his family is torn apart. Even secondary characters are well-rounded, with their own histories and motivations. Autumn’s coming-of-age is sensitively chronicled, with a wide range of experiences and events shaping her character. But on August 8, everything changes, and Autumn has to rely on all her strength to move on. In the summer after graduation, Autumn and Finny reconnect and are finally ready to be more than friends. Growing up, Autumn and Finny were like peas in a pod despite their differences: Autumn is “quirky and odd,” while Finny is “sweet and shy and everyone like him.” But in eighth grade, Autumn and Finny stop being friends due to an unexpected kiss. They drift apart and find new friends, but their friendship keeps asserting itself at parties, shared holiday gatherings and random encounters. The finely drawn characters capture readers’ attention in this debut.Īutumn and Phineas, nicknamed Finny, were born a week apart their mothers are still best friends. Hip characters and jargon adorn a predictable storyline and unconvincing romance. While the language has a contemporary feel and the range of diverse, appealing characters accurately reflects modern-day New York, the plot frequently drags, and character development is weak. That, along with some prodding from friends and family compels him to finally face what he needs to do in order to change his life, stop taking his loved ones for granted, and pursue his dreams. Into his monotonous existence comes Carolina Suarez, aka mega-star Leanna Smart, who enters the store early one morning on a snack run. Mutual attraction (and a shared love of snacks) leads to a whirlwind, jet-setting romance, but when the disparity between their worlds puts pressure on their relationship, Pablo is given the opportunity to come to some hard realizations about himself and the responsibilities he’s been avoiding for too long. Feeling paralyzed by his Korean anesthesiologist mother’s high expectations, he works the graveyard shift at a deli. Korean Pakistani American Pablo Rind, a former NYU student struggling to figure out what he wants to do with his life, is weighed down by a mountain of student loans and credit card debt. It’s great.A chance encounter between a college dropout and a pop star in a New York City deli leads to unexpected romance-and expected complications. TL DR feel free to judge Yolk by it’s very gorgeous cover. She captures the city and the many types of people who thrive (and fail) here in unflinching prose. I’ve thought this before while reading Choi’s other books, but her observations about the world, about people, about New York, are god-tier - simple, cutting, fascinating. My heart broke over and over as June and Jayne struggled to figure their sh*t out, and I never stopped rooting for either of them. Their razor-sharp banter has that perfect “do they hate each other, or are they joking?” quality that anyone who has a somewhat antagonistic bond with their own sibling will instantly recognize. The relationship between flighty, unmotivated main character Jayne and her Type A older sister June just might give you Fleabag flashbacks. Oh, and to top it all off, her older sister June - wealthy, put-together, finance extraordinaire - lives in NYC, too, though they barely speak. It follows Jayne Baek, who’s barely getting by as she attempts to balance the stress of living in New York City with 1.) making it through fashion school, 2.) mustering the courage to cut off a deadbeat, f*ck-boy boyfriend, for good, 3.) friends who are more like frenemies, and 4.) an ED that she’s vainly trying to ignore exists. Yolk has much darker themes than Choi’s previous YA novels, Emergency Contact and Permanent Record, tackling eating disorders, depression/anxiety, cancer, a suffocating need for validation, and the love-hate-love bond that only exists between siblings. And chaotic! And messy! And.ok I’ll stop with all the adjectives, now. One of the biggest reasons I love her books is, similar to Angie Thomas, she’s able to make her characters feel so genuine and real and lived in and complex. □Breaking news□- Mary HK Choi has done it again. Sometimes the best thing you can do is talk about it.”
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