I also could relate to her love of baking! Gosh, if only I was a phenomenal baker 😅.

I respected her passion and drive despite her mom’s antics. She was a very driven young woman who knew what she wanted to do when she grew up. It’s kind of like the feeling when you are drinking boba and you want the boba to come up the straw, but it doesn’t. Gosh, did this book make me laugh and scream in anger 🤪. As she battles against her feelings for James, and for her mother’s approval, Liza begins to realize there’s no tried and true recipe for love. The bachelorette situation Liza has found herself in is made even worse when she happens to be grudgingly attracted to one of the contestants the stoic, impenetrable, annoyingly hot James Wong. But when Liza arrives on the first day of the bake-off, she realizes there’s a catch: all of the contestants are young Asian American men her mother has handpicked for Liza to date. With college just around the corner, Liza agrees to help out at the bakery’s annual junior competition to prove to her mom that she’s more than her rebellious tendencies once and for all. Yang is the owner of Houston’s popular Yin & Yang Bakery. The one thing mother and daughter do agree on is their love of baking. Yang’s traditional values, especially when it comes to dating. Compared to her older sister Jeannie, Liza is stubborn, rebellious, and worst of all, determined to push back against all of Mrs. Smart, kind, and pretty, she dreams big and never shies away from a challenge. To her friends, high school senior Liza Yang is nearly perfect. 308) AboutĬlick to read other book reviews Synopsis Except maybe a hot guy who knows how to bake.” (pg.

“Nothing makes my heart race like a guy who knows how to bake.

A Taste for Love by Jennifer Yen