Oh I loved this one.

A Phở Love Story was such a sweet and light-hearted rom-com and it was exactly what I needed these days. I appreciated Loan Le's simplicity in her writing. Not too descriptive, not too much dialogue. It felt honest. The author also succeeded in combining a cute romance between two teenagers while also focusing on the heavy trauma weighting on the shoulders of two families.

I always love characters who find a passion in an art form. Linh reminded me of Jude from I'll Give You The Sun by Jandy Nelson. It feels like you, as the reader, is also immersed in the character's passion. To be honest, I've missed caring and loving a fictional character, it hasn't happened in a while. On the other hand, the two narrative voices kind of felt the same, apart from the main characters different interests. I sometimes forgot which point of vue I was reading.

This book feels like Loan Le wrote an open love letter to Vietnamese culture, to her family, to her community and yes to the food.