Book Review: Dating Makes Perfect | Pintip Dunn

The Stats

📖 BOOK REVIEW⠀📚

BOOK: Dating Makes Perfect

AUTHOR: Pintip Dunn @pintip_dunn

Publisher: Entangled: Teen @entangledteen

Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Published: August 18, 2020

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The Review

The Title/Cover Draw:

• I love Pintip Dunn’s writing. The first book I read this year was Malice, and I vowed to pick up anything else she wrote to fit it into my reading schedule. Also – the cover is adorable!

What I liked:

• Mat & Winnie are such lovable characters. Winnie’s sisters were real and supportive, and even though you don’t spend much time with them, you feel like you do know them. Learning more about Thai culture and food was super fun as well. The book was a fast and fun ride full of antics and rom com references.

What I didn’t like:

• There were one or two slow parts in the middle. Not enough to annoy me or stop me from reading. But that was really my only criticism of the book.

The Characters:

• See above. Winnie was a character I connected to deeply. Slightly awkward and a little judgy… kinda like me.

The Ending:

• It was TOTES ADORBS. Can I have a sequel?

Reminds me of:

• To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before (primarily in tone).

All thoughts and opinions are my own. 

Small Summary:

The Tech sisters don’t date in high school. Not because they’re not asked. Not because they’re not interested. Not even because no one can pronounce their long, Thai last name—hence the shortened, awkward moniker. But simply because they’re not allowed.

Until now.

In a move that other Asian American girls know all too well, six months after the older Tech twins got to college, their parents asked, “Why aren’t you engaged yet?” The sisters retaliated by vowing that they won’t marry for ten (maybe even twenty!) years, not until they’ve had lots of the dating practice that they didn’t get in high school.

In a shocking war on the status quo, her parents now insist that their youngest daughter, Orrawin (aka “Winnie”), must practice fake dating in high school. Under their watchful eyes, of course—and organized based on their favorite rom-coms. ’Cause that won’t end in disaster.

The first candidate? The son of their longtime friends, Mat Songsomboon—arrogant, infuriating, and way too good-looking. Winnie’s known him since they were toddlers throwing sticky rice balls at each other. And her parents love him.

If only he weren’t her sworn enemy.