This is an adorable Young Adult enemies-to-lovers contemporary romance involving high school students River and Sarang. River is lost and doesn’t know why. In one day he dumps his GF, walks out of the SATs, quits his job at the family-owned coffee shop, and takes a job at a rival coffee shop where is new enemy Sarang works. He knows he must do these things but can’t figure out the real reason why.
It was refreshing reading a book from the boy’s perspective and the author did a great job with the pacing of the book. The chapters are short and compel you to keep reading because you just have to know what happens next. The found family aspect with his new co-workers was so sweet. The author did a great job incorporating social media in the story in an authentic way. I also love it when text exchanges are included in books and these cracked me up.
One of my fave tropes is fake dating and it was fun to see River and Sarang develop feelings for each other against their will and the banter was awesome. River’s journey and growth throughout the book was wonderful to read. I was pleasantly surprised by this book and will definitely read more books by this author.
SYNOPSIS:
Meet River Langston-Lee. In the past 24 hours, he’s dumped his girlfriend, walked out of his SATs, and quit his job at his parents’ cafe in spectacularly disastrous fashion—even for him.
Somehow, he manages to talk his way into a gig at a failing Korean cafe, Bingsu for Two, which is his lucky break until he meets short, grumpy, and goth: Sarang Cho. She’s his new no-BS co-worker who’s as determined to make River’s life hell as she is to save her family’s cafe.
After River accidentally uploads a video of his chaotic co-workers to his popular fandom account, they strike viral fame. The kicker? Their new fans ship River and Sarang big-time. In order to keep the Internet’s attention—and the cafe’s new paying customers—River and Sarang must pretend that the tension between them is definitely of the romantic variety, not the considering the best way to kill you and hide your body variety.
But when Bingsu for Two’s newfound success catches the attention of River’s ex and his parents’ cafe around the corner, he faces a choice: keep letting others control his life or stand up for the place that’s become home. And a green-haired girl who’s not as heartless as he originally thought.
Book Links:
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196038712
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1454954027/
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bingsu-for-two-sujin-witherspoon/1145508052
IndieBound: https://bookshop.org/p/books/bingsu-for-two-sujin-witherspoon/21442725
About the Author:
Sujin Witherspoon is a Korean-American author, artist, and lover of words she can’t pronounce. She gravitates towards stories that will either plague her nightmares or make her stomach hurt from laughter–no in between. Having earned her degree in English from the University of Washington, she spends her time writing, thinking about writing, or exploring Seattle. You can find her online at sujinwitherspoon.com
Author Links:
Website: https://sujinwitherspoon.com/
Twitter: https://x.com/tswitherspoon
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sujinwitherspoon
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/42950557
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