Café Con Lychee
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · May 10, 2022
A Romance pick for readers exploring Café Con Lychee.
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- Who it’s for
- A teen rom-com mixes family-business rivalry, clashing ambitions, and feelings that complicate the partnership.
- Themes
- Family expectations, Pursuing personal dreams, Rival family businesses
- Genres
- YA Romance - LGBTQ+, Romantic Comedy for Teens, YA Food & Cooking
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From the author of Meet Cute Diary comes a delectable rom-com that’s brimming with zest and a sprinkle of sweetness. A must-read for fans of Casey McQuiston and Julian Winters. Theo Mori and Gabriel Moreno have always been at odds. Their parents own rival businesses—an Asian American café and a Puerto Rican bakery—and Gabi’s lack of coordination has cost their soccer team too many games to count.
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Stuck in the closet and scared to pursue his own dreams, Gabi sees his family’s shop as his future. Stuck under the weight of his parents’ expectations, Theo’s best shot at leaving Vermont means first ensuring his parents’ livelihood is secure. So when a new fusion café threatens both shops, Theo and Gabi realize an unfortunate truth—they can only achieve their goals by working together to cook up an underground snack operation and win back their customers. But can they put aside their differences long enough to save their parents’ shops, or will the new feelings between them boil over?
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A teen rom-com mixes family-business rivalry, clashing ambitions, and feelings that complicate the partnership.
Come here for
- Competitive sparks between two boys from rival family businesses
- A romance shaped by family expectations and dreams of independence
Expect
- A light, sweet tone with an entrepreneurial twist
- Two rivals learning to work together—without quite keeping feelings out of it
Where it sits
| YA Romance - LGBTQ+ | 81% |
|---|---|
| YA Food & Cooking | 54% |
| Romantic Comedy for Teens | 50% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Coming of Age
- Multigenerational YA Stories
- YA Stories About Girls & Women
- YA LGBTQ+
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- Asian American YA
- Hispanic & Latino YA
- Contemporary YA Romance
- YA Romance - LGBTQ+
- Authors
- Emery Lee
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- May 10, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Family expectations · Pursuing personal dreams · Rival family businesses
- Reading lane
- Coming of Age