{"id":9095,"date":"2018-01-09T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=9095"},"modified":"2018-01-06T11:38:56","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T17:38:56","slug":"k-drama-inspired-i-believe-in-a-thing-called-love-by-maurene-goo-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=9095","title":{"rendered":"K\/drama-inspired, I Believe in a Thing Called Love, by Maurene Goo (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bookGrades = stellar!
\nExtracurriculars = outstanding!
\nRomance = zero, zip, zilch.<\/p>\n

Once she sees Luca, Desi is ready to make him fall in love with her – and she has the perfect step-by-step plan in her dad’s extensive K Drama series<\/a> video collection!<\/p>\n

Read the first chapter here<\/a> (thanks to publisher!), then head to your local library<\/a> or independent bookstore<\/a> for this 2017 novel and its many, many kinds of drama.<\/p>\n

Any dating ‘flailures’ on your love-life list?
\n**kmm<\/p>\n

Book info<\/strong>: I Believe in a Thing Called Love \/ Maurene Goo. Margaret Ferguson Books, 2017.\u00a0 [author site<\/a>]\u00a0 [publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0 Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n

My book talk<\/strong>: With a plan, she can do anything – so Desi decides that cute new guy Luca will become her first-ever boyfriend, through the tried-and-true steps from the Korean dramas that her father loves so much – what could possibly go wrong?<\/p>\n

Super-student, soccer star Desi is determined to get into Stanford, honoring her late mother and making her dad proud. But in the romance department, she’s had zero success.<\/p>\n

Moody artist Luca’s arrival at her California high school makes Desi willing to risk yet another possibly humiliating try at flirting and relationships.<\/p>\n

But wait! What if she simply used the steps that every Korean drama romance follows?<\/p>\n

Despite warnings from her best friends (who’ve seen too many of her flirting ‘flailures’), Desi outlines her “K Drama Steps to True Love” and goes after Luca!<\/p>\n

Flat tire blowout, romantic boat ride turned rescue, graffiti-enhancement missions… what?!<\/p>\n

First kiss, yes! First boyfriend, likely! (as long as Luca doesn’t find out that Desi is directing their every move toward love…)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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