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All's fair in love, war and noodles! This delicious debut is perfect for fans of teen romcoms like When Dimple Met Rishi and Jenny Han's To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before.

Linh and Bao like each other. A lot. The only problem? Their families own rival pho restaurants and hate each other’s guts, so they have to keep their relationship a secret.

But they can only steal kisses in dark alleys and the art room at school for so long. Can their love transcend an age-old feud and heal the rift between these two families? Or have these high school sweethearts bitten off more than they can chew?

Praise for A Pho Love Story:
'(A) warm, full-bodied take on the star-crossed-lovers rom-com genre' Kirkus Reviews
'Utterly delicious' Buzzfeed

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster Children's UK; 1st edition (June 24, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 402 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1398502677
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1398502673
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 14 years and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.12 x 0.98 x 7.8 inches

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Loan Le is the youngest child of two Vietnamese immigrants hailing from Nha Trang. She holds an MFA degree in fiction from Fairfield University, also her undergraduate alma mater. A Pushcart Prize–nominated writer, her short stories have appeared in CRAFT Literary, Mud Season Review, and Angel City Review. Loan is an editor at Simon and Schuster's Atria Books imprint and lives in Manhattan. A Pho Love Story is her first novel. Visit her website at writerloanle.com and find her on Twitter @loanloan.

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Such a Delightful and Delicious Read

Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2021

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This story took me completely by surprise. I absolutely loved the characters and the chemistry. I was not very familiar with Vietnamese culture or food prior to reading this book so there was a lot of things I ended up looking up while reading. While I loved the beautiful love story the author built between Bao and Linh I was completely hooked on figuring out the back story between the rival families and how their history in Vietnam played a role in their current rivalry. The romance between Linh and Bao was realistic and believable. It’s so frustrating when an author is building a relationship and we’re meant to believe that because they are together nothing else matters. I loved how Bao respected Linh’s reservations about their relationship and didn’t push her when she needed time and space. I feel bad for the boys that have to live up to him. Also can we talk about what a power couple they are each pursuing and rocking their own goals and supporting each other. They are absolute relationship goals. Let’s not forget about the side characters either! Linh’s aunt, Ali and her art teacher all added a refreshing girl/woman power to this book. Overall I really enjoyed this book and think it would appeal to more than just your standard YA romance demographic. This book was so much more than that and it’s worth the read.

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Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2024

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I really liked this book. I am not a fan of the different POV going back and forth between the chapters but the way Ms. Le did it, was amazing. I saw the characters grow from the beginning to the end.

I also loved how close this was to my own life. I’m not an artist or a writer, but I know what it’s like being a child of immigrant parents who left war. I found myself in Linh so much that I’ve cried a few times from the similarities and how she and her parents were able to reconcile while I am still struggling to do that.

All in all, I loved it and would recommend it for people who want to read about the cute romance and maybe learn about what it’s like for us children of immigrants - not that all of us have the same experiences but a lot of it is similar.

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it was just ok.

Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2023

I didn’t really like this because it was typical and predictable generally. Of course the two teens from feuding families are going to fall in love. I love the small moments and peaks into their personal lives that we got. I will say the saving grace for this book was the drama and unfolding of the family secret and the fact that Bao and Linh were sneaking around. I think I’ve been reading too much adult fiction and now YA just doesn’t hit the same for me. But regardless of who the book is marketed it to the story should still be good. And this books was just ok for me.

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Such a beautiful read!

Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2021

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The moment I saw this book as a “coming soon,” I knew I had to have it! In my former life, I was a Vietnamese linguist in the US Army. Once of my teachers, Cô Thảo, showed me a side of Vietnam and its people I’d never known, the Fall of Saigon when I was only four years old. The language, the culture… I fell in love with the beauty of both as a student.

The novel is YA, telling the story of Bao and Linh, born and raised in the United States. Their families fled Vietnam during the war, coming to the US for a new start, a better life. But for as long as Bao and Linh have known of each other, their families have been embroiled in a bitter feud. It’s a modern-day, Vietnamese version of Romeo & Juliet. Only the feud is over competing restaurants. Or so they’ve always thought. Everything began to change the day Bao walked across the street and talked to Linh.

There is so much to love about this novel. For one, it’s an own-voices story, which came through clearly. The Vietnamese culture is very family- and community-centered, as it was in this book. The focus on phở, a major staple in both the culture and the cuisine of the country, was so on point. And it made me yearn for a bowl every time I began to read. For another, it’s so much more than a romance. It talks of the very real trauma caused by the turmoil of the Vietnam war, the struggle of assimilating into a culture that both isn’t one’s own and which hasn’t always been welcoming. Leaving Vietnam didn’t give either family a fresh start, not entirely. Old hurts didn’t stay at the boundaries of their previous home but followed both families over the years. And the racism faced by so many during the first post-war years has never really ended. And now it’s come to Bao and Linh to right the wrongs of the past, to find a way to move forward, for themselves and for the families they so love.

The down side for some might be the plethora of Vietnamese, some of it not translated. This wasn’t an issue for me, as I could read it, but it could be for some. But none of it is so integral to the plot that it would ruin the story to not translate those parts. That would be the only possible down side, in my opinion. There was just so much to love!

My recommendation: This is a must-read book for me! So beautiful, so rich with Vietnamese culture!

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Histoire adorable

Reviewed in France on July 8, 2023

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Une histoire adorable qui nous fait voyager à travers la gastronomie vietnamienne. Je recommande.

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O. Smith

Charming read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 29, 2022

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Both characters and their families are compellingly realised and I learned so much about Vietnamese culture and history from reading!

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Looks so beautiful

Reviewed in India on February 24, 2022

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Can't wait to read this!!

Cianna

The book was all right to read

Reviewed in Canada on July 17, 2021

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The book was all right to read

Millie

Cute and adorable Young Adult romance

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 10, 2023

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Overall rating: 3.5 stars
A pho Love story by Loan Le is the perfect wholesome and cute young adult book in my opinion. The writing is well structured and makes it easy when trying to finish chapters for example. I really liked how this is similar to Romeo and Juliet in regards to rival families trying to out do each other and in this case Pho restaurants. Both Linh and Bao were really likable characters that taught each other a lot and learned a lot from each other. My issues with this are book was that firstly it didn’t have an epilogue which I personally love and I thought that some of the aspects of this book could have been missed which could make the book shorter and possibly more enjoyable. Overall I did like the book I just didn’t fall in love with it.

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