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Frankly in Love Paperback – September 12, 2019

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Frank Li is a high school senior living in Southern California. Frank's parents emigrated from Korea, and have pretty much one big rule for Frank - he must only date Korean girls.

But he's got strong feelings for a girl in his class, Brit - and she's not Korean. His friend Joy Song is in the same boat and knows her parents will never accept her Chinese American boyfriend, so they make a pact: they'll pretend to date each other in order to gain their freedom.

Frank thinks fake-dating is the perfect plan, but it leaves him wondering if he ever really understood love - or himself - at all.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin (September 12, 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0241373433
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0241373439
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 11 - 16 years
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.5 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.08 x 1.02 x 7.8 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #1,962,757 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,036 in Teen & Young Adult Fiction on Prejudice & Racism
- #1,953 in Teen & Young Adult Fiction on Dating & Sex (Books)
- #8,624 in Teen & Young Adult Contemporary Romance

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David Yoon grew up in Orange County, California, and now lives in Los Angeles with his wife, novelist Nicola Yoon, and their daughter. He drew the illustrations for Nicola's #1 New York Times bestseller Everything, Everything. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller Frankly In Love, which was a William C. Morris Award finalist and an Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature Honor book, the YA novel Super Fake Love Song, and the adult thriller Version Zero.

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Therese F.

Really, an Audiobook review, but assuming book is the same!

Reviewed in the United States on April 22, 2024

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The story was funny, authentic, and well written. I am a high school English teacher who is always looking for a novel that will both entertain and speak to my students (for independent reading). Even though this so a teen novel, it does all of that. All of my students, especially my Asian students, can identify with the conflicts the main character and other characters face. As a Filipina American woman, I could relate to Frank's complex relationship with his Korean immigrant parents, their social and academic expectations, and racialzed expectations for Asian students. I liked how the author wove together teen experiences, like dating, being geeks, SAT, having interracial friendships and relationships, alienation, and racial conflicts within families in a realistic and funny way. A great book overall that I will be suggesting to my students. I bought two copies for a couple.of.my colleagues who are also interested in centering all students' experiences.

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Nicole @ Nicoles' Novel Reads

"We all just want to love who we want to love.''

Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2019

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Frankly in Love is a cute contemporary novel about first loves, living up to parents' expectations, understanding how to support someone with a terminal illness, tackling the topic of racism, and how to pave your own path to happiness. Imagine all this while being a senior in high school, trying to just do well on your SATs, and getting into a good college. Well, this is what Frank Li has to endure.

Frank lives in Southern California and has to uphold many parents' expectations. David Yoon opens up the novel explaining the significance of Frank’s American name and Frank's Korean name. Frank's American full first name (Frank Li) consists of seven letters and his Korean first full name (Sung Min Li) consists of nine letters. Seven to symbolize the lucky number in America and nine to symbolize the lucky number in South Korea. By having Yoon start the novel in this manner, the reader gets a sense of how there is a divide yet a symbiotic relationship between his American and Korean upbringing. It’s supposed to be a bridge between two cultures.

Frank’s parents have the typical expectations of Asian parents when it comes to academics. They want their child to get a high test score on the PSATs and SATs, maintain a high GPA and get into Harvard. That is what Frank’s sister, Hanna, did. However, Frank would love to pursue a music career at Berklee School of Music instead of studying law or medicine at an Ivy League.

Frank's parents only want him to date a Korean girl so when he falls for Brit Means, a white girl in his Calculus class, he devises a plan with Korean-American Joy Song. His parents know Joy through family friends and think Frank and Joy are dating. Yet, they don't know that Frank and Joy are fake-dating so Frank and Joy can date other people that are not Korean. Frank can see Brit and Joy can see Wu without having their parents breathing down on their necks. Of course this scenario sounds good to be true because something always happens. Unexpected actions and feelings occur and the plan unravels.

Yoon’s voice for Frank is simple and relatable for many. What I love about Frank is Frank’s candor. Yoon delves into topics such as interracial relationships, family issues, grades, etc. and tells it how it is. He doesn’t sugar coat anything. I haven’t read a novel with a male point of view that I instantly connected with in ages. Through Frank readers see how Frank and his friends from the Gathering have to appease their Korean parents.

There is one scene where Frank almost loses a family member but they survive. It shows how vulnerable someone can be. Your life can change in an instant. Frank's parents have their own secrets that they do not tell Frank until 3/4 quarters of the book. Because they don't want Frank to bomb his SATs and because they want to save face, his parents do not tell him that a family member has cancer. The situations Yoon include in Frankly in Love are things that happen to many teens. This is real life. The emotions are real. And how one handles difficult situations like cheating, finds out someone has cancer, or lives up to parents' expectations can be stressful. How does one deal with all these obstacles?

The friendship between Frank and Q is genuine. They are practically brothers. I would love to read a book in Q's point of view like a companion novel of some sort. He has a story to tell us and I know a lot of us will want to find out more about Q and how he navigates the world in his shoes.

Frankly in Love is a coming-of-age book about finding yourself and finding love. As Ella mentions, "we all just want to love who we want to love." Not only are characters finding love in a romantic sense but characters also strengthen their family love through bonding and understanding.

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Kenneth C. Mahieu

Very well done. Why not other big hit(s) from Yoon?

Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2021

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The Amazon ratings for this 412 page book, released in 2019, are spot on, 5 stars with over 600 reviews. Though labeled a Young Adult (YA) romance, "Frankly in Love" (FL) is much more than that. In terms of its plot, prose and assimilation issues addressed it reminded me a good bit of Rainbow Rowell's hit of "Eleanor and Park" cited as a NYT "notable" a few years back. The protagonist here is Frank Li, hence some cute "frankly" jokes. Actually Frank has a second name, his official Korean one, a name rarely used. Frank is a high school senior, a brainiac, and all his friends, mostly also 1st generation Korean, are also brains. Frank and parents live in a beach town in southern call; Mom and Dad run a liquor store and are very Korean. Frank knows enough words to meet and greet and to order in a Korean restaurant but that's it... Frank's focus is to get into Stanford and calculus classmate Brit. But Frank's parents are in sync only with the former goal . Since Brit is not of Korean heritage she is a non-qualifier, as is the husband of Frank's older sister, Hanna, and therefore Hanna and spouse are disowned.

But Frank is in love, and so pursues some rather devious yet amusing plots to spend time with his beloved. Meanwhile Mom and Dad have found a beautiful and smart Korean girl who is just perfect for Frank. And Joy is the daughter of long time friends and fellow immigrants of years ago. Joy, of course has her own romantic issues.

Despite the brief overview above, this is not some frothy 190 page sit-com. Author Yoon pulls few punches in his deep seated characters' biases about Korean and American cultures. The plot and characters are very well developed and the prose is excellent. I have observed much Asian-American cultural interfacing over the years and there isn't one false note in FL. It is very enjoyable and for some it will be eye-opening.

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Melissa Dinwiddie

Soulful, wise, full of heart and humor

Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2022

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The premise is straight out of a classic rom-com — boy and girl cook up a scheme to “fake date” each other, in order to buy time with the sweethearts their parents disapprove of, and of course, boy and girl end up falling for each other. In the hands of author David Yoon, and through the first-person narrative voice of his protagonist, Frank Li, what might easily have been a fluffy, forgettable story is instead a nuanced meditation on such existential questions as race, ethnicity, love, family, belonging, success, and so much more. Yoon paints a sharply rendered portrait of contemporary high school life, and what it’s like to be the child of immigrants. Thanks to Frank’s distinctive voice, Yoon makes a point without getting preachy. I found myself drawn in—simultaneously remembering my own high school days, and grateful that I don’t have to go through it all now, in the age of social media!

My only complaint is that Frank’s story came to an end. I’d love to know what happened to him after Frankly in Love!

Highly recommended.

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Ezbongalero

Funny in Love

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 27, 2023

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Fresh and light story about growing up and falling in love with someone who doesn't fit with your parents aspirations and she doesn't know it but he does. It's a comical poignant jungle. I really enjoyed it.

Gianna R.

Amazing

Reviewed in Italy on February 19, 2021

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Arrived in perfect condition, I love the sprayed edges!
I’m currently still reading it, but so far I like it

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Ein leichter Lesegenuss

Reviewed in Germany on January 5, 2020

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In dem Buch wird in einfacher Sprache formuliert, sodass ich es als Englisch Fremdsprachler ohne Probleme verstehen konnte. Zudem gefällt mir der ironische Humor des Protagonisten. Es räumt mit vielen Vorurteilen auf und gibt Einblick in asiatische Stereotypen. Zu empfehlen für junge Erwachsene.

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Caitlin Owen

Such a lovely story!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 4, 2021

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Easy to read feel good story nice characters recommend for 13+

raquel

5 stars!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 2, 2020

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I've realised I never wrote a review for this and now I have an urge to just come and spill all my feelings about it.

Frankly In Love is a YA contemporary following the fake dating trope, which on its own instantly called my attention. Korean American representation? Check. Cool trope? Check. Teenage love and fears? Check.

This book has it all and it did not disappoint me. I won't spoil it, but I must say I was absolutely not expecting it to end the way it did. All I'll say is you guys need to buckle up and get ready for all the feels to hit you.

David Yoon has an incredible writing style, so easy to adapt to and so easy to jump into the minds of the characters.

Pretty please go read this book.

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