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Thank you to the publishers and Net Galley for giving me a copy of this book! This is my honest review, all views are my own.
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This was such a cute, funny, and unique story! Dating contests are always a fun idea, and this story took it to another level—the bachelorette didn’t even know she was the star of the show! The different points of view and various text messages throughout the story kept it refreshing and interesting, while the giant cast of characters was still relatively easy to follow in terms of motivation and desires. There was a clear bias of one suitor in particular, but honestly? I thought that was fine, since the story was more meant to focus on Jaz’s growth and her learning how people are supposed to treat her instead of her relationship status and who would end up winning in the end. The writing was a little too simple for my taste—it sometimes felt like it was telling instead of showing, or making strange comparisons—and Paul sometimes turned a little too cartoonish, but I truly enjoyed this book. It’s a solid 4 stars for me!

I loved this book so much! I read it all in a day! I kinda of knew what was going to happen when her family did the Little Bachelorette contest behind her back. But I didn't expect what happened with Eugene to work out. I loved Jasmine and watching her discover how great she is and how much she deserves to do what she loves. I would definitely read another book about her and her adventures!

Thank you NetGalley and Simon Publishing for this ARC!

*Review will be posted on 8/23/21*

This one is cute! It definitely gave me Jenny Han vibes and I love Jenny Han so this was definitely up my alley.

Jasmine Yap is Korean and adopted. Her adopted mom is Italian-American and her father is Filipino-American which makes for a big family. I can relate to the big Filipino family – I have so many first cousins, it’s not funny! I loved the big family parties in the story, and the family meddling and drama is on point, too.

So Jaz is at a crossroads. She’s graduating high school with plans on going to community college and follow in her mom’s footsteps to become a nurse. Also, Jaz is supposed to move in with her high school boyfriend, Paul, until plans change and he gets caught cheating on her. Jaz’s family, and I mean all of them, decides it’s time for her to start dating other guys – guys who would actually show Jaz she’s special.

I could relate to Jaz on the family side of things and going after a dream that seems unattainable. She wanted to stay safe and surrounded by family and I know that feeling because I grew up with so many people around me, it was sometimes scary to leave that. But Jaz grows a lot from dating the other guys, having conflict with the family and resolving those issues. By the end, she’s ready to spread her wings and fly.

As for the dating show part of the story, yes she is dating these boys but she doesn’t know the whole story about how they came into her life. Right off the first meetings I felt the sparks between her and Eugene! He was my choice for her all along for sure. They have a love of food and cooking and he really brought her out of her comfort zone.


Triggers: bullying, low self-esteem, toxic relationship, cheating

Jaz had low self-esteem when she was with Paul. She seemed to go along with everything he wanted, just to please him and it was nice seeing her find out what she wanted and go for it without him in the picture.

Jaz was rightfully mad when she found out what her family did – especially her sister, who had a chance to stop the podcast she made about it. Jasmine really is a sweetheart for taking time to realize why they did it (out of love for her) and forgiving them. I don’t know if I would have been so easy to forgive that quickly.


I couldn’t put this book down because it was entertaining and I related so well to Jasmine. This is a wonderful, heartfelt coming of age story that has a sweet romance, friendship, family and food – so much amazing food that it made me hungry! So if you like food and romance, you will definitely enjoy this one.

This was a cute read that would probably appeal to readers on the younger YA age range but it was also very similar to other books we have on our shelves right now so unfortunately I would not recommend it for purchase at this time. The story was sweet but ultimately lacked substance for me. I was also not a huge fan of all the POV switches.

After Jasmine’s family catch her boyfriend with another girl, they devise a plan to help her break free of him. They find three “contestants” to each date Jasmine, except…Jasmine herself doesn’t know it’s a competition.

This was such a cute book. I quickly fell in love with the story and with Jasmine, and it was hard to put down! This story also included points of view besides Jasmine’s, so it was super easy to keep track of the competition and why the family did what they did. I recommend this to anyone who likes YA contemporary/romance books!