A review by sc104906
Our Wayward Fate by Gloria Chao
3.0
I received this as an eARC from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
Ali’s family moved to the middle of Indiana, to allow her college professor father the chance to teach. However, they are the only Taiwanese family around and racism is real. Ali pushes aside the microaggressions to get along, until she can graduate and move away. When new kid, Chase, shows up, he is also Taiwanese and everyone begins shipping them. There is a push and pull within Ali to decide whether she wants friendship and/or something more. She doesn’t want to allow her overbearing mother to separate the two and she doesn’t want to be with Chase to please the ignorant masses. It will be tricky to navigate her new relationship (whatever it may become) with Chase.
I enjoyed this book. It provides a mirror some readers that may not find themselves in books. There were pieces and parts that were dry in this novel, but as a whole, I enjoyed Ali and her connection to Chase.
Ali’s family moved to the middle of Indiana, to allow her college professor father the chance to teach. However, they are the only Taiwanese family around and racism is real. Ali pushes aside the microaggressions to get along, until she can graduate and move away. When new kid, Chase, shows up, he is also Taiwanese and everyone begins shipping them. There is a push and pull within Ali to decide whether she wants friendship and/or something more. She doesn’t want to allow her overbearing mother to separate the two and she doesn’t want to be with Chase to please the ignorant masses. It will be tricky to navigate her new relationship (whatever it may become) with Chase.
I enjoyed this book. It provides a mirror some readers that may not find themselves in books. There were pieces and parts that were dry in this novel, but as a whole, I enjoyed Ali and her connection to Chase.