A review by alinaborger
Somewhere Only We Know by Maurene Goo
A boy-meets-celebrity romance featuring a K-pop Star, sort of like an YA version of NOTTING HILL, minus the ensemble—and if it had been .
I enjoyed the fluffy flirty goodness, the way Goo bridges so many cultural elements, and the serviceable prose—but I had a lot of trouble with the ostensible conflicts with parents and managers that seemed to dissolve far too easily when pressed (in the epilogue). It didn’t seem to *cost* the characters enough—or anything, really—to come clean and tell the truth about themselves.
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High Grant selling the photos instead of his roommateI enjoyed the fluffy flirty goodness, the way Goo bridges so many cultural elements, and the serviceable prose—but I had a lot of trouble with the ostensible conflicts with parents and managers that seemed to dissolve far too easily when pressed (in the epilogue). It didn’t seem to *cost* the characters enough—or anything, really—to come clean and tell the truth about themselves.