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the-final-sentence · 15 days
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After all, Naya had proved she and Yana could handle getting a little seasick.
Kristin Cast & Pintip Dunn, from Seasick
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hedevimaiyya · 1 year
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Dating Makes Perfect by Pintip Dunn
The Tech sisters don’t date in high school. Not because they’re not asked. Not because they’re not interested. Not even because no one can pronounce their long, Thai last name—hence the shortened, awkward moniker. But simply because they’re not allowed. Until now. In a move that other Asian American girls know all too well, six months after the older Tech twins got to college, their parents asked, “Why aren’t you engaged yet?” The sisters retaliated by vowing that they won’t marry for ten (maybe even twenty!) years, not until they’ve had lots of the dating practice that they didn’t get in high school. In a shocking war on the status quo, her parents now insist that their youngest daughter, Orrawin (aka “Winnie”), must practice fake dating in high school. Under their watchful eyes, of course—and organized based on their favorite rom-coms. ’Cause that won’t end in disaster. The first candidate? The son of their longtime friends, Mat Songsomboon—arrogant, infuriating, and way too good-looking. Winnie’s known him since they were toddlers throwing sticky rice balls at each other. And her parents love him. If only he weren’t her sworn enemy.
Tontawan Tantivejakul as Orrawin “Winnie” Tech Thanapob Leeratanakachorn as Mat Songsomboon
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whattraintracks · 4 months
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The Lotus Flower Champion: plowed through it in a few hours. Classic cheesy YA romance so if that's your bread and butter go for it. Neat storyline, interesting characters, LOVED the Thai folktales, the cover is like out of this world gorgeous. All in all a fun easy read which is what I was looking for.
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dilawrosas · 6 months
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[BOOK REVIEW] ARC: The Lotus Flower Champion by Pintip Dunn & Love Dunn
This Pintip Dunn and Love Dunn book is AVAILABLE NOW! ✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️ This book tells the story of the heroine’s adventure filled with Thai folktales and a bit of romance.The heroine’s dying mother wanted the whole family to visit Thailand. However, the heroine’s family ends up stranded on an island with ten strangers while being tested to awaken dormant powers by facing their own fears and possibly…
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richincolor · 6 months
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New Releases
We've got four new YA books on our radar this week! Check out what's on deck for launch this Tuesday:
The Lotus Flower Champion by Pintip Dunn and Love Dunn
It looks like paradise…only it’s not. This was supposed to be a once-in-a-lifetime family trip to Thailand. One last wish for my dying mama. Instead, we’re stranded on a lush, stunning island with ten strangers—held captive as Thai mythology unfolds around us…and within us.
Now we’re being tested. We’re expected to face our greatest fears—and possible deaths—in hopes of awakening some kind of dormant gift…or curse. One by one, we’re transforming, echoing the strange and sometimes wondrous abilities found in Thai folktales. But my mama has only days to live, my papa is missing, and I’m forced to trust a group of strangers…including our evasive, dark-eyed tour guide, who resembles a minor god. Toss me in the ocean and feed me to the naga now.
Only I’m no hero. My days are managed by numbers and the compulsions that used to keep me safe. I have to prove how far I can go. To survive. To protect my family. And to find a way off this perilous island where everything is a lie…including reality.
Carry My Secret to Your Grave (Murder, She Wrote #2) by Stephanie Kuehn
Small town murders. Big time thrills. The second installment in the suspenseful, modern update of the classic mystery TV series. Perfect for fans of One of Us Is Lying, Sadie, and Gossip Girl.
“Someone knows where you live. And whoever they are, they want you to know… you’re next.” Bea Fletcher never met a cold case she didn’t want to solve. So when she finds herself staying with family near Lake Paloma, she’s torn. Sure, she’s not thrilled to be bunking with her moody, taciturn uncle and his wife while her father’s out of town. Being away from Cabot Cove means less time for Bea to work on her true crime blog, visit her great-aunt Jessica, and spend time with new friends Leisl, Leif, and Carlos and the mysterious underground treasure hunting game they’ve been playing.
But Lake Paloma has mysteries of its own, including the unsolved drowning of teenaged Eden Vicente the year before. And when Bea starts to ask questions about Eden’s death, the answers lead her closer to home than she ever imagined. If Bea isn’t careful, she could be the next girl to end up at the bottom of the lake.
What the River Knows by Isabel Ibañez
Bolivian-Argentinian Inez Olivera belongs to the glittering upper society of nineteenth century Buenos Aires, and like the rest of the world, the town is steeped in old world magic that’s been largely left behind or forgotten. Inez has everything a girl might want, except for the one thing she yearns the most: her globetrotting parents—who frequently leave her behind.
When she receives word of their tragic deaths, Inez inherits their massive fortune and a mysterious guardian, an archeologist in partnership with his Egyptian brother-in-law. Yearning for answers, Inez sails to Cairo, bringing her sketch pads and an ancient golden ring her father sent to her for safekeeping before he died. But upon her arrival, the old world magic tethered to the ring pulls her down a path where she soon discovers there’s more to her parent’s disappearance than what her guardian led her to believe.
With her guardian’s infuriatingly handsome assistant thwarting her at every turn, Inez must rely on ancient magic to uncover the truth about her parent’s disappearance—or risk becoming a pawn in a larger game that will kill her.
The Space Between Here and Now by Sarah Suk
Seventeen-year-old Aimee Roh has Sensory Time Warp Syndrome, a rare condition that causes her to time travel to a moment in her life when she smells something linked to that memory. Her dad is convinced she’ll simply grow out of it if she tries hard enough, but Aimee’s fear of vanishing at random has kept her from living a normal life.
When Aimee disappears for nine hours into a memory of her estranged mom–a moment Aimee has never remembered before–she becomes distraught. Not only was this her longest disappearance yet, but the memory doesn’t match up with the story of how her mom left–at least, not the version she’s always heard from her dad.
Desperate for answers, Aimee travels to Korea, where she unravels the mystery of her memories, the truth about her mother, and the reason she keeps returning to certain moments in her life. Along the way, she realizes she’ll need to reconcile her past in order to save her present.
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bookaddict24-7 · 7 months
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New Young Adult Releases! (October 3rd, 2023)
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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!
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New Standalones/First in a Series:
The Voice Upstairs by Laura E. Weymouth
Kween by Vichet Chum
Up in Flames by Hailey Alcaraz
Beholder by Ryan La Sala
Love in Wonderland by Abiola Bello
And Don't Look Back by Rebecca Barrow
The Homecoming War by Addie Woolridge
The Scarlet Alchemist by Kylie Lee Baker
Curious Tides by Pascale Lacelle
Plan A by Deb Caletti
The Forest Demands Its Due by Kosoko Jackson
When Ghosts Call Us Home by Katya de Becerra
Eight Dates and Nights by Betsy Aldredge
The Blackwoods by Brandy Colbert
A Twisted Tale Anthology by Various
The Spells We Cast by Jason June
How to Get Over the End of the World by Hal Schrieve
Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy by Faith Erin Hicks
Night of the Witch by Sara Raasch & Beth Revis
Before the Devil Knows You're Here by Autumn Krause
All the Things We Never Said by Yasmin Rahman
Salt the Water by Candice Iloh
The Lotus Flower Champion by Pintip Dunn & Love Dunn
The Glass Scientists: Volume 1 by S.H. Cotugno & Sabrina Cotugno
New Sequels:
Silence & Shadows (Blood & Moonline #2) by Erin Beaty
Prince of Thorns & Nightmares (Princes #2) by Linsey Miller
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Happy reading!
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quirkycatsfatstacks · 5 months
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WOTN: Malice
The Battle to Stop a Malevolent Virus in Malice Malice is the latest novel to come from the mind of Pintip Dunn. This novel blends famous dystopian and science fiction themes into one cohesive story. Time travel, viruses, coming of age, finding love, and a quest to save humanity. Those are just some of the themes found within these pages. Thanks to a warning from her older self, Alice knows…
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everythingyaattlls · 3 years
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May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Here are more young adult books by AAPI authors in our collection. Stay tuned for more posts!
Authors: Wesley Chu, Melissa de la Cruz, Julie C. Dao, Somaiya Daud, Pintip Dunn, Susan Ee, Hafsah Faizal, Sara Farizan, Andrew Fukuda, Kelly Loy Gilbert, Maureen Goo, and I. W. Gregorio
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mydarlinginej · 4 years
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read my full review of dating makes perfect by pintip dunn here.
The Tech sisters don’t date in high school. Not because they’re not asked. Not because they’re not interested. Not even because no one can pronounce their long, Thai last name—hence the shortened, awkward moniker. But simply because they’re not allowed. Until now.
In a move that other Asian American girls know all too well, six months after the older Tech twins got to college, their parents asked, “Why aren’t you engaged yet?” The sisters retaliated by vowing that they won’t marry for ten (maybe even twenty!) years, not until they’ve had lots of dating practice.
In a shocking war on the status quo, her parents now insist that their youngest daughter, Orrawin (aka “Winnie”), must date in high school. Under their watchful eyes, of course — and on dates they organize based on their favorite rom-coms.
The first candidate? The son of their longtime friends, Mat Songsomboon—arrogant, dreamy, and infuriating. Winnie’s known him since they were toddlers throwing sticky rice balls at each other. Her parents love him, so naturally he’s the perfect person for her to pretend date.
If only he weren’t her sworn enemy.
my review:
You know I added this book to my tbr list as soon as I read “fake dating with my once-childhood-best-friend-now-loathed-enemy.” This book certainly delivered those tropes (fake dating, hate-to-love, childhood friends). Dating Makes Perfect was an adorable read with lots of rom-com moments and Thai representation!
Everybody knows the Tech girls don’t date in high school, until one day when their mom asks the older girls why they’re not married yet. They point out that they don’t have the experience to meet the perfect match, so their mom decides to set Winnie up so she’ll have practice with dating. However, she sets her up with Mat, Winnie’s once best friend, now hated enemy.
I’m always a sucker for fake dating, although I would say this is less of that trope as we think of it (where they have to fool other people) and more of them acting out moments from rom-com movies (literally! Winnie’s mom sets them up on dates that she based on old romantic comedies). I also love childhood friends to enemies, and Winnie and Mat are definitely that. Their romance was cute! I enjoyed their teasing and banter.
read my full review here.
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winterwrights · 4 years
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Currently reading: Malice by Pintip Dunn
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mandyizzym · 4 years
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Malice
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by Pintip Dunn.
I would like to thank Pintip Dunn & Entangled Publishing for my copy of the ARC.  Due to this kind gesture, I have decided to leave an honest review.
What if mankind was at stake?  Could you sit back and wait for future doom to drop on you or would you fight to prevent this?  Alice never thought her life would come to this.  Attending a high school for the extremely gifted (that she only attends due to her genius of a brother), dreaming of when she will be finished and hopefully off on her travels to photograph the world.  One day Alice is reached too from the future, explaining that a deadly virus will wipe out most the population and her help is needed to prevent this.   She finally thinks she is losing the plot, going insane! Or is she?  What will our little Malice do...
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The book is so intriguing and extremely funny at points.  The plot gripped me from the start but I did find myself getting a tad bored at parts, where there wasn't really any dialogue just wordy parts that could have been left out.  Overall it was ejoyable and I read it in one sitting, extremely quickly!
I didn't expect it to turn out a YA sci-fi thriller kinda book but it had a  good edge to it.  I feel the romance was paced very well and you liked the characters, watching them stumble over into it.  I do think it was clear from the start who created the virus but I didn't actually expect the ending which was good.
I did really like our leading lady Alice.  She was witty and funny which completely matched our lovely male Bandit.  His little jokes and one liners were funny and I can just remember guys at school like him.  I love how we get to see this vulnerable part to him, it made him even more relatable to and I was really rooting for him.
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Our other characters were atually likeable themselves.  Archie, Alice's older brother.  Zeke (I still don't understand his relationship if its friendly or purely using Archie for help with work). Lalana, Alice's amazing best friend.  Cristela, who slips into a BFF role.  They all had their little places and didn't find myself disliking any of them.
The book touches on family break-ups, struggles with identification, depression, teenage agnst, and I must admit it was done pretty well. So for that I give it 3 stars!
All in all, it was not a bad read.  I would recommend it if you are looking for something quick and edgy.
"Because when I talk to you, sometimes you forget to blink.  And so help me, that makes me feel like the most important person on the planet."
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2020ya · 5 years
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MALICE
by Pintip Dunn
(Entangled, 2/4/20)
9781640634121 
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What I know:
a student in my school will one day wipe out two-thirds of the population with a virus.
What I don’t know:
who it is.
In a race against the clock, I not only have to figure out their identity, but I'll have to outwit a voice from the future telling me to kill them. Because I'm starting to realize no one is telling the truth. But how can I play chess with someone who already knows the outcome of my every move? Someone so filled with malice she's lost all hope in humanity? Well, I'll just have to find a way―because now she's drawn a target on the only boy I've ever loved...
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luminouslibrary · 6 years
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Are there any upcoming sci-fi book releases you're anticipating? 🌌 YA Sci-Fi is my top fave genre. I'm superrrr excited about This Cruel Design, Archenemies, Skyward, This Splintered Silence, and The Disasters! I also have Star-Crossed and Light Years (KASS MORGAN!) in my possession and I'm so excited to read them! I think I'm going to dedicate my November TBR to sci-fi. 🌌 Galaxy Scarf, and Star Wars inspired bookmark (designed by @lexyolivia) came in the March 'Across the Galaxy' @owlcrate Prythian constellation sleeve (by @sparrow_and_wolf) came in the Starfall Edition @illumicrate
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richincolor · 4 years
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Title: Dating Makes Perfect Author: Pintip Dunn Publisher: Entangled Teen Pages: 278 Availability: August 18, 2020 Review copy: ARC via publisher
Summary: The Tech sisters don’t date in high school. Not because they’re not asked. Not because they’re not interested. Not even because no one can pronounce their long, Thai last name—hence the shortened, awkward moniker. But simply because they’re not allowed.
Until now.
In a move that other Asian American girls know all too well, six months after the older Tech twins got to college, their parents asked, “Why aren’t you engaged yet?” The sisters retaliated by vowing that they won’t marry for ten (maybe even twenty!) years, not until they’ve had lots of the dating practice that they didn’t get in high school.
In a shocking war on the status quo, her parents now insist that their youngest daughter, Orrawin (aka “Winnie”), must practice fake dating in high school. Under their watchful eyes, of course—and organized based on their favorite rom-coms. ’Cause that won’t end in disaster.
The first candidate? The son of their longtime friends, Mat Songsomboon—arrogant, infuriating, and way too good-looking. Winnie’s known him since they were toddlers throwing sticky rice balls at each other. And her parents love him.
If only he weren’t her sworn enemy.
Review: The summary had me immediately. Do I love fake dating stories? Yes. I’ll admit it. Enemies forced together? Yes. That too. There are lots of rom-com formulas here, but they’re so fun. One reason there are so many is that Orrawin’s mom is planning the dating practice and based on rom-coms she and her husband have watched. You’ll see nods to Always Be My Maybe, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Pretty Woman, When Harry Met Sally and many more.
In addition to rom-com references, there are so many mentions of food. So, so many. You do not want to be hungry when you read this. That would be pure torture. Orrawin, also known as Winnie, loves food and focuses on it quite a bit. She’s not particularly interested in cooking, but certainly makes a point to appreciate everything that finds it’s way onto her plate. Food is also one way to win her heart. Seeing all of the mouth-watering descriptions may inspire readers to head to the kitchen or nearest Thai restaurant. Sometimes authors or readers create an audio playlist for a novel, this one is calling out for an accompanying cookbook.
Besides a serious appreciation for food, Winnie is also an artist and spends a lot of time sketching Mat so she can shoot Nerf darts at his annoyingly attractive image. Winnie made me smile so many times with her goofiness. She also has the ability to find joy in small things like a skirt featuring the heads of cats or tights decorated with hedgehogs, which is also endearing.
As a child of immigrants, she is walking the tightrope of trying to find her way without disappointing her parents. Her family and her Thai culture are extremely important to her. This is how she gets all mixed up with the fake dating scenario though. She doesn’t think she can fully be herself and still keep everyone happy. There are plenty of cringe-worthy moments as she struggles to find her way. There are also sweet, fumbly, romantic scenes too.
Recommendation: Get it soon especially if you’re looking for something to make your heart a little lighter. Winnie shines brightly and her story is just the thing if you’re wanting or needing a distraction.
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bookaddict24-7 · 4 years
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New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (August 18th, 2020)
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Note: Since so many release dates have been changed for various Young Adult novels, keep in mind that there might be some titles missing in this post.
Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know! ___
New Standalones/First in a Series:
The Notorious Virtues by Alwyn Hamilton
Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
Six Angry Girls by Adrienne Kisner
All Eyes On Her by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn (L.E. Flynn)
What Goes Up by Christine Heppermann
Ignite the Sun by Hanna C. Howard
Skywatchers by Carrie Arcos
Dating Makes Perfect by Pintip Dunn
New Sequels:
Vicious Spirits (Gumiho #2) by Kat Cho
The Faithless Hawk (The Merciful Crow #2) by Margaret Owen
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What I know: a student in my school will one day wipe out two-thirds of the population with a virus. What I don’t know: who it is. In a race against the clock, I not only have to figure out their identity, but I'll have to outwit a voice from the future telling me to kill them. Because I'm starting to realize no one is telling the truth. But how can I play chess with someone who already knows the outcome of my every move? Someone so filled with malice she's lost all hope in humanity? Well, I'll just have to find a way―because now she's drawn a target on the only boy I've ever loved...
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