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 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.     

David Yoon’s debut novel is a quirky, authentic, heartbreaking romantic comedy and a refreshingly different take on race, immigrant communities, friendship and family.