Lucie Yi Is Not A Romantic
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
‘If Jane Austen and Kevin Kwan had a love child, it might well be Lucie Yi Is Not A Romantic’ JODI PICOULT
‘Funny as heck but also real and relatable, Lucie Yi Is Not A Romantic redefines the romcom’ RED
Lucie Yi has tried love – it didn’t work.
She’s decided that finding Mr Right is a myth, and that finding Mr Right-enough-to-have-children-with is the next best option. So when she meets easy-going Collin Read on a platonic co-parenting website, it finally feels like she has found her version of happily ever after.
But things take a turn for the worse when they move back home to Singapore where her very traditional family and remorseful ex-fiancé await.
With pressure mounting on all sides and her perfect plan unravelling, Lucie has to decide how much she’s willing to sacrifice for a chance at happiness – and maybe, just maybe, love.
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About the author
Lauren Ho is a reformed legal counsel who writes funny stories. Hailing from Malaysia, she lived in the United Kingdom, France and Luxembourg before moving with her family to Singapore. Her first novel, Last Tang Standing was an international bestseller.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
After her impeccable 2021 debut Last Tang Standing, Lauren Ho’s second novel Lucie Yi Is Not A Romantic introduces us to another high-flying woman who seems to have it all figured out. The titular Lucie Yi has a great job, great friends and is living the dream in New York, having been seconded there for a year from her home in Singapore. But when Lucie unexpectedly breaks down in a baby store while buying presents for her best friend’s newborn triplets, it dawns on her that something is missing: a baby. She’s single, though, and still putting herself back together after a devastating break-up with an ex who betrayed her (Lucie also miscarried during their relationship). And so she turns to a novel solution: sourcing a “platonic” co-parent on a website described as a “Tinder for would-be parents”. It leads her to “good enough for now” candidate Collin Read, a reliable, honest and funny father figure, who’s just as ready as she is to take the plunge. What happens next threatens to make this most practical of plans unravel. Lucie has to confront the judgement of her family after she falls pregnant, a career blow and her ex-fiancé unexpectedly coming back into her orbit—just as she’s beginning to develop feelings for Collin. A story of forging your own path towards happiness, which is also laced with love, motherhood, grief, female friendship and more, this is a funny yet moving novel that’s ripe for summer reading.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A pragmatic woman takes a shortcut to motherhood in this lopsided romance from Ho (Last Tang Standing). Career-driven New Yorker Lucie Yi has given up on love, but a breakdown in a children's boutique has her realizing she still longs to be a mother. She signs up for a website that connects individuals interested in platonic co-parenting arrangements and hits it off with charming software engineer Collin Read. After "parent-dating," they agree to try for a kid. Though Lucie is determined to keep things platonic, deeming Collin "Mr. Right Enough," she can't deny the spark between them, especially after their passionate attempt at conceiving is successful. The introduction and execution of this premise feel rushed and thrown together, but things take a turn for the better when Collin moves with Lucie back to Singapore, where Lucie is reunited with her old flame, Mark Thum. Torn between the man from her past and the man who could be her future, Lucie must decide what she's willing to risk for the life she wants. Ho hits her stride in this second act, introducing a larger cast and a meatier plot and peeling back her characters' layers. Readers will have to stick with this to get to the goods.
