A Taste for Love
Written by Jennifer Yen
Published by Penguin Young Readers Group
To her friends, high school senior Liza Yang is nearly perfect. Smart, kind, and pretty, she dreams big and never shies away from a challenge. But to her mom, Liza is anything but. Compared to her older sister Jeannie, Liza is stubborn, rebellious, and worst of all, determined to push back against all of Mrs. Yang’s traditional values, especially when it comes to dating.
The one thing mother and daughter do agree on is their love of baking. Mrs. Yang is the owner of Houston’s popular Yin & Yang Bakery. With college just around the corner, Liza agrees to help out at the bakery’s annual junior competition to prove to her mom that she’s more than her rebellious tendencies once and for all. But when Liza arrives on the first day of the bake-off, she realizes there’s a catch: all of the contestants are young Asian American men her mother has handpicked for Liza to date.
The bachelorette situation Liza has found herself in is made even worse when she happens to be grudgingly attracted to one of the contestants: the stoic, impenetrable, annoyingly hot James Wong. As she battles against her feelings for James, and for her mother’s approval, Liza begins to realize there’s no tried and true recipe for love.

Primary ISBN: 9780593117521
Available As: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook
Young Adult, Age 12 or older
Community Represented: Taiwanese/Taiwanese American
Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences: Dating, Genre: Romance
Setting: United States
Character’s New Arrival/New American Status: 1st Generation
Click here for details about how we define our titles.

Engagement Projects & Resources:
Share your favorite resources for this book with info@imyourneighborbooks.org.