'Fake Dates and Mooncakes' was such a delightful book! It tells the story of Dylan and his family as they work together at his aunt's Chinese takeout restaurant in Brooklyn. Dylan lives and works with his aunt and two cousins. Their family dynamic is so special. It was beautiful to read about the love and support that they gave to each other, and no matter what, they had each other's backs.

The restaurant is struggling, and Dylan enters a mooncake contest to try to help the restaurant gain some more customers. As he works with his aunt to perfect the family recipe, he begins to see how important family and cooking are to him. The author, Sher Lee, had such amazing descriptions of the food, and it made me so hungry! I felt like I was in the restaurant with them.

Enter Theo. Theo is a rich, attractive boy that Dylan happens to meet on one of his food deliveries. Theo asks Dylan to be his fake boyfriend/fake date for an upcoming family wedding. Theo agrees, but he sees that he doesn't fit in with Theo's rich family. Dylan and Theo are fake dating, but could their feelings for each other be real?

Dylan and Theo kept showing up for each other, and their dynamic made me smile so much.

I loved everything about this book! Thanks to NetGalley and Random House Children's for an ARC of this book.

A really fun, lovely book that left me drooling. Sher brings it with the incredible food descriptions, and they're not even the best part! I loved watching the growing relationship between Dylan and Theo, the wholesomeness of Dylan's entire family dynamic, and all the snippets of Chinese culture I should know about as part of my heritage but don't (I related too hard with Theo on that point!). I also appreciated how the book was based on communication and not MIScommunication, and how everyone actually talked to each other to resolve issues! A fantastic book I thoroughly enjoyed and read far too quickly because I couldn't stop!