January 2020
Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen
August 2023
“Love in Taipei” (movie adaptation)
Loveboat, Taipei
by Abigail Hing Wen
When eighteen-year-old Ever Wong’s parents send her from Ohio to Taiwan to study Mandarin for the summer, she finds herself thrust among the very over-achieving kids her parents have always wanted her to be, including Rick Woo, the Yale-bound prodigy profiled in the Chinese newspapers since they were nine—and her parents’ yardstick for her never-measuring-up life.
Unbeknownst to her parents, however, the program is actually an infamous teen meet-market nicknamed Loveboat, where the kids are more into clubbing than calligraphy and drinking snake-blood sake than touring sacred shrines.
Free for the first time, Ever sets out to break all her parents’ uber-strict rules—but how far can she go before she breaks her own heart?
Did you know Loveboat, Taipei starts a 3-novel series? Next up are Loveboat Reunion and Loveboat Forever. These are the second and third titles by Abigail Hing Wen. You can view the full series here on Goodreads.
Don’t stop at the preview— dive deeper! Get your copy today. Curious about more from this author? Take a look at the author’s full catalog on Goodreads. Additionally, you can visit IMDb. There, you’ll find the cast and streaming options.
Sources: Book purchase link & image are courtesy Amazon | Adaptation trailer is courtesy YouTube | YA Book & author information is courtesy Goodreads | Adaptation details are courtesy IMDB