I Believe In A Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo
Published by: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux Inc.
Pub Date: May 30, 2017
Pages: 325
Format: hardcover | Source: purchased
Genres: young adult, contemporary romance
Rating: 
Desi Lee believes anything is possible if you have a plan. That’s how she became student body president. Varsity soccer star. And it’s how she’ll get into Stanford. But—she’s never had a boyfriend. In fact, she’s a disaster in romance, a clumsy, stammering humiliation magnet whose botched attempts at flirting have become legendary with her friends. So when the hottest human specimen to have ever lived walks into her life one day, Desi decides to tackle her flirting failures with the same zest she’s applied to everything else in her life. She finds guidance in the Korean dramas her father has been obsessively watching for years—where the hapless heroine always seems to end up in the arms of her true love by episode ten. It’s a simple formula, and Desi is a quick study. Armed with her “K Drama Steps to True Love,” Desi goes after the moody, elusive artist Luca Drakos—and boat rescues, love triangles, and staged car crashes ensue. But when the fun and games turn to true feels, Desi finds out that real love is about way more than just drama.
Right off the bat I loved Desi as a character- she was hilarious and relatable in so many ways. The beginning felt just like high school. I liked her friend group and her meet cute with Luca! And the fact that it was set in Orange County
