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Well, That Was Unexpected
Well, That Was Unexpected | Jesse Q. Sutanto
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"A delightful, hilarious, captivating love letter to Indonesia, and coming of age in a large meddlesome family, and the thrill of finding your person where you least expect it!"--Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis A laugh-out-loud YA rom-com about a girl who's whisked from LA to her mother's native Indonesia to get back to her roots and finds herself fake-dating the son of one of the wealthiest families there, from the bestselling author of Dial A for Aunties and The Obsession After Sharlot Citra's mother catches her in a compromising position, she finds herself whisked away from LA to her mothers native Indonesia. It'll be exactly what they both need. Or so her mother thinks. When George Clooney Tanuwijaya's father (who is obsessed with American celebrities) fears he no longer understands how to get through to his son, he decides to take matters into his own hands. To ensure that their children find the right kind of romantic partner, Sharlot's mother and George's father do what any "good" parent would do: they strike up a conversation online, pretending to be their children. When the kids find out about their parents actions, theyre horrified. Not even a trip to one of the most romantic places on earth could possibly make Sharlot and George fall for each other. But as the layers peel back and the person they thought they knew from online is revealed, the truth becomes more complicated. As unlikely as it may seem, did their parents manage to find their true match after all?
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CaramelLunacy
CaramelLunacy
Well, That Was Unexpected | Jesse Q. Sutanto
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Whisked off to Jakarta, Indonesia with Sharlot to escape an unsuitable relationship by spending the summer with family. Of course, family catfished the heir to the 2nd largest fortune in Indonesia and now the media think Sharlot is dating George Clooney Tanuwijaya...

#whereareyouMonday
@Cupcake12

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Graciouswarriorprincess
Graciouswarriorprincess
Well, That Was Unexpected | Jesse Q. Sutanto
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Book 89/100 of the year.

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awesome 👏🏻 7mo
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humouress
humouress
Well, That Was Unexpected | Jesse Q. Sutanto
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💬Here, she's laid-back and cheerful and like...a woman instead of a mother, which is utterly weird.
Oh god, it just strikes me that maybe she's got a crush on someone. Maybe it's George's dad. Eww. Can people in their late thirties even have crushes? That's, like, way ancient to have a crush. 💬

humouress When a teenager starts seeing her mum as a person. Almost … 7mo
humouress 💬In reply, they all talk in low voices among themselves, as though I'm not right here in front of them and can hear every single word they're saying.
Papa: “You're right, he's hopeless.“
Eleanor: “Told you.“
Nainai: “He'll be celibate his whole life. No one will continue the family name.“💬 (edited) 7mo
humouress George‘s dad, gran & 13 year old sister discussing his dating life, or lack thereof 7mo
humouress 💬Indonesia's a pretty conservative country when measured up against Western standards, but the Chinese-Indonesian community is even more conservative. It's not even about religion; it's a really weird thing where I feel like a large part of the Chinese-Indonesian culture is based around olden-day Chinese customs that most people in China have moved on from, but we never got the memo because we left China. Dating is very much one of these💬 (edited) 7mo
humouress Happens all over the world; a culture that‘s moved away from the home country is even more set on sticking to traditions. 7mo
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humouress
humouress
Well, That Was Unexpected | Jesse Q. Sutanto
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A bit like ‘Crazy Rich Asians‘ in that an American Born Chinese (ABC) is brought back to Asia and has to cope with a culture (in this case Indonesian-Chinese) and family that she knows nothing about.

Ch 8 - hilarious because it‘s obvious (from the quality of English) that the parents are setting up their kids on a dating app, but they don‘t realise and are thrilled that they‘ve found perfect (by their lights) partners.

humouress The story is narrated in the first person but by both protagonists in different chapters. I keep missing the change over and having to go back to the beginning of the chapter to see which one is narrating. 7mo
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AshRaye
AshRaye
Well, That Was Unexpected | Jesse Q. Sutanto
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Panpan

It just didn't hit the right notes for me. It took me a little bit to get into the story, but there were a few fun moments in the middle. I really loved some of the family antics, but the main characters I didn't really care for. There didn't seem like much there. The romance part of it also fell a little flat for me.

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mcipher
mcipher
Well, That Was Unexpected | Jesse Q. Sutanto
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Reading with Amelia… But also we unexpectedly are buying a gorgeous Craftsman house a block from our current rental!! The previous buyer backed out and we were the lucky runners up 😂

Texreader Congratulations!! 14mo
Soubhiville That‘s great, congrats! 14mo
Deblovestoread Congrats 🎉 14mo
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TheBookgeekFrau Nice!! Congrats!! 🎉 14mo
GondorGirl Hurray! 14mo
mcipher @Texreader @Soubhiville @Deblovestoread @TheBookgeekFrau @GondorGirl Thanks! It doesn‘t have a library but it does have windowseats for reading, and some nice built ins 🤩 14mo
TheBookgeekFrau @mcipher I love a built-in; can't wait to see photos!! 🤩 14mo
mcipher @TheBookgeekFrau 🙌 🙌 14mo
tpixie How exciting! Congratulations 🎈 Cute kitty 🐈‍⬛🖤🤍 13mo
BookNAround Yay! Happy house buying. 🏡 13mo
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Amie
Amie
Well, That Was Unexpected | Jesse Q. Sutanto
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Cute teen rom com

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NikkiKey94
NikkiKey94
Well, That Was Unexpected | Jesse Q. Sutanto
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This book was so cute! I really enjoyed the fake dating trope. I definitely need to read the other books by this author. They have been on my TBR for awhile and I need to get to them! Also this is probably one of my favorite boxes from OUABC so far! I loved all of the gifts that came with this book!

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JoyBlue
JoyBlue
Well, That Was Unexpected | Jesse Q. Sutanto
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Mehso-so

This average YA rom-com was an adequate vacation read. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#well-that-was-unexpected

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Preciouz29
Preciouz29
Well, That Was Unexpected | Jesse Q. Sutanto
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OMG, this was amazing! This was hilarious and touching, so much fun to read, and I loved everything about it. I had to finish this in one sitting because I could not find a stopping point.

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