As their relationship developed, Bao and Linh both encouraged the other to pursue their passions and were completely supportive of each other, even through the typical miscommunications and third act complications that you’d expect from any romance novel, which was truly heartening to see.īut as much as Linh and Bao anchor this storyline and propel the narrative forward, A Pho Love Story really wouldn’t be the book it is without all of the Vietnamese representation, experience and culture it shines a light on in every page. Their voices sound real and their thoughts and behaviours are authentic, but most of all, I really enjoyed the slow fall into a relationship that Linh and Bao go through, which begins with an attraction and was given the room to develop naturally through covert getting-to-know-you talks and a helpful school newspaper assignment from a friend too. Linh and Bao are both brilliant, fully fleshed-out characters who each get their own POV, allowing readers to truly get inside their heads. Le has done a wonderful job in modernising those story beats and creating a romance between her main characters that’s worth investing in. At its heart, A Pho Love Story is a Romeo and Juliet story – just with more noodles and no murder-suicides.
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