{"id":17962,"date":"2019-05-27T05:30:42","date_gmt":"2019-05-27T12:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/?p=17962"},"modified":"2019-05-26T16:28:33","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T23:28:33","slug":"ice-cream-lover-by-jackie-lau-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/ice-cream-lover-by-jackie-lau-book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Ice Cream Lover by Jackie Lau | Book Review"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ice Cream Lover<\/a>, Jackie Lau\u2019s latest romance, pairs grumpy hero Drew with Chloe, a bi-racial Chinese Canadian woman who is opening an ice cream shop in her mother\u2019s memory. Drew\u2019s ex left him at the altar, then wrote a thinly veiled self help book\/memoir called \u201cEmbrace Your Inner Ice Cream Sandwich: How to Find the Positive You in a World of Negativity.\u201d (What?! LOL!!) So yeah, he hates ice cream.<\/p>\n

Ice Cream Lover<\/a> is Lau\u2019s funniest book yet. From Drew’s precocious foodie niece to his run in with his ex at a book signing, you’ll be laughing.<\/p>\n

But while I usually appreciate her exploration of bi-racial identity, this time it felt heavy-handed. Chloe struggles with the fact that her mom died and nearly all the family she has left in Toronto is on her dad\u2019s side. She\u2019s the only Asian in a sea of white people and her dad acts like he doesn’t see color. As a bi-racial person, I get where Chloe is coming from, but for me, it bordered on obsessive. Then again, maybe that\u2019s just being 25 and trying to figure out where you fit in the world.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a steamy, fun read, guaranteed to cause ice cream cravings, but if you haven\u2019t read Lau before, He\u2019s Not My Boyfriend<\/a> would be my first choice.<\/p>\n

3.5 stars<\/b><\/p>\n

P.S. Ice Cream Lover made me realize I’m over the grumpy hero. If you\u2019re a dude, you can be surly, disagreeable, and insecure, and still find love. If you\u2019re a grumpy woman, you\u2019re a shrew, a bitch, a harpy or a pain in the ass. So I’m putting a pause on the “grumps.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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