Super Fake Love Song
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3.7
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David Yoon
An NPR Book Concierge Pick of the Year“The fun of this engrossing read is that underneath the slapstick lies a finely nuanced meditation on how we perform as ourselves.” —New York Times Book Review From the New York Times bestselling author of Frankly in Love comes a moving young adult novel about friendship, identity, and acceptance. Perfect for fans of John Green and To All the Boys I've Love Before.When Sunny meets Cirrus, he can't believe how cool and confident she is. So when Cirrus mistakenly thinks Sunny plays guitar, he accidentally winds up telling her he's the front man of a rock band.Before he knows it, Sunny is knee-deep in the lie: He gets his best friends to form a fake band with him and starts dressing like a rock star. But no way can he trick this amazing girl into thinking he's cool, right?Just when Sunny is about to come clean, Cirrus asks to see them play sometime. Gulp.Now there's only one thing to do: Fake it till you make it.
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Author
David Yoon
Pages
368
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2020-11-17
ISBN
1984812246 9781984812247
Ratings
Google: 3
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"this book was a cute quick read! I finished it in a day and it kept me entertained the whole time. reading the story from solely a male pov is definitely interesting! I had read Frankly In Love by David Yoon a couple years ago and enjoyed it and I’m glad to say I enjoyed this one too! I liked how Sunny wasn’t your typical broody male teen and how Cirrus was so supportive of him, even if he was faking the rock band. I am not familiar with Dungeons and Dragons or role playing games or anything of the sorts so some of that was a bit confusing. but overall I liked this book and would give it 4 ⭐️s!"
"I really wanted to love Super Fake Love Song after Frankly in Love, but I couldn’t get into it like the last book. <br/><br/>Super Fake Love Song is the story of Sunny, who falls in love with the new girl Cirrus. When Cirrus visits his home, she mistakes Sunny’s brother’s room for his own, a room which is obviously the living space of a rockstar instead of a nerd. So Sunny lies, pretending that he’s in a band so that she’ll continue to like him. <br/><br/>First of all, I do like names in a story that are different. I liked the names Sunny and Gray for the brothers, especially because their last name was Dae, and even Cirrus was cute in contrast. But then all the other characters were named like they were born in 2020 instead of living as teenaged in it. I mean, Hunter, Gunner, and Trapper as the jock trio? Give it a little more realism. <br/><br/>I didn’t like how the characters spoke. Many of the childish, teenager-y sounds they made were written out, providing for very awkward sentences. Also, the dad spoke like a teenager, which was a bit annoying. <br/><br/>Now, I’m not a huge fan of the lying trope, but it did serve for good character development in the end as Sunny learns from his mistakes, so I appreciated that. <br/><br/>It also had a good, happy ending, which I wasn’t quite expecting, so I’ll give it that in terms of the things I appreciated. <br/><br/>All in all, it’s an okay, short YA contemporary, but I wouldn’t be breezing around recommending it to just anyone."
"David Yoon’s work has quickly become must read titles for me, for their quirky romances, clean and wholesome, relatable awkwardness, and completely likable characters!<br/><br/>Super Fake Love Song sounded super familiar, and I feel like the premise of the story has been seen before, in movies and other books maybe. The confusion of identity, the rolling with it for ‘love’. David Yoon’s approach is very modern take, and it works!! <br/><br/>Written in first person narrative (my favorite) gives the reader an opportunity to connect with the characters through a more unique (much better) perspective. *Give me first person narrative any day! I Love it!<br/><br/>Although the topic of this novel is romance, with the awkwardness and first time feels of it, friendship, and family has a very strong presence, and I loved that. <br/><br/>It’s a wonderful read all around, and I highly recommend it to anyone who loves a feel good contemporary romance. Filled with humor, smiles, and good lessons."