The Bibliophile's Bookshelf

This month’s Saturday Spotlight theme is Contemporary Romance! I have shared Write Me for You by Tillie Cole and Wish Upon a K-Star by Kat Cho so far. You can find those posts here and here.

This week I am sharing I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn!

This is a lovely contemporary romance perfect for spring break! This follows Kimi, a teenager who loves designing clothes and after a fight with her mother goes to Japan to spend time with her grandparents for spring break. The romance in this book is so sweet and wholesome! They also explore Japan throughout the book, and it really felt like you were there! This book is a wonderful adventure, with the sweetest romance!

Kimi Nakamura loves a good fashion statement.

She’s obsessed with transforming everyday ephemera into Kimi Originals: bold outfits that make her and her friends feel like the Ultimate versions of themselves. But her mother disapproves, and when they get into an explosive fight, Kimi’s entire future seems on the verge of falling apart. So when a surprise letter comes in the mail from Kimi’s estranged grandparents, inviting her to Kyoto for spring break, she seizes the opportunity to get away from the disaster of her life.

When she arrives in Japan, she’s met with a culture both familiar and completely foreign to her. She loses herself in the city’s outdoor markets, art installations, and cherry blossom festival — and meets Akira, a cute aspiring med student who moonlights as a costumed mochi mascot. And what begins as a trip to escape her problems quickly becomes a way for Kimi to learn more about the mother she left behind, and to figure out where her own heart lies.