Lucie Yi Is Not a Romantic by Lauren HoMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Lucie Yi left Singapore after the break-up of her relationship with Mark and is coming to the end of her two year secondment to her firm's New York office. Having decided that she is never going to find a man, fall in love, get married and have babies the traditional way, one of her two BFFs suggests a website where like-minded people who want children can find each other (sort of like Tinder for your baby's parent0, you agree to co-parent a child together but nothing more. Since IVF is not allowed in Singapore Lucie would have to agree to a co-parenting arrangement while she is in New York.
Being a tax accountant/consultant Lucie does her homework and the site seems legitimate, but she has some specific requirements, not least of which is that the baby's father must be willing to relocate to Singapore where Lucie's family and friends live (and of course where she works normally).
amazingly, Lucie meets Collin Read, a Malaysian guy working in New York with a father who lives in Singapore. Collin is sweet, funny, wants a child but doesn't believe in marriage, also he can work from home and has a friend with a start-up in Singapore who could offer him a job. Lucie and Collin become firm friends, he gets her jokes and they love to watch horror films together.
But then once they are pregnant and move to Singapore things start to unravel.
This is billed as akin to the love child of Jane Austen and Kevin Kwan, I'm not sure I see the Jane Austen that myself, but I would say that if you liked Crazy Rich Asians and wanted something in a similar vein without the gazillionaires then you'd love this.
Funny, sweet and thoroughly enjoyable.
I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.
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