I really enjoyed this, it felt like a mix of Crazy Rich Asians, the TV show Partner Track and Suits. Really well plotted and a great twist at the end that I didn't see coming at all! Will be recommending, perfect read to escape into for the summer!

I started reading and loved the protagonist as a child. Once she became an adult the apparent preoccupation with material, branded items, triggering lots of my judgments and made me want to stop reading, I wondered if I’m just too old for this book. I’m not writing a spoiler but would recommend you keep reading if you’re having trouble with this at the start of the book. I usually read the start then end then middle of a book. I would not recommend skipping to the end with this one, I think it would spoil it and I would avoid reading spoilers.
The writing was excellent and the characters and the plot kept pushing me to read, just another chapter. I really started to enjoy it once the investigation began and the tone changed. It became really interesting, the characters were fully formed and I actually cared about them.
I loved when the author breaks the 4th wall. It feels so, well personal. I completely missed the point of these chapters until the very end and think I might reread it.
I found the end surprisingly moving, if feeling rushed but that might be because I couldn’t put it down after I got past a third of the way through.
I so enjoyed this book and will definitely seek out and read the rest of this author’s books which I think is the best compliment I could give it. I don’t think I’m who the book is aimed at and yet I found it so enjoyable and I’m glad I stuck with it.

From being the daughter of immigrant corner store owners to becoming employed in a high flying US law firm, young Korean- American lawyer Jia has been making the transition many successful next generation immigrants dream of.

So, the last thing she expects is to be thrust into a situation that takes her right back to her roots and the country that is linked to her family origins. But when she is unexpectedly appointed the fixer for a very broken, very wealthy Korean family that is going to pieces in a spectacular fashion (and hires her firm for damage control purposes), Jia finds the situation demanding more of her emotionally than she expected from her job...

This is an enjoyable read that looks at family dynamics and identity politics in an entertaining fashion. It gets 3.5 stars.

Ah, I so wanted to ADORE this book, and while I did enjoy it overall, it fell a bit short of my expectations. I found the first ~40% of this really slow-paced and hard to get into. It was a lot of long, drawn-out meetings with lots of characters thrust at us at once, and I didn't feel like we ever truly got to know Jia throughout this book. I liked her, sure. She was nice and honest and self-aware and funny. But I didn't really get the depth I was looking for - from her, or any of the characters for that matter.

However, I will say that the second half of the book saved it for me. This is where the drama really kicked in, and I found myself wanting to keep reading to find out more. The suspense in this half was great - I wish we had more of this, or at least this pace, early on. I loved Darius and Jia, too. Loved that it wasn't super cliché or like the story was all about them - this was very much Jia's (or - spoiler - Jenny's) story, but the little splash of romance was very much appreciated and done well.

I also LOVED the Gossip Girl-style narrator. This was unlike anything I'd read before, and I would've loved to see more of it! I kept forgetting this was a thing until it popped up occasionally, but I think it could've honestly been every other chapter. That's this book's USP!

Overall, this did actually turn out to be a fun read, I just wish we could've got to see more of the characters. It felt like the story focused solely on the legal proceedings, which I know were the crux of the plot, but as a result I felt like I didn't really get to see the characters just hanging out or bonding or showing emotion, and I struggled to really feel invested in any of them. Don't get me wrong, I was starting to by the end, but I think this story could've really had potential to rip my heart out at the end (in a good way) if I'd already fallen deeply in love with Jia and the Park family.

This was a fun, light read though, and the writing itself was beautiful.

I initially wasn’t too sure about this book. The story seemed a bit stilted with the main character, Jia Song initially being obsessed with wealth and success which made her seem a bit vapid.

But this book grew on me. There were several chapters in which the book breaks for fourth wall talking to you directly as the reader. This isn’t something you regularly see in books and as a device it’s something that I think authors should do more regularly. As a device it was refreshing and broke up the narrative at points making you as a reader take stock of what was happening.

Although the story is about the 1% and family wealth the human issues that come with families shone through. Regardless of economic status, no one can get under the skin of anyone as much as family. This is what made the book. Jia Song is observing family feuds and longstanding issues that has nothing to do with the legal case that she has been tasked with.

Throughout the book it is clear that Jia cannot trust anyone involved. I couldn’t tell who she should or shouldn’t trust, which is what made this is a good read. Despite initially being unsure about the book I ended up wanting to read more. The book grew on me and was an enjoyable read.