I'm not sure when I last delved into a romantic comedy novel. Reading Kevin Kwan for the first time has been a delight. The storyline is straightforward, and the short chapters make it easy to follow.
Some of the contemporaries' novels depict Asian-American mothers in a way that includes mocking and racist tones, yet they accurately capture scenes from the modern world. What I like the most is the friendship between the main characters proving that good deeds are all that matter.
It's about Augie, Bea and Rufus Leung Gresham, the British-Chinese who made up the noblest family in the country and were raised alongside their best friend, Eden Tong, a girl next door. No one had any inkling that behind stories of glamorous Gresham rose a mountain of debt. Arabella Gresham, their mother's extravagant ambitions of expenses only made things worse. The only way to solve the problem is to exploit her children to marry for money. Filled with a luxurious lifestyle that I never knew existed, and humorously tragic situations when things don't go according to plan. Money cannot buy love, but money increases the chances of finding true love. The ending was kinda of pretentious but it was a fun read.