Love Points to You

by Alice Lin

A swoony romance between driven, practical Lynda Fan and her rich, arrogant classmate, Angela Wu. When Angela offers Lynda the chance to design characters for her otome game, Lynda discovers things she never knew about herself…or her heart.

Love is an art.

Sixteen-year-old Lynda Fan has the skills and the drive to get into the Rhode Island School of Design—but not the money. Her parents are too busy paying for her stepsister’s violin lessons to help Lynda get into art school.

So when her rich and arrogant classmate, Angela Wu, offers to hire Lynda as a character designer for an otome game—a love story-based video game—she jumps at the opportunity.

Lynda isn’t exactly a romantic, but in pursuit of her dreams, she discovers things she never knew about herself while also finding love with every heart she draws.

Genres: Romance, Young Adult, Lesbian, LGBT, Queer, Contemporary, Fiction

320 pages, Paperback

First published March 4, 2025

About the author

Alice Lin first started dreaming up stories in sixth grade and is an avid reader who loves to get lost in other people’s imagination. She holds an MLIS from Rutgers University and has a working background in teen librarianship. Find her on Instagram @miss_alicelin.

Reviews

[elly ♡ ︎ · Rating 4 out of 5]

┈ 🎨 3.75 stars ༊*·˚

「spoiler free review, rounded up」

✩°｡⋆⸜ “‘Even the everyday stuff is a lot more colorful with you around.’"

➳ thank you to netgalley and delacorte romance for this arc in exchange for my honest review!

➳ this was my third arc ever, and im delighted to say that this one did not disappoint!! my first two were pretty bad and i gave them both around two/five stars 😞. i had fun reading this one, and loved the concept :)

✧˖*°࿐ plot

➳ love points to you begins at a pivotal part of lynda(our fmc)’s life, her father’s second marriage. lynda’s mother had died years prior, and her dad was ready to remarry, to lynda’s stepmother amy. lynda and her father move into amy and her daughter’s (lynda’s stepsister), josie’s, house.

➳ lynda loves art and to draw digitally on her ipad, henry. she posts her art online and makes money from her social media. one day, josie’s aunt and younger cousin visit lynda and josie at their house, and her younger cousin, luke, “accidentally” bro fs knew what he was doing destroys henry. distraught over the loss of her treasured drawing ipad, lynda appeals to her family to buy her a new one, which they don’t. as she’s venting about the situation to her best friend, bora, their schoolmate angela overhears and offers to buy lynda a new ipad and pay her if she’ll draw the characters for an otome game she’s creating (from what i gathered, it’s somewhat like episode).

➳ lynda agrees, and the start of a new partnership (and something more) begins between her and angela.. 🤭

✧˖*°࿐ characters

➳ lynda: a very artsy person and determined to achieve her goals of going to RISD for college and making art her career, i liked her at the beginning of the book, but my opinion of her changed over time. how she acted during the largest conflict in the book really aggravated me, and i’m not sure if that was the author’s intent. if it was, it worked, and if she was supposed to garner sympathy from the readers, it definitely did not..

➳ angela: a hardworking, closed off (at the start), and smart classmate of lynda’s, i didn’t really have any strong feelings for angela. she was a good character, but i didn’t love her.

➳ josie: lynda’s stepsister, also another classmate in their year level. i felt so bad for josie. all the pressure she received from her family, and herself, to be perfect at playing the violin so she could be accepted into curtis, a prestigious musical school impacted her so heavily. i don’t know if i would’ve been able to go through all of that, and i did respect her decision in the end, just maybe not how she did it. i liked her personality, and i thought she was funny and nice.

➳ bora: i think she was a super supportive and funny friend. she offered lynda much needed advice multiple times through the story, and i liked her!

✧˖*°࿐ angelalynda

➳ i really liked this lesbian couple, it was so adorable 🥹🥹💓. i don’t read many sapphic books, so that just makes the ones i do sm better! that being said, i do think their attraction for each other felt a little forced at first. and because of the book’s title and cover, i was expecting a bit more romance, but i did enjoy what i got!

✧˖*°࿐ final thoughts

➳ although i didn’t love this one, i did really enjoy it! i do recommend reading it when it comes out, and maybe by then some of the critiques i mentioned will have been changed? i hope yall will give it a shot ☺️

i wanna be your girlfriend – girl in red
𓆩♡𓆪 “I don't wanna be your friend, I wanna kiss your lips
I wanna kiss you until I lose my breath”

[Book Riot Community]

First off, how stunning is this cover? Lynda is determined to get into her dream art school, and she's helping to get there with her drawing commissions. When her tablet is destroyed, though, she's stuck—until her conceited classmate Angela offers her a deal. If Lynda designs the art for her otome (dating) game, Angela will pay her generously, including buying her a new tablet. As they work together, sparks fly. But Lynda's ambition means she has little patience for anyone who doesn't meet her high expectations, and it might take blowing up all her relationships for her to realize her own shortcomings. I really enjoyed this one! You can hear more of my thoughts on it on today's episode of All the Books.

—Danika Ellis, 11 Must-Read New Queer Books Out in March 2025

[zoë ˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗ · Rating 4 out of 5]

ੈ♡˳ rating: four of five
ੈ♡˳ thoughts:
essentially, i enjoyed this book. when i first began reading it, it was a five out of five for me. however, reading more into the main character began to annoy me more and more. i understand the teenage, coming of age aspect that every YA romance book seems to have, but coming from someone who looks back on that time of my life and cringes, the main character did that for me.

the climax of the book was just the main character being blatantly rude to everyone in her life: her father, her step mother, her step sister, her best friend, her aunt, and her girlfriend; essentially because she wasn’t getting what she wanted and she threw a temper tantrum because everyone in her life believed she was wrong in her thinking. instead of listening to them and trying to be understanding, for about 20 pages she completely isolated herself from everyone in her life. her father, after his scare, we learn was essentially not telling her the things that drove him to be sick because he was scared of how she would react. that’s not coming of age; that’s just being an asshole.

overall, this is a cute and sweet read. it is extremely fast paced, and while marketed as an enemies to lovers that’s not the case. they’re more “i’ve read about you through the grape vine” to lovers than anything else.

also me and the author got the same degree from the same university, which is so cool!

ੈ♡˳ tropes
ꕥ “enemies” to lovers
ꕥ asian american rep.
ꕥ ya romance.

ੈ♡˳ fave quotes
“ೃ⁀➷ no quotes because it’s an arc and everything is subject to change! 💓

◡̈ ◡̈ ◡̈

[Danika at The Lesbrary · Rating 4 out of 5]

First of all, this is of my all-time favourite YA covers. It’s so adorable. And I’m happy to say that the story lived up to it.

This is a YA romance, but it’s just as much about Lynda’s relationship with her family. She’s angry at her father, stepmother, and stepsister—and honestly, for the first half of the book, so was I. She is being treated unfairly, but she’s also not willing to see from anyone else’s perspective. That soon gets her in trouble in all her relationship. Lynda is driven and ambitious, and she has very little time for anyone who doesn’t live up to her high expectations.

This is a classic hate-to-love story, and Lynda is oblivious for much of the book that she obviously has a crush. To be fair, she’s on the asexual spectrum, and it takes her a while to realize she’s attracted to Angela. (Both Lynda and Angela are bisexual and on the asexual spectrum.) I enjoyed their romance, especially because I feel like I don’t read a lot of YA where the characters start casually dating (as opposed to world-ending, star-crossed romance).

Lynda is a flawed main character. She can be selfish and judgmental, and she makes a lot of mistakes. At one point, she blows up almost all the relationships in her life. But part of her arc is realizing that everyone else is flawed and messy, too. She begins to see her father, her friends, her love interest as more complex than she initially imagined. I also liked that Josie had her own arc, and her and Lynda slowly begin to build their own dynamic with each other, including rebuilding when things fall apart. Even the secondary characters felt three dimensional, like they didn’t exist just for Lynda’s story.

I recommend this for anyone who appreciates a messy coming of age story, asexual representation in romance, flawed main characters, or otome games.

Full review at the Lesbrary.

[Jasmine from How Useful It Is · Rating 4 out of 5]

The audiobook was good. I enjoyed the humor. Lots of yummy Asian foods. The Asian parents in this story don't sound relatable. I don't know any that's really bad like Bora's parents or Lynda's dad and stepmom. I condone Lynda for getting angry often.

The story followed Lynda, a junior in high school. Her dad is marrying Amy whom he dated for 4 months and whom has a daughter named Josie, same grade as Lynda but not the same classes because Lynda took all AP classes. After the wedding, Lynda and her dad moved into her stepmother, Amy's house. Lynda shared a room with her half sister because the third bedroom is reserved for Josie's violin. Her dad and new mom sounds insufferable. They couldn't afford a big wedding and international honeymoon but they borrowed money to go all out. They couldn't afford to replace Lynda's drawing tablet but able to afford expensive violin lessons for Josie. Lynda has her best friend Bora to complain about her unfortunate life. Lynda's classmate Angela heard the exchange and offered a job for Lynda in exchange of a free iPad (that recently died). Lynda can draw and she use her drawing tablet to draw. Angela and her brother are creating a game and hired Lynda to do the character drawings. After spending some time together, Lynda and Angela fell for each other.

A light hearted rom com with family drama.

Thank you Loveunderlined and PRHAudio for the opportunity to read, listen, and review.

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

we love a book with TWO aspec leads 🙌

we've got Lynda who is asexual and bi romantic and Angela who is sapphic (pan I think) and demisexual. enemies to friends to lovers

My biggest struggle with this is that I had no idea what an otome game is and I think that falls into me getting old. I had google it and I still don't totally understand but that was the main premise of this book that these two girls come together to work on an otome game.

I actually really liked both of our characters separately but I didn't love them together. I don't really know why but I just didn't feel any sort of chemistry or bond between the two of them. they go from enemies to friends to dating very quickly and I wasn't expecting that with two aspec leads. I also would have liked more discussion about each of their asexualities. I feel like it's a buzzword that's thrown in there and then almost forgotten about.

overall this is a cute YA sapphic romance and I enjoyed it. it's an easy fast read to get through and I know this is going to find a lot of fans

[Brittanica Bold · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was ok, but unfortunately just not for me. I’m giving it 3 stars because it’s well written and I do believe some will enjoy it!

What I wasn’t a fan of:
1. I felt like the cover and the blurb were a bit misleading. It seemed like this would be a cute and fluffy book where the romance was the main plot line, but that wasn’t the case. To me, the romance took a backseat to the main character, Lynda’s, everyday life, which is fine in general but just not what I was expecting going into this one.

2. I didn’t really care for either of the FMCs. They were both a little too arrogant for my taste.

Angela was ok because she called herself on her arrogance and it did have a charm to it, but I felt for being the love interest she was hardly in the last half of the book.

Lynda was not a character I saw eye to eye with. She acted like she was the only one allowed to not know exactly what she wanted to do in life and the only one given a pass for not knowing how to talk to her family and others. She was constantly insulting her step-sister, her best friend, her family, and Angela of the things she was also guilty of. Above all, she was just incredibly selfish. All she thought about was how someone else getting help hurt her and how things would benefit her. She was irrational and unrelatable to me for these reasons. I did not feel that she was redeemed by the end of the book either which I think could have helped me like her a bit more.

3. I felt like there were simultaneously too many characters yet not enough happening in the plot. I also felt very unresolved on the Otome because it was still in process at the end of the book. I think the reader definitely could benefit from an epilogue a couple months or years in the future when the game is completed.

Thank you to NetGalley, Delacorte Romance, and Alice Lin for the opportunity to read this book. The thoughts and opinions expressed above are honest and my own.

[Juniper L.H. · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had a tough time deciding how to rate this novel. This was an enjoyable story. The characters were well done, and the protagonist goes through a satisfying journey with a clear character arc. There is an extensive cast of side characters that added a lot to the story. I enjoyed reading this novel, that is definitely a fact. Each chapter had some fun illustrations at the start which was neat, and there was an adorable bunny too; so there is that.

Unfortunately, this novel wasn’t what I expected, and it didn’t really match up with the blurb in my opinion. It was advertised as a romance, and there was a romance plotline, but it honestly wasn’t close to the center stage. As a romance, I think this novel didn’t deliver all that much. I didn’t exactly count the pages, but I think the love interest had less time on the page than some of the other side characters, which isn’t a good sign in terms of relationship development. This novel was mostly about the protagonist and their family dynamics/drama surrounding her father re-marrying. This was fine, and well done, but it wasn’t what I expected.

I was also disappointed a bit because I saw this advertised featuring the asexual and demisexual representation, however that hardly factored into the story. I think the characters ace-spectrum identity could have been essentially deleted without it changing anything in the story, which tells me that it wasn’t the greatest representation-wise. This isn’t a big issue unless you came here for the ace rep, but since I did it affected the reading experience.

As I said though, it was a well written and enjoyable novel. These complaints may be more of a “me thing” than an objective issue, so I wouldn’t discourage anyone from reading.

[gracie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh how I enjoyed this.

I loved Lynda so much. Her relationship with her parents,with Josie and her feelings regarding the situation were so real. I loved her passion and her ability to take accountability. ugh she's so lovely I want to put her in my ribcage! Angela as a love interest though just felt like a concept, she didn't have flaws nor did she serve much more than plot motor for Lynda's character development.

I wish the resolution was a bit more fleshed out than it was but hey I still loved reading it

[Alex · Rating 2 out of 5]

I’m a big fan of judging a book by its cover when deciding what to read. Most of the time, it works out! This time…… not so much.

I can usually appreciate an annoying MC in a Y/A book, but this was too much, even for me. In the second half of this book, Lynda becomes absolutely insufferable. This is made even more apparent by the fact that every other character is so nice and understanding (Josie MVP of this book).
She’s all /ohhh my life is sooo hard nobody cares about meee wah wah wahh/, meanwhile she’s the one ditching her family, forgetting important dates, and being rude to her friend & girlfriend. The self-pity was exhausting like someone bring in Josie playing a tiny violin!!!

I’m feeling like this review is becoming more about Josie than the actual MC…. I’m gonna roll with it.
Josie deserved better!!! Her mom pressuring her to practice at all hours of the day, not noticing that her daughter is miserable (MC notices… and yet she’s supposedly still the one nobody gaf about hmm), the parents forcing Josie to break up with her boyfriend (which MC doesn’t have to do btw… crazy double standard huh?? but dw she doesn’t recognize that bc ofc the world revolves all around her), AND THEN!!!! when Josie finally snaps, she’s somehow a failure ?????? Maybe it’s because I have a sister and she’s everything to me, but MC pissed me off sooooooo bad! Josie is nothing but a sweetheart THE ENTIRE TIME!!! Even when all MC keeps doing is whining and rejecting Josie’s attempts at getting closer.

Writing and plot were fine. The romance itself was meh.
The 2 stars are for my girl Josie.

[carthi ♡ · Rating 4 out of 5]

amidst family changes, she is determined to make it into art school by herself. then comes an amazing opportunity from an unexpected person to design an otome game. where will this storyline lead her?

[★★★★.25]

thank you so much to alice lin, delacorte romance, and tbr and beyond tours for sending me an ARC through netgalley! this does not affect my thoughts about the book in any way. out now! check out my latest post, to see my edits for the book :) love points to you book edits

lynda isn’t the most likable mc, tbh i could understand her actions till like 50% of the book, and then it all went worse and i was like, girl stop!! the way i wanted to shake some sense into her *sigh* but again none of us are perfect and making stupid decisions is well both a human condition, and a mirror to our issues (most of the time..?) idk girl should’ve just sat down and talked to her family properly, but it’s so easy to get caught up in our feelings that we don’t stop to solve them rationally. (been there done that :’))

angela is such a cool character and i love her soo much!!! the way she had lynda tripping and fumbling ( ꈍ◡ꈍ) ngl i was kinda suspicious of her for a bit of time, cause girl was soo sketchy in the beginning!!! i was like, there’s something you’re not saying, aren’t you?? well, that was my trust issues speaking, so we’re good lol.

i especially adored the bond lynda developed with her stepsister, josie by the end of the book! it was so heartwarming to see them go from awkward strangers to sisters <333 and also, the title of this book is such a good pun!! all in all this book was soo cute and adorable, and you all should read it!!!

꩜ .ᐟ incoherent review: (4.25/5) a story filled with art, love, otome games, family and friendships. lynda, our main character is not the best of people. she’s real, raw, and flawed. and just like any other human, she doesn’t recognize those flaws. it hurts others and she makes a lot of mistakes. but this story does justice to her and she learns to acknowledge and unlearn them. her story with angela was soo cute and adorable 🥹💘 this might be a love story, but at it’s foremost it’s lynda’s story. it’s her journey to becoming someone better. and i loved that so much for her <3 did i want to shake her like a tree on more than five occasions? yes. but it’s all good now 😌 full rtc

[maggie · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 (rounded up)

Love Points to You was such a sweet and heartfelt YA coming-of-age story about family, dreams and facing your own flaws. I absolutely adored that we got two ace and biromantic characters in this book and the dual representation was so great to see!

I thought the depiction of Lynda’s struggles with her dreams of art school and fears of failure alongside her rocky relationship with her father were definitely some of the more emotional parts of the book for me and while I am not a big gamer by any means, I loved all the otome game references and development. While I devoured this book in a span of a couple of days, I do feel like the third act of the story was perhaps slightly rushed and the conflicts resolved in a bit too perfect of a manner. I would have loved to have seen a couple more chapters with Lynda repairing her relationship with her stepfamily as well (especially with Josie as I loved seeing their step-sister relationship grow) since the ending left me wanting more.

All in all, this story definitely caught me off guard in the best way possible and I’m so glad I picked it up!

Thank you to Penguin Teen Canada and Netgalley for providing this e-arc in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts in this review are my own.

[marilynn · Rating 3 out of 5]

this was so promising and so cute until the third act then i was just mad.

lynda and angela were so cute and sweet and i was really enjoying them, i loved lynda and josie's growing sisterhood, how they both learned to care for each other, until the third act where lynda seemingly did a whole 180 that had me confused.

there was no indication throughout the book that lynda was selfish and tunnel visioned until that moment, one moment she's saying the game is angela's project and she should do with it what she sees fit, the second she's blowing up at her for doing exactly that.

i understand that teenagers are emotional and impulsive but there was no indication of any of these traist in lynda throughout the book and just seemed to be shoved in there to create conflict for the third act.

the way it was resolved as well was so unsatisfying and left a bad taste in my mouth, unfortunately://

[Star · Rating 4 out of 5]

Content warnings: references to past parental death, toxic parent references,

Rep: Lynda (MC) is cis, Chinese-American, asexual, and bi-romantic. Angela (LI) is cis, Chinese-American, demisexual, and bi-romantic. Side POC characters.


I flew through this one. I was immediately entranced by Lynda's story, and how she was thrown into a new family when her dad remarries.
I felt a lot for her as she struggled with her new family, and her place in it, and how she felt alone despite all of these people around her.
It's always good to read about messy teenagers and their emotions, and this one fit the bill. I wasn't sure how this was going to wrap up, but it did so nicely.

[Dramapuppy · Rating 1 out of 5]

“I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt and say he’s not a homophobe, just a businessman.”

Why? Why is he getting the benefit of the doubt? Why are we acting like yelling at your girlfriend for being upset by blatant homophobia is a normal relationship faux pas we can just chalk up to miscommunication? Why did this book plummet from five stars to one in the course of this one awful conversation?

[vy (laufey’s version) · Rating 3 out of 5]

★★★ 3 STARS ★★★
💌 not even the gays are safe from the curse of the third-act breakup.

ִֶָ.ִֶָ. ..𓂃 ࣪ ִֶָ🪽་༘࿐ CONTENT WARNINGS. 🏹
💌 | age rating: 11+
language: none
spice: none, only kisses
tw: loss of parent, briefly mentioned abusive parental relationship

ִֶָ. ..𓂃 ࣪ ִֶָ🪽་༘࿐ CHARACTERS. 🏹
💌 lynda. | she had SEVERE main character syndrome, but i support women's rights AND women's wrongs. i loved reading about her passion for art so much 💕💕
💌 angela. | this girl has some serious GAME, oh my goodness. i swear she was making me blush while listening to her flirting with lynda. 🤭💓
💌 josie. | such a sweetheart 🥺 she did NOT deserve the parental pressure at all.
💌 bora. | THE supportive best friend. we all need a bora in our lives.
💌 supporting. | claire was not that bad in the end, but she annoyed me so much at times. angela's parents absolutely suck butt. both of the parents were well-meaning, but they seriously annoyed me until the reveal because of how much attention they were giving to josie.

ִֶָ. ..𓂃 ࣪ ִֶָ🪽་༘࿐ PLOT. 🏹
💌 | pros: no homophobia (briefly mentioned) or racism. absolutely perfect harmonious universe. one of the a-holes that angela rejected just asks lynda "why you and not me?" instead of being a homophobic jerk and ykw, YES! the cutest central sapphic romance ever, complex parental relationships, and (generally) well-written and easy-to-root-for characters.

💌 | cons: that entire third act was a dumpster fire. this probably would've been 4-5 stars if it was just lynda and angela working out their issues as a couple and being cute dorks, but NOPE. those final five chapters gave me more whiplash than the end of 'if he had been with me.'

ִֶָ. ..𓂃 ࣪ ִֶָ🪽་༘࿐ ROMANCE. 🏹
💌 | #needthatwantthat. i wish we had MORE enemies before they became lovers. the banter was adorable, and i loved how endearingly awkward they were around one another when they realized the crushing was mutual (eek!) the dates were sososo cute, and i especially loved how there was no complications between angela and lynda getting together if not for their own stupidity. it's so refreshing to see a story with out characters and (mostly) supportive parents thriving and being loud and proud of their love 🥹💞 as a queer asian, it means a lot to me to see this kind of dynamic.

ִֶָ. ..𓂃 ࣪ ִֶָ🪽་༘࿐ TL;DR. 🏹
💌 | a cute sapphic asian read to get you out of a reading slump, but that third act is ROUGH 💔💔
@siera my fellow bisexual sapphic viet warrior... this one's for you xoxo

ִֶָ. ..𓂃 ࣪ ִֶָ🪽་༘࿐ 𝄞 PLAYLIST. 𝄞 🏹
💌 | 𝄞 risk (gracie abrams)
𝄞 girls like girls (hayley kiyoko)
𝄞 same boat (lizzy mcalpine)
𝄞 we fell in love in october (girl in red)
𝄞 apocalypse (cigarettes after sex)

[୨୧ ☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ serenityy ﾟ｡･*.☆ ୨୧]

pre-read:
lesbians!!😀

review:
dnf sadly

[Misha · Rating 4 out of 5]

(rounded up from 3.5)

This was an enjoyable story about teens having passions about art and what it takes to stick to that path (or leave it). I enjoyed this book overall for all the usual reasons: some family drama, interesting dynamics between newly minted step-sisters, dealing with the unfair distribution of resources for one child instead of both, and falling for the mysterious and acerbic brainy girl in your class.

What I loved about this book was that Angela, the love interest, is the most mature and balances young person in these books I have ever seen. She has a great head on her shoulders and is confident in herself and her place in the world and rarely reacts dramatically, even in the heat of the moment, but instead seeks communication when things go badly. On the opposing side, Lynda is mostly myopic in her focus on her art and lacks empathy for anyone not as committed to it or less sure about their path, which makes her much less likeable. I honestly don't know if I buy that Angela can't find a more mature person to date based on Lynda's tempestuous outbursts and lack of empathy on many occasions, but there you have it.

Overall, I would have enjoyed this more if the two leads were a bit less different because otherwise it feels to me that Lynda continues to be hurtful and angry with others and being resentful and jealous of those who have attention or money for their passions.

[Em-Skye ♡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

was so cute, buncleaver my beloved 🐇🦫📱

[Virgil · Rating 3 out of 5]

3/5 stars

Anyway, all that to say this book is good for scratching the itch of cutesie high school romances in the vein of Ann Liang, but the characters are unfortunately vapid and all assholes so do with that what you will. Still devoured this in a day though.

[Irono Yami · Rating 4 out of 5]

loved it, but confused if this is romance or more a coming-of-age story

[Frank Chillura (OhYouRead) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thank you to PRHAudio and Delacorte Romance for my gifted ALC.

No matter where I go or what I do, I will always find my way back to young adult contemporary romance. It’s the new/first love, butterflies in your stomach, awkward moments that make me remember that every one in life starts somewhere.

In Love Points To You, Lynda Fan knows what she wants to do for the rest of her life. She loves being an artist and she wants to go to school to keep mastering her craft and beyond. But while her father has remarried after her mother’s death, he’s been putting any extra money they have into her new step sister’s burgeoning violin career. They say they can see more potential in music than art, which is a blow to her already dented self esteem.

When Lynda is contacted by her arrogant (and very rich) classmate, Angela Wu, about being the artist for an Otome game that she’s creating, it seems like her luck is looking up. To start with, she has to do character mock-ups to show how her art style will complement the game design and for that, she’ll receive a brand new iPad. When that goes well, she finds out that for her participation in the project, she’ll be compensated 10,000 dollars.

Why is Angela creating this game? For the fun of it. She’s not even looking to sell or produce it for public consumption.

Rich people. 🙄 Am I right?

While working together on the project, they find out that they’re compatible in much more than just their interests. They both are attracted to women. More so, they begin to like each other. But like I’ve always heard, you don’t mix business with pleasure… and things get a lil’ messy when it comes to money and the chance for success.

This was sweet and a really nice palate cleanser. There were parts that were predictable, but in this case, I was totally okay with that. I needed a high school romance about art and sapphic girly kisses, which is exactly what I got. Lynda and Josie’s family was a mess, but they sort of work it out by the end. Not in a wrapped up with a bow kind of way. More like patched up with some paper towels and masking tape. Some leaks are gonna get through, but it’ll happen after the end of the book.

[Dana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh to be a teenager again and full of emotions that feel absolutely justified - honestly, there are YA books that make me roll my eyes and there are YA books like these in which the emotions feel so relatable so props to this book for feeling authentic ... and containing so many emotions. (This doesn't mean that the prota's emotions are always justified but I did like that she is a flawed character who tends to overreact and has to reflect on her actions.)

I guess aspec sapphic romance is my favorite kind of romance and this one was extremely cute. The flirting was awesome. Their aspec identity isn't really discussed here but honestly, I don't mind it being just a part of who they are without influencing the plot. I also loved how the main conflicts focused on family which a) led to less unnecessary drama and b) to a bigger role of the very interesting family relations. Just don't expect the romance overshadowing everything here.

[Mia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love Points to You is a cute YA romance with a flawed protagonist who you root for. I really liked the main character and the otome game plotline. I was so pissed at the parents (half the conflict in the book wouldn't exists if they could budget) and was so to find disappointed that Buncleaver wasn't real. I'm goving it 4 stars mostly because it's a book I like, but not that I'm absolutely in love with it. I I also wished that the story involved some sort discussion of romantic boundaries between the girls - they were both ace, but that doesn't mean what they want from a relationship is the same and having a talk about it would have been great, especially since YA books model a lot of things teens are looking for in relationships.

[emily.rose.reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a 4.5/5 star read for me. I really loved the characters and could relate to them all in certain ways, especially Josie. I loved the plot and thought that this was a cute teenage romance. Yes, some parts of the book felt cringy and I know that some people rated it lower because of that. However, that is what really helped make it authentic in my opinion. That is how teenagers are and by adding that in the book, I think that it helped make it relatable especially for teens and what they may struggle with. I definitely enjoyed the book and read it so quickly! I would recommend it.

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

En general es una historia fácil de leer, a mi juicio estaría dirigida a un público adolescente, esto en sentido de los temas que trata y donde la mayor problemática es la falta de comunicación.

Hay muchas otras cosas que no me gustaron, y es que las deja a tu imaginación y algunas son fundamentales para la trama.

El romance se caracteriza por ser dimisexual, y aunque no espera una explicación a lo wikipedia, fue fabricado de la nada, la atracción de las protas nació de un chasquido de dedos y tuvo una evolución nula.

La verdad mi calificación está en el tema del juego otome, no conocía nada al respecto y se explica se manera muy sencilla, pero es eficiente y te anima a investigar un poco más.

El final es muy abierto, no es malo, aunque si esperaba más.

[BookBoundKay · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a cutesy YA contemporary romance. I'm not the targeted audience but I liked this regardless. The main FMC did slightly annoy me because she was very much self absorbed and would lash out at everyone around her but I did keep having to remind myself that she's a teenager and teenagers do brood. The writing style was easy to consume and the cover art is absolutely gorgeous. The diversity in this was also well done. Overall a really solid YA contemporary!
Character rating - 3.25.
Plot rating - 3.
Setting rating - 3.

[Zanda Graves · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was such a cute young adult romance! As soon as I started it I couldn’t put it down!! Lynda is such a relatable main character, and I was on her side most of the book. Lynda and Angela had so many adorable moments throughout the book. I loved everything about this book, definitely going to have to check out Alice Lin’s work in the future!!

Thank you to the publisher for sending me an arc via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!

[♡ J U L I A ♡ · Rating 3 out of 5]

idk what to think about this one actually. it was very different from what i'd anticipated. i liked the romance, lynda and angela are cute together. sometimes it was in fact a little bit cringe, i laughed out loud when it said "i slayed that test". i do think a lot of people would get so annoyed by lynda's behaviour and actions but i think having flawed fmcs is important especially when talking about teenagers. i liked the bi/ace/demisexual rep!!!

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a cute YA opposites attract Sapphic romance between two Asian American teen girls. I liked it well enough and would recommend to fans of authors like Adiba Jaigirdar. It was also well done on audio narrated by Katharine Chin. Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an early digital copy and @prhaudio for a complimentary ALC in exchange for my honest review!