“Indeed the perfect escape from, well, pretty much everything.”—SARAH HENNING, author of Throw Like a Girl and the Sea Witch duologyLove is a battlefield in this hysterical romantic comedy, perfect for fans of Jenny Han and teen romance books.Nate Jae-Woo Kim wants to be rich. When one of his classmates offers Nate a ridiculous amount of money to commit grade fraud, he knows that taking the … windfall would help support his prideful Korean family, but is compromising his integrity worth it?Luck comes in the form of Kate Anderson, Nate’s colleague at the zombie-themed escape room where he works. She approaches Nate with a plan: a local tech company is hosting a weekend-long survivalist competition with a huge cash prize. It could solve all of Nate’s problems, and she needs the money too.If the two of them team up, Nate has a real shot of winning the grand prize. But the real challenge? Making through the weekend with his heart intact…A great pick for:Readers of YA romance and romantic comedy booksParents who need gifts for teens and reluctant readersFans of Sarah Dessen, Kasie West and Christina LaurenPeople who love both the Hunger Games and rom-coms and didn’t know they needed a crossoverPraise for The Perfect Escape:A Junior Library Guild selection!”Pure fun! A hilarious rom-com that head-fakes you into tumbling headlong into a techno-zombie survival thriller propelled by banter and plenty of heart.”—David Yoon, New York Times bestselling author of Frankly in Love”The Perfect Escape is just that—perfect. Filled with humor and heart, it won’t let you go until you’re smiling.”—Danielle Paige, New York Times bestselling author of the Dorothy Must Die series and Stealing Snow”An adorable, laugh-out-loud YA romcom with a lovable hero and an action-packed zombie-themed escape room—what more could you want?”—Jenn Bennett, author of Alex, Approximately
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This was a light, fun read that kept me coming back for more. Can’t wait to see if there’s more in store for these two.
This is the YA rom-com I never knew I needed. I loved that these are essentially two quirky characters falling for each other. Oddballs unite!
The premise is utterly unique. I’d never have thought to have a boy-meets-girl set in a zombie escape room. I really liked the sparks between the main characters and getting to see their different perspectives on the relationship in alternating chapters. The side plots were also quite enjoyable. I also really appreciated Park showcasing the Korean American family dynamics and especially the cute little sister!
The survivalist competition was a little over the top, but I had so much fun just experiencing the whole thing that I didn’t mind the wild obstacles and competitors.
Love among zombies—such a fun book!
An adorable young adult romance for anyone who’d love a clean, lighthearted, coming-of-age, first-love, survivalist story! Lol! Definitely a fun and easy read with enough adventure, romance, and suspense to keep the pages turning.
Oh my goodness guys, The Perfect Escape was the best read that I needed – it is a hysterical read, has a zombie apocalypse themed survival game, and a romance that will make your heart swoon!
Nate Jae-Woo Kim is a scholarship student in one of the top exclusive high schools in Seattle, where students end up in Ivy League. With big dreams, Nate spent a lifetime planning in becoming the perfect college applicant – high GPA, AP classes, sports, and even a part-time job on the side to save some money. With struggling Korean Immigrant parents and a father recently laid off, saving their home is top priority.
Kate Anderson also has big dreams the size of New York City! Her father, the CEO of a large tech and robotics company has other dreams for Kate and that is to follow his footsteps and have her fast tracked to business school. With a dad too busy to parent, he becomes a virtual helicopter dad by monitoring everything Kate does literally.
Nate and Kate meet each other from their part -time job at the Zombie Escape room and partner together to join in on a weekend zombie survivalist game sponsored by a local tech company. This comes with a 50K grand prize that would help Kate with her Broadway dreams and Nate help his struggling family.
The writing is truly refreshing and with the story told in two point of views, you will fall in love with these lovable characters that are completely relatable. It’s a great romcom you won’t be able to put down! Action packed and also full of heart this is an amazing story.
This book was truly the perfect escape I needed. Make sure to pick this up – the book is releasing 4/7/20.
This book was a lot of fun, and a really perfect read for the way things are in the world today. You could say it was a “perfect escape” from the world of Covid-19 in a way. The teens in the story had their own definite realistic lives, except of course maybe some of the tech that Kate’s dad was working on obviously not something we have yet. There were some twists and turns thrown out in the big zombie survival competition that I did not see coming. Not only that, even the side characters, ones from Nate’s school, Kate’s dad, and even Nate’s family, all had bits to play that made them a bigger part of the story than I imagined as I began reading. I loved the kids going to a roller skating party, it was funny to hear them talk about not knowing how things worked or how to roller skate, when those were things that were a big deal when I was a teen. In a way it showed me how sometimes things in YA books are more slanted towards the author’s experiences, just because that’s how we write, and it might not be something the teens of today actually do/like/or are familiar with.
Nate’s Korean family was very interesting to read, and see how things might be different. His mom was hilarious, should we begin a #momjokes? And Kate’s friends were cool as well, it was hard to see how her father treated her, but awesome that she had a real friend there, waiting for her, patiently, not giving up when Kate gave her the chance to find her way back.
Nate’s other issue, the kids at his school wanting him to either take tests for them or throw his own grades definitely hit close to the recent issues with the celebrities and what they did to get their kids into the colleges they wanted. So I liked that aspect as well. I don’t know how much I liked Nate’s friends, but I guess they were probably realistic teen boys. And I knew from the start that Annie wasn’t really a friend if she was hanging out with boys besides Nate and her old friends.
A fun read, and I sped through it! There was one line in the book that I just loved, it was something like: “Noah’s Ark meets Titanic.” Guess one bonus of this self-isolation/quarantine time is I actually can sit and basically read a book in a day.