Most of the cast of characters are Chinese American. Frustrating familial tensions and miscommunication abound, and the reconciliation is realistically complicated but also optimistic. Both children of Taiwanese immigrants, Chloe and Drew come from tight-knit communities, and Chao presents the diversity within the diaspora. Through alternating points of view, Chao keeps up the romantic and dramatic tension, and her characters bring welcome layers to the fake dating trope. Over the course of several holiday dates, it becomes progressively harder for both Chloe and Drew to follow the playbook: “Always know the line between the job and reality.” And it turns out, they aren’t the only ones keeping up a charade. Masquerading as Andrew, 21-year-old Drew Chan’s operative training as a winsome boyfriend is severely tested. But even with his perfect Taipei-accented Mandarin and pre-med major, it’s an uphill battle for Andrew Huang to earn enough “mooncake points” to win over the Wangs. So, Chloe enlists the help of Rent for Your ’Rents, a “ on steroids” providing fake boyfriends who pass even the most traditional Asian parents’ standards. Chloe hires the perfect Chinese boyfriend to thwart-and appease-her parents.Ĭollege sophomore Chloe Wang is horrified by her parents’ latest misguided endeavor: relentlessly pushing her to accept a proposal from the insanely well-off-and deeply sexist-golden boy of their Palo Alto Chinese community, Hongbo Kuo.
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