Perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Kasie West, I Love You So Mochi is
a delightfully sweet and irrepressibly funny novel from accomplished
author Sarah Kuhn.
"As sweet and satisfying as actual mochi... a tender love story
wrapped up in food, fashion, and family. I gobbled it up." -- Maurene
Goo, author of The Way You Make Me Feel Kimi Nakamura loves a good
fashion statement. She's obsessed with transforming everyday ephemera
into Kimi Originals: bold outfits that make her and her friends feel
like the Ultimate versions of themselves. But her mother disapproves,
and when they get into an explosive fight, Kimi's entire future seems on
the verge of falling apart. So when a surprise letter comes in the mail
from Kimi's estranged grandparents, inviting her to Kyoto for spring
break, she seizes the opportunity to get away from the disaster of her
life.When she arrives in Japan, she's met with a culture both familiar
and completely foreign to her. She loses herself in the city's outdoor
markets, art installations, and cherry blossom festival -- and meets
Akira, a cute aspiring med student who moonlights as a costumed mochi
mascot. And what begins as a trip to escape her problems quickly becomes
a way for Kimi to learn more about the mother she left behind, and to
figure out where her own heart lies.In I Love You So Mochi, author
Sarah Kuhn has penned a delightfully sweet and irrepressibly funny novel
that will make you squee at the cute, cringe at the awkward, and show
that sometimes you have to lose yourself in something you love to find
your Ultimate self.
