Jenny's never had much time for boys, K-pop, or really anything
besides her dream of being a professional cellist. But when she finds
herself falling for a K-pop idol, she has to decide whether their love
is worth the risk. A modern forbidden romance wrapped in the glamorous
and exclusive world of K-pop, XOXO is perfect for fans of Jenny Han
and Maurene Goo.**
Jenny didn't get to be an award-winning, classically trained cellist
without choosing practice over fun. That is, until the night she meets
Jaewoo. Mysterious, handsome, and just a little bit tormented, Jaewoo is
exactly the kind of distraction Jenny would normally avoid. And yet, she
finds herself pulled into spending an unforgettable evening wandering
Los Angeles with him on the night before his flight home to South Korea.
With Jaewoo an ocean away, there's no use in dreaming of what could have
been. But when Jenny and her mother move to Seoul to take care of her
ailing grandmother, who does she meet at the elite arts academy she's
just been accepted to? Jaewoo.
Finding the dreamy stranger who swept you off your feet in your homeroom
is one thing, but Jaewoo isn't just any student. Turns out, Jaewoo is a
member of one of the biggest K-pop bands in the world. And like most
K-pop idols, Jaewoo is strictly forbidden from dating anyone.
When a relationship means not only jeopardizing her place at her dream
music school but also endangering everything Jaewoo's worked for, Jenny
has to decide once and for all just how much she's willing to risk for
love. XOXO is a new romance that proves chasing your dreams doesn't
have to mean sacrificing your heart, from acclaimed author Axie Oh.
Indigo Best Teen Books of 2021
