Love & Other Natural Disasters

Name: Love & Other Natural Disasters
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Misa Sugiura
ISBN: 9780063089785

Author: Misa Sugiura

Narrator: Katharine Chin

Unabridged: 8 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 06/08/2021

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Lgbtq+, Family

Synopsis

This delightfully disastrous queer YA rom-com is a perfect read for fans of Jenny Han, Morgan Matson, and Sandhya Menon. When Nozomi Nagai pictured the ideal summer romance, a fake one wasn’t what she had in mind. That was before she met the perfect girl. Willow is gorgeous, glamorous, and…heartbroken? And when she enlists Nozomi to pose as her new girlfriend to make her ex jealous, Nozomi is a willing volunteer. Because Nozomi has a master plan of her own: one to show Willow she’s better than a stand-in, and turn their fauxmance into something real. But as the lies pile up, it’s not long before Nozomi’s schemes take a turn toward disaster…and maybe a chance at love she didn’t plan for.

About Misa Sugiura

Misa Sugiura’s ancestors include a poet, a priestess, a samurai, and a stowaway. Her first novel, It’s Not Like It’s a Secret, was the winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for YA Literature. Her second novel, This Time Will Be Different, was the HarperCollins Children's Books Lead Read. Misa lives under a giant oak tree in Silicon Valley with her husband, two sons, and three cats. Visit her online at www.misasugiura.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by theresa on July 20, 2021

Love and Other Natural Disasters became one of my most anticipated releases of the year as soon as I heard that there was a messy sapphic love quadrangle – I live for messy sapphics and the angst of love triangles (nevermind quadrangles!) and I’m happy to report that it did not disappoint. I got all......more

Goodreads review by luce (cry bebè's back from hiatus) on May 30, 2022

For the love of Jupiter, Nozomi was such a detestable main character. It had been a while since I so wholeheartedly hated and rooted against the main character of a novel...but here we go. Love and Other Natural Disasters is the kind of romance YA novel that pretends to critique and be self-aware o......more

Goodreads review by anna on June 08, 2021

rep: Japanese American lesbian mc, Japanese American lesbian li, Taiwanese American lesbian li, Black bi side character, Japanese American gay side character, Filipino American gay side character, Japanese American side characters tw: homophobia, mention of parent's death Review also on Reads Rainbow.......more

Goodreads review by Ellie on July 10, 2021

I loved this. I've really been craving a light YA rom-com book, and this fit the bill exactly. I flew through it in twenty-four hours and had a really good time doing so. Sugiura's writing style is really engaging, and I loved how the fake dating trope was subverted? I also loved the slow buildup of......more

Goodreads review by Shealea on January 20, 2022

I went into Love & Other Natural Disasters with the expectation that I was in for a delightfully silly treat about sapphic fake dating. And while this novel was indeed a delight to read, it also cut a lot deeper than I expected. Now that I'm in my twenties, I rarely find myself thoroughly immersed an......more