Sunny Dae is perfectly content with his reputation as a nerd. That is until he meets Cirrus Soh. When a mixup leads Cirrus to believe that Sunny is in a rock band, instead of correcting her, Sunny leans into the mistake. He persuades his two best friends into starting a rock band and starts wearing his older brother’s old clothes. But the further he gets into the lie, the more he has to lose.
With themes of family and the American Dream, Super Fake Love Song is a story of identity and what it means to be yourself. It is told entirely in the first person from Sunny’s perspective. Sunny was an excellent, dynamic character. I loved his use of cynicism to protect himself, as well as his loyalty to his close group of friends.
I wanted to like this story so badly but it was all over the place. There were parts that I really liked, mainly Sunny’s relationships with some of the characters: his longtime bully Gunner, his rockstar brother who moved home, his two best friends. The part I didn’t enjoy so much as the plot surrounding his relationship with Cirrus, the main plot of the book. Something about it felt so forced to me. Additionally, I didn’t love Cirrus. She initially came off as so vapid to me, and I struggled to warm up to her from there.
If you were a fan of David Yoon’s last book, Frankly in Love, you will likely enjoy Super Fake Love Song.
Thank you to BookishFirst and Penguin Teen for the review copy. All opinions are my own.
With themes of family and the American Dream, Super Fake Love Song is a story of identity and what it means to be yourself. It is told entirely in the first person from Sunny’s perspective. Sunny was an excellent, dynamic character. I loved his use of cynicism to protect himself, as well as his loyalty to his close group of friends.
I wanted to like this story so badly but it was all over the place. There were parts that I really liked, mainly Sunny’s relationships with some of the characters: his longtime bully Gunner, his rockstar brother who moved home, his two best friends. The part I didn’t enjoy so much as the plot surrounding his relationship with Cirrus, the main plot of the book. Something about it felt so forced to me. Additionally, I didn’t love Cirrus. She initially came off as so vapid to me, and I struggled to warm up to her from there.
If you were a fan of David Yoon’s last book, Frankly in Love, you will likely enjoy Super Fake Love Song.
Thank you to BookishFirst and Penguin Teen for the review copy. All opinions are my own.