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Sushi For One Has Me Wanting Another Helping

My thoughts after reading Sushi For One by Camy Tang:

A fresh voice in the Christian chick lit genre, Cami Tang is a welcome addition to my list of Christian fiction authors I want to read more of. The main character, Lex, is an Asian American living in California. Her main passions in life are sports, specifically volleyball, and her Christian faith. But, aside from 3 of her cousins, no one in her family shares her faith and she is under a lot of pressure from her grandmother to find a boyfriend and settle down. This is because she is the new OFSC (oldest female single cousin). Her grandmother is even threatening to withdraw her funding of the the girls volleyball team Lex coaches, unless Lex shows up with a boyfriend at the next family wedding. Will Lex be able to meet her grandmother's demands while stil maintaining her Christian standards?

This was a really fun read, and while parts of it were too coincidental to ring true (how many times can she "accidentally" run into the same guy?) that just becomes part of the humor. I appreciated the infusion of the authors culture into the story, and the helpful tongue in cheek glossary she includes. All Christian chick lit fans should put this "romance with a kick of wasabi" at the top of their "to read" list! And, thankfully, it is the start of a series, the second installment is Only Uni and watch for Single Sashimi, coming out this fall.

Sushi for One cover image courtesy of www.camytang.com