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See moreThe Friend Zone Experiment is the delightful funny second chance romance from award-winning author Zen Cho. For fans of Crazy Rich Asians and Succession.
The Friend Zone Experiment is the delightfully funny second chance romance from award-winning author Zen Cho.
'Reminiscent of classic K-dramas with a touch more reality . . . Easily one of my top reads of the year!' - Simone Soltani, author of Cross the Line
From the renowned, award-winning author Zen Cho comes a delightfully funny romance about family, class, and love in modern London.
From the outside, Renee Goh's life looks perfect. She's thirty and beautiful, running a glamorousโand successfulโfashion company in London, and dating a hot pop star.
Until she's dumped. Estranged from her family in Singapore, too, happiness soon feels a world away. A chance encounter with her first love, Yap Ket Siong, makes her question what she really wants.
Then Renee's father calls from Singapore and offers her the chance to become the successor of the family business, one of the largest conglomerates in Southeast Asia. Her father's approval would mean everythingโif she can fight off the competition of her unpredictable older brothers.
Just as she's focusing on her future and a possible move back to Singapore, sparks seriously start to fly with Ket Siong, shaking her resolve to keep him in the friend zone. But he left her heartbroken at universityโwill either of them dare to share their feelings the second time around? Or will family business mean they can't bank on each other . . .
Praise for The Friend Zone Experiment:
'The Friend Zone Experiment is a story so intensely real that you'll wonder later if it happened to someone you knew.' - Shelley Parker-Chan, author of She Who Became the Sun
'A lovely, tender romance, beautifully threaded through real world concerns that had me engrossed. I savoured every delicately written moment.' - Charlotte Stein, author of When Grumpy Met Sunshine
'I haven't seen an author weave romantic comedy and corporate complexity together quite this flawlessly. It was giving "Succession with swooning" vibes, which I LOVED! . . . Hilarious, insightful and hard to put down.' - J. F. Murray, author of Hitched and Fling
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781035046041
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 08 August 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Macmillan
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 28.0mm
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 434g
Pages: 352
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About the Author
Zen Cho was born and raised in Malaysia and now lives in Birmingham. She was a finalist for the Astounding Award for Best New Writer for her short fiction and won the Crawford Award. Her debut novel, Sorcerer to the Crown, won the 2016 British Fantasy Society Award for Best Newcomer. She is also the author of The True Queen, Black Water Sister and Spirits Abroad.
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