Loathe at First Sight: A Novel

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ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR!

Bursts with humor, heart, and great energy. I loved it! Park is a hilarious new voice in womens fiction.Helen Hoang, author ofThe Kiss Quotient

[A] punchy adult debut set in the world of video game design. Park makes tough topics go down easy by couching them in wry humor and lighthearted romance, and her fierce, snarky heroine is irresistible. This smart rom-com is a winner.Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Ina debut perfect for fans of Jasmine Guillory and Sally Thorne, a junior video game producer finds herself getting closer and closer to the one person she hates most after a mass troll attack online almost ruins her life.

Melody Joo is thrilled to land her dream job as a video game producer, but her new position comes with challenges: an insufferable CEO; sexist male coworkers; and an infuriatingyet distractingly handsomeintern, Nolan MacKenzie, aka the guy who got hired because his uncle is the boss.

Just when Melody thinks shes made the worst career move of her life, her luck changes. While joking with a friend, she creates a mobile game that has male strippers fighting for survival in a post-apocalyptic world. Suddenly Melodys joke is her studios most high-profile projectand Melodys running the show.

When Nolan is assigned to Melodys team, shes sure hell be useless. But as they grow closer, she realizes hes smart and attractive, which makes Melody want to forget hes her intern. As their attraction deepens, she knows its time to pump the brakes, even with her Korean parents breathing down her neck to hurry up and find a man.

With her project about to launch, Melody suddenly faces a slew of complications, including a devastating trolling scandal. Could the man shes falling hard for help her play the game to winin work and in love

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Loathe at First Sight bursts with humor, heart, and great energy. I loved it! Park is a hilarious new voice in womens fiction. Helen Hoang, author of The Kiss Quotient Hilarious and poignant, Parks debut sparkles as a great addition to the new voices of the rom com renaissance. Roselle Lim, author of Natalie Tan's Book of Luck and Fortune Park gives us the story that only she could create. It's hilarious, smart, and the rom-com we need! Alexa Martin, ALA Award-winning author of Intercepted "Park has created a wholly original, smart, fierce heroine (with a hilarious inner voice) who takes on an industry hell-bent on underestimating her...Just like the entertaining, fresh, snarky video game she conjures in her novel, Suzanne Park has written a fast and fun debut, putting females in the lead." AmyPoeppel, author of Musical Chairs and Small Admissions A genuinely funny and charismatic heroine shines in Loathe At First Sight, the delightful and eye-opening debut adult novel by Suzanne Park. Park a former stand-up comedian negotiates her energized plot masterfully a multi-layered happy-ever-after. NPR A smart, funny workplace romance set in the world of video game design. Popsugar [A] punchy adult debut set in the world of video game design. Park makes tough topics go down easy by couching them in wry humor and lighthearted romance, and her fierce, snarky heroine is irresistible. This smart rom-com is a winner. Publishers Weekly (starred review) Park's first book for adults is a funny and feminist geek novel... Readers into both gaming and womens fiction will scramble for this fast-paced charmer. Booklist Melodys characterization and voice shine throughout. Smart, punchy, and memorable. Library Journal

Author Bio

Suzanne Park is a Korean-American writer who was born and raised in Tennessee. Her two previous adult novels are Loathe at First Sight and So We Meet Again. As a comedienne, she was selected to appear on BET's Coming to the Stage. Suzanne was also the winner of the Seattle Sierra Mist Comedy Competition, and was a semi-finalist in NBC's Stand Up For Diversity showcase in San Francisco. Suzanne graduated from Columbia University and received an MBA from UCLA. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband, female offspring, and a sneaky rat that creeps around on her back patio. In her spare time, she procrastinates.