He also jokes with them about their relationship and is a bright light in this story.

He loves Bảo’s writing and hires Linh to paint a column in his restaurant. He runs the first restaurant Bảo and Linh go to for their project, but he quickly becomes one of their biggest supporters. There’s a scene when Linh stands in front of Ali’s classroom crying and when Ali sees her, she immediately leaves class to comfort her friend. I love how she pushes them a little bit but is also there to support them (especially Linh) no matter what. Ali is such a supportive friend to Linh and turns into a great friend to Bảo as well. There are two supporting characters that I absolutely loved in A Pho Love Story: Ali and Chef Lê. I could read about Bảo and Linh just hanging out together all day. Not every romance gets the chemistry right between the two main characters, but Le writes it masterfully. The dynamic between these two is perfection.

A Pho Love Story perfectly mixes together food, family, and romance It turns out to be a catalyst for everything that happens after. He nervous when he crosses the street to the alleyway where Linh is sitting, but she seems to be upset. That changes when Ali has him edit a piece for the paper and the writing spark hits.īut that’s not the only new spark in his life. He works on the school newspaper with Linh’s best friend, Ali, although, he has very little interest in it. Bảo is by no means an overachiever in school, he’s not popular. She takes a break in the alley and when Bảo comes to check on her, something begins that neither of them could’ve expected.īảo is a writer but doesn’t know it quite yet. The restaurant is having a Pho Day and it’s packed. How she has time for school and art when she works full-time at the restaurant, I have no idea.Īlthough, when she talks to Bảo for the first time, she is in a bit of a panic. She still paints but she doesn’t let them know how passionate she is about it. She doesn’t want to lose her connection to her parents so she, for the most part, goes along with their plans. Linh is an artist but feels like she has to hide her love of painting and art because her parents want her to go into a more stable career (engineering).

Luckily, there is no double suicide and the teens actually talk to their parents and work through their problems! Who wants a tragedy when you can have a fun teen romance? Charactersīảo and Linh are delightful. A Pho Love Story by Loan Le is like Romeo and Juliet if the Montagues and the Capulets are two competing families who own Vietnamese restaurants.

A pho love story book