Sometimes it's literally the only option apart from being unemployed and people judge you so hard for it. It sucks when people you know are either happily married and/or working at a tech company, and you're the person who can't 'adult' working minimum wage with a bunch of teenagers. 👍 The anxiety of being the person in your social circle with a 'bad' job. I want a matcha donut right now, and let's leave it at that. I could get on my soapbox and rant about how people take way less from heroines than they do from heroes, and basically seem to look for any excuse to hate on women in fiction for being too-too anything, but we'll save that for another time, yes? I felt like her worrying and fretting and stalkerish tendencies were actually pretty accurate for someone (i.e. Honestly, I was surprised at all the hate Jasmine got as a heroine. That said, there were a couple flaws, so this ended up being a three star review. The many donut references were also on point. Now that I've read it, I'm kind of surprised it has such low ratings! It's very cute and well-written and I really related to Jasmine, the heroine. and then never read it! I know, right? The shame! Especially since it's a food-themed romance and I tend to really love those, even though I'm not usually a fan of fluffy romance (food ones being the obvious exception). I bought THE DONUT TRAP when it went on sale on Kindle a while back. With both sets of parents against their relationship, a family legacy about to shut down, and the reappearance of an old high school flame, Jasmine must scheme to find a solution that satisfies her family's expectations and can get her out of the donut trap once and for all.It's AAPI month and I've been trying to read as many of the Asian-authored books on my Kindle as I can. Worse, he doesn't think she's perfect either. He's everything she should wish for, until a disastrous dinner reveals Alex isn't as perfect as she thinks. Not only is he successful and easy on the eyes, to her parents' delight, he's also Chinese. Help comes in the form of an old college crush, Alex Lai. She wants to break free from her daily grind, but when a hike in rent threatens the survival of their shop, her parents rely on her more than ever. Jasmine quickly loses herself in a cyclical routine of donuts, Netflix, and sleep.

With no boyfriend or job prospects, Jasmine returns home to work at her parents' donut shop. Jasmine Tran has landed herself behind bars-maple bars that is. Julie Tieu sparkles in this debut romantic comedy, which is charmingly reminiscent of the TV show Kim's Convenience and Frankly in Love by David Yoon, about a young woman who feels caught in the life her parents have made for her until she falls in love and finds a way out of the donut trap.

The donut trap a novel