A charming enemies-to-lovers YA Korean coffee-shop romance by debut Sujin Witherspoon and ideal for fans of Jenny Han. It’s brilliantly on trend, set in a Korean café with delicious food and drink descriptions, featuring LGBTQ+ representation and lots of cute humour.
Intrigued? Well read on to discover the synopsis for Sujin Witherspoon’s Bingsu For Two, which hits shelves on January 14th 2025.
Meet River Langston-Lee. In the past 24 hours, he’s dumped his girlfriend, walked out of his SATs, and quit his job at his parents’ Seattle cafe in spectacularly disastrous fashion – even for him. Somehow, he manages to talk his way into a job at a failing Korean cafe, Bingsu for Two. This could be his lucky break – but then he meets grumpy goth Sarang Cho, his new, no-BS co-worker, and she is as determined to make River’s life hell as she is to save her family’s cafe.
After River accidentally uploads a video of his chaotic co-workers to his popular fandom account, the cafe strikes viral fame. The kicker? Their new fans are putting River and Sarang together, big-time. In order to keep the internet’s attention – and the cafe’s new paying customers – River and Sarang must pretend that the tension between them is definitely of the romantic variety. But when Bingsu for Two’s newfound success catches the attention of River’s ex and his parents’ cafe around the corner, he faces a choice: keep letting others control his life or stand up for the place that’s become home. And a green-haired girl who’s not as heartless as he originally thought . . .