Book Review: American Panda

                                                         American Panda Review 

American Panda is about a seventeen year old Taiwanese girl named Mei who graduated early and is attending college at MIT. Mei wants to maintain her traditional parents approval which means that she has to become a doctor despite the fact that she's a germaphobe and can't stomach the idea of dealing with anyone's bodily fluids, and maintain her parents approval also means giving up her dreams of teaching dance and opening a studio. Another area of Mei's life in which her parents get a say and she doesn't is her love life which is something she'd rather put off at having at all since she's not interested in the guys that her mother thinks is right for her. 

Mei uses the freedom of living away from home to get a job teaching dance as a part time job, meeting up with her brother that her family had disowned several years ago for dating someone they didn't approve and having a flirty friendship with a Japanese boy named Darren who she knows her parents wouldn't approve of. Keeping so many secrets from her parents is something Mei hasn't done before which makes her very stressed now that she is keeping so many from them whenever she talks to them. 

Overall I really liked this book, I think this book told a good story about Mei figuring out when to stay true to herself and I like that she was able to build a stronger relationship with her mother by being honest about what she really wanted. I also liked the romance in this book but it took up less time than I was expecting it to. Please tell me your thoughts in the comment section below.