Since leaving college 7 years earlier, Zoe Tran has made a name for herself as the owner and designer behind Something Cheeky, a lingerie boutique that caters to Washington, D.C.'s plus-size women, making them feel confident and sexy in bespoke bras and negligees. She's preparing to expand to formalwear when Derek, her best friend from college, reappears in her life, offering her the chance to design and create the costumes for his new rock musical. And it turns out that musical is based on the idea they created together in college, one that brings to life a favorite Vietnamese fairytale that Zoe and Derek both grew up with. While they were strictly just friends in college, something has changed since then, and Zoe can't deny the chemistry that's growing between them as they work on the show.
While the overarching storyline of the musical and its ambitions is a bit far-fetched, the relationship that develops between Zoe and Derek is sweet and definitely believable. I particularly love that one of the book's main characters is a proud plus-size demisexual woman — while I've seen other plus-size romance heroines, this is the first time I've seen demisexuality represented well in a romance novel. I also really love what this book has to say about cultural authenticity in art, even if it is a bit ham-handed at times. All in all, it's a fun romance novel that I'll happily recommend.
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