The relationship between flighty, unmotivated main character Jayne and her Type A older sister June just might give you Fleabag flashbacks. Oh, and to top it all off, her older sister June - wealthy, put-together, finance extraordinaire - lives in NYC, too, though they barely speak. It follows Jayne Baek, who’s barely getting by as she attempts to balance the stress of living in New York City with 1.) making it through fashion school, 2.) mustering the courage to cut off a deadbeat, f*ck-boy boyfriend, for good, 3.) friends who are more like frenemies, and 4.) an ED that she’s vainly trying to ignore exists. Yolk has much darker themes than Choi’s previous YA novels, Emergency Contact and Permanent Record, tackling eating disorders, depression/anxiety, cancer, a suffocating need for validation, and the love-hate-love bond that only exists between siblings. And chaotic! And messy! And.ok I’ll stop with all the adjectives, now. One of the biggest reasons I love her books is, similar to Angie Thomas, she’s able to make her characters feel so genuine and real and lived in and complex. □Breaking news□- Mary HK Choi has done it again. Sometimes the best thing you can do is talk about it.”
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