I loved how diverse their interests were. Her cousin Charlie is a bit of a class clown who loves sports, while his crush Pauline has a passion for sea life. For example, Wes wants to explore his passion for music, while Valerie is in love with running her K-Beauty business. I always love stories that portray the Asian American experience as diverse, beautiful, and joyous, rather than as a monolith. From hiring spies to all-or-nothing bets, the competition is much more than either of them bargained for.īut one thing is clear: only one Korean business can come out on top. Stakes are high as Valerie and Wes try to outsell each other, make the most money, and take the throne for the best business in school-all while trying to resist the undeniable spark that’s crackling between them. What he doesn’t realize, though, is that he is now V&C K-BEAUTY’s biggest competitor. When his classmates clamor to buy the K-pop branded beauty products his mom gave him to “make new friends,” he sees an opportunity-one that may be the key to help him pay for the music school tuition he knows his parents won’t cover… With each sale, Valerie gets closer to taking her beloved and adventurous halmeoni to her dream city, Paris.Įnter the new kid in class, Wes Jung, who is determined to pursue music after graduation despite his parents’ major disapproval. Together with her cousin Charlie, they run V&C K-BEAUTY, their school’s most successful student-run enterprise. There’s nothing Valerie Kwon loves more than making a good sale.

Frankly in Love meets Shark Tank in this feel-good romantic comedy about two entrepreneurial Korean American teens who butt heads-and maybe fall in love-while running competing Korean beauty businesses at their high school.

Made in korea sarah suk