 Popsugar Reading Challenge category: A book about a food truck.
Going Bicoastal, by Dahlia Adler. The book isn't strictly about the taco truck, but it does play a significant role in one of the two plotlines. And I've definitely been in the mood for tacos lately. This book is a young adult rom-com using the "sliding doors" trope: the story can go one of two ways, depending on a decision at the beginning. If 17-year-old Natalya decides to spend the summer in Los Angeles with her estranged mother, she'll find a career direction using her drawing skills, and romance with Adam, an aspiring chef who works on his brother's food truck, Bros Over Tacos. If she stays in New York with her father instead, she'll find a different career direction using her drawing skills, and romance with Elly, an aspiring music journalist. (In addition to being bicoastal, Natalya's also bisexual.) To help the reader keep the alternating chapters straight, Natalya goes by "Tal" with her NYC friends and "Nat" with her LA ones. Because it's more like two novellas than a novel, there isn't a lot of room for conflict. Natalya's relationship with her mother gets better (though not unrealistically perfect) in both storylines. Aside from a brief bad first impression of Adam, it's mostly happy times. New friendships and love come easily, and the romances both become sexual (though not explicit) pretty quickly and with very little self-doubt or awkwardness. The clear theme throughout is one of endless possibility. At 17, Natalya doesn't have to have her whole future figured out. There are many ways to find your happily-ever-after ending, and every door that Natalya closes means another one opens.
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