ARC Review of Love Points to You by Alice Lin

26 Mar, 2025

DeeDee,

Read an ARC book. Disclaimer attached in my review.

Title: Love Points to You
Author: Alice Lin
Genre: YA romance

What Do I Think About The Book?

Love Points to You is a lovely book with clean, sapphic romance, easy to read, (talk about writing), and great characters! Mention of an otome game? Yes! Main character who is an artist? Yes and yes! My small concern is the conflict. It is somewhat rushed, and then everything has been resolved quickly (ok). Overall, I enjoy the story! Check out Love Points to You if you like playing otome games and/or are an artist (regardless of medium form of art you use). As a bonus, there is an asexual representation!

I have received a free copy from NetGalley. All opinions are my own. Thank you!

Plot: 4/5
Characters: 5/5
Pacing: 4.5/5
Writing: 5/5
Spice Level: 1/5 🌶
Enjoyment: Medium-high
Overall: 4/5

Synopsis:

A swoony rivals-to-lovers romance between driven, practical Lynda Fan and her rich, arrogant classmate, Angela Wu. When Angela offers Lynda the chance to design characters for her Otome game, Lynda discovers things she never knew about herself…or her heart.

Love is an art.

Sixteen-year-old Lynda Fan has the skills and the drive to get into the Rhode Island School of Design—but not the money. Her parents are too busy paying for her stepsister’s violin lessons to help Lynda get into art school.

So when her rich and arrogant classmate, Angela Wu, offers to hire Lynda as a character designer for an otome game—a love story-based video game—she jumps at the opportunity.

Lynda isn’t exactly a romantic, but in pursuit of her dreams, she discovers things she never knew about herself while also finding love with every heart she draws.

Description from StoryGraph.