Thank you to my family (shout out to the Parks and Brimers!) and my dearest girlfriends for supporting me through this writing journey. Trevor, you’ve believed in me since day one. Sorry about the human-size laundry backlog during my deadline season. CJ, you are the sweetest kiddo in the world, thank you for downloading my picture off the internet and making a minute-long book trailer of my face.
And finally, to my readers, there are literally millions of other novels out there, so it means the world to me that you chose mine. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
About the Author
SUZANNE PARK is a Korean American writer and comedian who was born and raised in Tennessee. Suzanne graduated from Columbia University and received an MBA from UCLA. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband, female offspring, and a sneaky rat that creeps around on her back patio. In Suzanne’s spare time, she procrastinates.
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Praise for Loathe at First Sight
“Loathe at First Sight bursts with humor, heart, and great energy. I loved it! Park is a hilarious new voice in women’s fiction.”
—Helen Hoang, author of The Kiss Quotient
“Hilarious and poignant, Park’s debut sparkles as a great addition to the new voices of the rom-com renaissance.”
—Roselle Lim, author of Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune
“Park gives us the story that only she could create. It’s hilarious, smart, and the rom-com we need!”
—Alexa Martin, ALA Award–winning author of Intercepted
“Park has created a wholly original, smart, fierce heroine (with a hilarious inner voice) who takes on an industry hell-bent on underestimating her. . . . Just like the ‘entertaining, fresh, snarky’ video game she conjures in her novel, Suzanne Park has written a fast and fun debut, putting females in the lead.”
—Amy Poeppel, author of Musical Chairs and Small Admissions
“[A] punchy adult debut set in the world of video game design. . . . Park . . . makes tough topics go down easy by couching them in wry humor and lighthearted romance, and her fierce, snarky heroine is irresistible. This smart rom-com is a winner.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Melody’s characterization and voice sparkle throughout. . . . Smart, punchy, and memorable.”
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Copyright
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
LOATHE AT FIRST SIGHT. Copyright © 2020 by Suzanne Park. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
Cover design by Ploy Siripant
Hand lettering and illustration by Joel Holland
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FIRST EDITION
Digital Edition AUGUST 2020 ISBN: 978-0-06-299070-9
Version 06262020
Print ISBN: 978-0-06-299069-3
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