Alice Chen’s Reality Check by Kara Loo
In this sizzling rom-com perfect for fans of Dial A for Aunties and One to Watch, a reality show contestant must fake date her rival . . . while solving a murder mystery on set.
Alice Chen doesn’t believe in true love, but she does believe in cold, hard cash. Buckling under the weight of student debt and her mother’s medical bills, Alice will do anything to make bank–even star on Dawn Tay’s Inferno, the hot new reality TV show designed to push couples to their breaking point.
The show is Alice’s chance to sip cocktails on the beach and win a cash prize of a million dollars. But when her fiancé cheats on her with another contestant, Alice is faced with a choice: go home in defeat or fake date the other newly single contestant—who just so happens to be her high school rival and sworn nemesis, Daniel Cho.
But all’s fair in love and reality TV, and Alice isn’t the only one who will do whatever it takes to win. When a dead body turns up, Alice and Daniel are faced with uncovering the secrets of the cast and crew to catch the killer–all while playing the loving couple on camera. As the show spirals out of control, Alice must crack the case and confront her true feelings if she wants to make it out alive.
Starring a murder mystery twist, plenty of reality show drama, and a thrilling romance, this debut by up-and-coming Asian American writer duo Kara Loo and Jennifer Young is the ultimate beach read.
- File Name:alice-chens-reality-check-by-kara-loo.epub
- Original Title:Alice Chen's Reality Check
- Creator:Kara Loo
- Language:en-US
- Identifier:9781683694786
- Publisher:Quirk Books
- Date:2025-06-03
- File Size:2.588 MB
Table of Content
- 1. Cover
- 2. Title Page
- 3. Copyright
- 4. Contents
- 5. Dedication
- 6. Epigraph
- 7. Chapter One: Hell Is Having to Make a Phone Call
- 8. Chapter Two: Hell Is a Hospital Waiting Room
- 9. Chapter Three: Hell Is a Best Friend Who Wants the Tea
- 10. Chapter Four: Hell Is Your Past Coming Back to Bite You in the Ass
- 11. Chapter Five: Hell Is a Three-Legged Limbo Race
- 12. Chapter Six: Hell Is Sitting at the Popular Table
- 13. Chapter Seven: Hell Is an Unscheduled Hangover
- 14. Chapter Eight: Hell Is a Surprise You Didn’t Mentally Prepare For
- 15. Chapter Nine: Hell Is a Surprise Meeting That Wasn’t on Your Calendar
- 16. Chapter Ten: Hell Is Breaking Up on Reality TV
- 17. Chapter Eleven: Hell Is Sharing a Bed with Your (Hot) Nemesis
- 18. Chapter Twelve: Hell Is the Prisoner’s Dilemma
- 19. Chapter Thirteen: Hell Is Your Academic Rival Saving Your Life
- 20. Chapter Fourteen: Hell Is Having to Make Small Talk
- 21. Chapter Fifteen: Hell Is a Slumber Party with No Pizza
- 22. Chapter Sixteen: Hell Is Having to Be Vulnerable
- 23. Chapter Seventeen: Hell Is When Shit Hits the Fan
- 24. Chapter Eighteen: Hell Is Finding a Dead Body
- 25. Chapter Nineteen: Hell Is a Pop Quiz You Didn’t Study Enough For
- 26. Chapter Twenty: Hell Is a Fakeout Makeout with Someone You Maybe Want to Real Make Out with
- 27. Chapter Twenty-One: Hell Is a Real-Life Whodunit
- 28. Chapter Twenty-Two: Hell Is Mud Wrestling with Your Ex
- 29. Chapter Twenty-Three: Hell Is Uncovering the Truth
- 30. Chapter Twenty-Four: Hell Is the Consequences of Your Own Actions
- 31. Chapter Twenty-Five: Hell Is the Morning After
- 32. Chapter Twenty-Six: Hell Is an Emotional Roller Coaster
- 33. Chapter Twenty-Seven: Hell Is Reuniting with Your Ex to Go Rock Climbing
- 34. Chapter Twenty-Eight: Hell Is an Explosive Finale
- 35. Chapter Twenty-Nine: Hell Is Saying Goodbye
- 36. Chapter Thirty: Purgatory Is a Reunion Episode
- 37. Chapter Thirty-One: Paradise Is Coming Home
- 38. Acknowledgments
- 39. About the Author
Kara Loo
