Full review at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books 
 The Sun is Also a Star sucked me in and I totally bought the love story between the main characters. In fact it was so engrossing, it made me forget the news for awhile: I was sitting on the couch reading when my husband came in the room to turn off CNN because he couldn't take it anymore. Cable news had been on in the background of my reading session for two hours and I hadn't even realized it. 
 There's also a lot going on in this book with regard to race, the American dream, and parent-child relationships. Both Natasha and Daniel feel like outsiders. Natasha has always been aware of her illegal status and how fragile that makes her life in the United States. They immigrated so her father could follow his dream of being an actor, a dream that faltered, and she's watched how his bitterness toward the promise of "the American dream" has poisoned her own chances of success. Daniel meanwhile doesn't want the life his parents have pushed so hard to create for him. His older bother, similarly stifled, has been kicked out of Harvard and now all of the pressure is on him to be the successful one. 
 Every relationship in this book is complex and nuanced. Yoon also head-jumps into bystanders, including Natasha's immigration lawyer and a security guard she passes, creating this complex framework of lives that are all interwoven in tiny but significant ways. All of this makes for an incredibly satisfying read. 
 The Sun is Also a Star was enough to change my opinion on YA romance. It's an outstanding, immersive, delicious book, and I urge those wary of YA fiction to give it a try. 
 - Elyse