Review
Zen Cho’s The Friend Zone Experiment is a witty and heartwarming exploration of friendship and romance. This is a succession style K-drama that is perfect for a beach read . . . Cho’s humour and observations on modern relationships offers a fun and easy read. - Glamour
A sweet slow-burning romance. - Heat
The Friend Zone Experiment mixes light and dark topics. There’s generational pain and the difficulty of being a woman in a male-dominated industry and culture, but there’s also diasporic joy, the power of female friendships, and above all, hope for Renee and Ket Siong - My Weekly
A beautifully soapy second-chance romance set in modern-day London.The romance buzzes like a live wire. Ket Siong’s quiet care gives weight to Renee’s drive, and her quickness lightens the emotional burdens he’s been concealing - The New York Times
Cho is a marvel. Her deft observations go down like a charm, but their emotional power will leave you deeply moved . . . The Friend Zone Experiment is a story so intensely real that you’ll wonder later if it happened to someone you knew -- Shelley Parker-Chan, author of She Who Became the Sun
This book has it all; a touch of glam, romance and a bit of sibling rivalry - all slotted into an vibrant love letter to London! -- Lola Jaye, author of The Attic Child
Renee Goh has joined the ranks of my favourite romance heroines; I was sucked into her story immediately and cheered for her the whole way through. This is a romance that celebrates its tropes while not being afraid to show its teeth, all delivered in Cho's assured and lively authorial voice. I can't wait to see where she takes us next in this genre! -- Freya Marske, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Marvellous Light
A lovely, tender romance, beautifully threaded through real world concerns that had me engrossed. I savored every delicately written moment -- Charlotte Stein, author of When Grumpy Met Sunshine
Reminiscent of classic Kdramas with a touch more reality, Cho perfectly balances a friends-to-lovers romance with familial tensions and business-world intrigue. Easily one of my top reads of the year! -- Simone Soltani, author of Cross the Line
Renee and Ket Siong lose and find each other in an emotionally intense love story set against a dramatic backdrop of corporate greed, class and family. Lovers of Zen Cho’s fabulous fantasy stories will be thrilled by her first contemporary romance -- Lily Chu, author of The Stand In
I thoroughly enjoyed my time with The Friend Zone Experiment, a book that surprised me in many ways. I haven’t seen an author weave romantic comedy and corporate complexity together quite this flawlessly. It was giving “Succession with swooning” vibes, which I LOVED! . . . Cho skilfully implemented br