Loveboat, Taipei is a 2020 young adult romance novel by American author Abigail Hing Wen first published by HarperCollins[1] and released on January 7, 2020.

Ever's parents are furious and force her to decline the offer, and tell her they are sending her to summer school in Taiwan to connect with her culture.

Upon arriving in Taipei, Ever meets her classmates, including Rick Woo, whom she finds attractive but reflexively dislikes, as he is a nationally famous Yale-bound prodigy child whom she is frequently compared to by her parents.

Frustrated that she and Rick are only pretending, Ever gets drunk with Xavier, who confides to her that his father abuses him for being dyslexic, and tells her he sent her a silk rug that Sophie claimed for herself.

On a field trip to the south of Taiwan, Ever and Rick reaffirm their feelings for each other and sleep together; Xavier is pained by Ever's choice, but accepts her decision.

Jenna suddenly arrives, having come to find Rick, and out of concern, he escorts her back to Taipei, promising Ever that he will show up in time for their dance.

Ever returns home to Ohio, where she informs her parents that she withdrew her admission to Northwestern, and plans to reapply for dance programs the next fall.

Northwestern's medical program instead accepts Jenna from the waitlist, seemingly affirming an earlier conversation among the Loveboat students speculating that American universities see Asians as interchangeable.

[citation needed] Wen and Loveboat, Taipei have been featured in NBC Bay Area Show, World Journal, the South China Morning Post, Cosmopolitan, and People en Español.

The novel appeared on a number of Most Anticipated lists including The Boston Globe,[3] Book Riot, Bustle, BuzzFeed, The UK Evening Standard, The Nerd Daily, Seventeen, and She Reads.

Loveboat, Taipei was selected as a Barnes & Noble Young Adult Book Club Pick and it appeared at number 1 on Cosmopolitan's 25 Best Audiobooks of 2020 list.

[citation needed] The book additionally received reviews from Booklist,[4] Kirkus,[5] Common Sense Media,[6] and Asian Pacific American Librarians Association.