First Love Language

In this engaging debut romantic dramedy, Taiwanese American teen Catie Carlson navigates her quest to connect with her cultural roots and find her biological mother. When her summer coworker Toby offers to teach her Mandarin in exchange for dating lessons, Catie dives into the world of romance armed with her late father's notes on The Five Love Languages. As their relationship deepens, Catie discovers that understanding love may be more complicated than she anticipated, blending themes of grief, family, and identity in a thought-provoking narrative.