Moderation: A Novel

Moderation: A NovelA love story for those who love Severance (both Ling Mas book and the unaffiliated Apple TV+ series). . . ambitious, challenging, and brilliant. Elle Castillos flinty satire of the tech industry [transforms] into a sultry romance novel. The Atlantic A bold and inventive novel about real romance in the virtual workplacebringing Castillo's trademark wit and sharp cultural criticism to an irresistible story about the possible future of love. Girlie

Throughout her childhood

but he’s not “relationship” material

trying to put the past behind and moving on with your life" - Red Carpet Crash on Butterfly

eaten a pile of pancakes

She lives in her own world

When Kenzie slips on her mermaid tail

Growing up in 1980s Brooklyn

Anita Dayal

Then she reminisces about the sweet and spicy stew she made with Halmoni and Harabeoji during her trip to Seoul

But when Joan's father suddenly dies and her mother returns to America to reconnect with her children

Sae--who met Jae when they were students at an anti-government protest and has relied on him as her guiding and steadying hand--is troubled and suspicious

and how they revealed to her an embodied