Worth Fighting For

Meant to Be, Book 5

De: Jesse Q. Sutanto

Narrado por: Francesca Ling

Laugh and swoon with the next book in Disney’s Meant to Be collection by best-selling and award-winning author Jesse Q. Sutanto, whose novel Dial A for Aunties Emily Henry called “Utterly clever, deeply funny, and altogether charming.”

Mulan is reimagined as a contemporary romance about family expectations, mistaken identity, and high-stakes mergers—of both business and the heart.

Following one’s heart isn’t easy when family honor is at stake.

As the right hand of her father’s hedge-fund company, Fa Mulan knows what it takes to succeed as a woman in a man’s world: work twice as hard, be twice as smart, and burp twice as loud as any of the other finance bros with whom she works. So when her father unexpectedly falls ill in the middle of a critical acquisition, she is determined to see it through. There’s just one hitch: The family company in question is known for its ultra masculine whiskey brand, and the brood of old-fashioned aunts, uncles, and cousins who run it—lead by the dedicated but overworked Shang—will only trust Mulan’s father, Fa Zhou, with the future of their business.

Rather than fail the deal and her father, Mulan pretends she’s Fa Zhou. Since they’ve only corresponded over email, how hard could it be to keep things moving in his absence?

But the email leads to a face-to-face meeting, which leads to an invitation to a weeklong retreat at Shang’s family ranch. One meeting she can handle, but a whole week of cattle wrangling, axe-throwing, and learning proper butchering techniques, all while trying to convince Shang’s dubious family that this young woman is the powerful hedge-fund CEO they’ve been negotiating with? Not so much—especially as she finds it harder and harder to ignore the undeniable spark between her and Shang. Can she keep her head in the game and make her father proud, all while trying not to fall into a trough, or in love, with Shang?

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Worth waiting for!

In a series that is brilliant and better with every addition, Worth Fighting For is excellent! I was unsure if I was going to like it based on the synopsis but I took a chance and I am so glad I did; I could not stop listening! I laughed, cheered and found myself empathizing with the characters often and the writing was very good. Any criticisms I have are so minor that they aren’t worth mentioning because I found the this piece that entertaining and enjoyable. This is a brilliant and modern adaption of the Mulan story.

BEST LOVE STORY EVER!!!

wow This book is so incredibly amazing and well written i highly recommend it. The story goes on so well and that makes you keep reading or listening to it non stop. I have been prioritizing the book over anything else because the story is that good! Im so glad i gave it the chance and not only it brings me a smile on my face it made me love even more our original disney inspired mulan movie adaptation. This book is your modern version of mulan story so well adapted and definitely worth your time.

Not the Mulan I Expected

I really wanted to like this book so much more than I ended up enjoying it. I’ve loved the series so far and with how much I have LOVED Mulan and her story for years, I suppose I had pretty high hopes. I liked the initial premise quite a bit. Mulan working in a male dominated field, like finance, seemed like a really great fit for the story. I suppose I was first thrown off significantly by the MULTIPLE mentions of motivations and reasons for her to impersonate a man and then that not at all being the payoff despite that largely taking up space in the original storyline? It led to the stakes for Shang and Mulan to not feel convincing AT ALL. At no point did I believe that he would have been upset if she just came clean about using her father’s name and yet Mulan was CONVINCED this was the most traitorous thing she could have done. It wound up making me think of Mulan as dumb or dramatic for a lot of the book, which didn’t reflect my opinions of the typical Mulan character. The ending felt really rushed. We didn’t get the full heartfelt moment with Dad at the end either. And I honestly really missed the camaraderie and brotherhood that the movies captivated so well. Overall, I think this was an interesting retelling. I loved the depth of culture brought in throughout. I think I’d have to say my favorite was Mushu, but I also really liked both Mulan and Shang’s mothers. Those two were some of the MOST fleshed out characters and that really paid off.