Crazy Rich Asians – In the first book of the series, we meet Nick Young and Rachel Chu, as well as the other primary POV characters Eleanor Young, Astrid Leong Teo, and Eddie Cheng.

This series starts out close to romance with Crazy Rich Asians, but the level of soap opera drama does increase crazy fast. For Rachel’s part, she wants to be with Nick and as time goes on, she wants to find her family in China–the family her mother had to leave behind. But Nick defies all expectations, becoming a history professor in New York and falling in love with economics professor, Rachel Chu. Eleanor wants the best for her son, Nick, and the best is to keep his grandmother Su Yi happy so that Nick can inherit the grand estate of Tyersall Park and all the Shang and Young wealth that Su Yi is thought to be sitting on. The main players are Nick and Eleanor Young, Astrid Leong Teo, Rachel Chu, Kitty Pong, and Eddie Cheng.

What is Crazy Rich Asians about?Īt its heart, this series is about the family dynamics of the most wealthy elite of Singapore–and greater Southeast Asia.

The series follows Rachel Chu and her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, as they face off against Nick’s highly wealthy relatives Astrid Leong Teo, whose happy marriage begins crumbling under the stress of her family legacy Eddie Cheng, whose ambitions for his family remain unrealized despite his status Kitty Pong, a newcomer to the scene who wants only the biggest and best and a myriad of supporting characters whose ambitions, egos, greed, and wealth create more problems and drama than they solve. What follows is several years of encounters with the wealthiest Singapore has to offer. When Rachel Chu is invited to spend the summer with her boyfriend, Nick Young’s family, she has no idea she’s about to walk into the lion’s den. In the heart of Singapore there are the elusive and wealthy elite: the Youngs, the Leongs, and their myriad cousins and relatives scattered throughout Southeast Asia.

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