ReviewNetflix drama review: XO, Kitty – Anna Cathcart goes to South Korea in To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before spin-off series

Anna Cathcart stars as Kitty Song Covey in XO, Kitty, a new 10-episode series that follows her search for true love in Seoul

Fans of the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before movies will likely be swept off their feet, not least by Kitty’s own revelations of self-discovery

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Anna Cathcart (centre) as Kitty Song Covey and Gia Kim as Yuri in a still from XO, Kitty, a new 10-episode spin-off series from the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before movies on Netflix. Photo: Netflix

Published: 3:00pm, 18 May 2023

3/5 stars

Following the incredible success of Netflix’s 2018 romantic comedy To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and its two sequels, XO, Kitty arrives to chronicle the romantic misadventures of the youngest of the franchise’s three Korean-American sisters, Kitty Song Covey (played by Anna Cathcart), on her own quest to find true love.

While the film trilogy focused on the relationships of middle sibling Lara Jean (Lana Condor) as she navigated high-school life in the suburbs of Portland, a city in the US state of Oregon, Cathcart frequently stole the limelight, thanks to Kitty’s good-natured naivety and often meddlesome matchmaking efforts.

This new 10-episode series marks the first time the streaming platform has created a spin-off show from one of its original movies, with Jenny Han, from whose novels the films were adapted, serving as showrunner and lead writer.

The series sees Kitty jet off to the South Korean capital Seoul to explore her roots and seek out her Korean boyfriend, Dae (Choi Min-young from the K-drama Twenty-Five Twenty-One).