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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
**Listened to the audiobook.
Fun story, cute romance. Enjoyable read. There were parts that made me eyeroll (even knowing it was a rom com) but overall, it was a fun light hearted story.
Fun story, cute romance. Enjoyable read. There were parts that made me eyeroll (even knowing it was a rom com) but overall, it was a fun light hearted story.
My rating: 4.5/5 stars. This book is SO GOOD. I loved both of the main characters so much. This was such a fun enemies to lovers, tension filled kind of situation. Now I'm so excited to read The Dating Plan!
I was really excited to read this book, however, when I finally got around to it my expectations kind of fell. I enjoyed it, but it took a bit to get into. The enemies to lovers trope felt very rushed and overall, I found it to be an okay read.
Oh say hello to my new favorite south asian- american lead, own voices story.
Honestly this such a breath of fresh air, seeing my culture, language, food featured in a really well written romance.
Meet Layla Patel, our main character, she is fiesty, and proudly brown. With a huge extended family of aunties and uncles and cousins all hailing in their roots from Pakistan to India.
Her life is falling apart, and she is returning home to her family in San Francisco. To just patch her life and have a fresh start. And open a new business for her recruiting job.
Meet Sam Mehta, CEO of a corporate downsizing company, In search of a quiet new office, he finds the perfect space above a cozy Indian restaurant that smells like home.
And that's where things get conflicting because lost in communication Layla's dad has offered the place to both her and Sam to run their office.
And as they are forced to share the office space............... arguments happens, things(literally xD) and sparks both fly in between them.
Also along with all this drama there is a woven mix of Layla finding his father’s email account her finding out he evaluated the guys and chose 10 special candidates and 10 blind dates for her daughter. And due to her constant bad history of relationships, she decides to honour him, because who can think the best for her than her dad??
Ah this story is so close to my heart, i mean all the talk about marriage, arranged marriage and how the institution works in south asian families. From abusive marriages, to dowry to marrying for a green card, to marrying so than they can find someone to cook, clean their house , take care of their parents, to wanting a virgin wife, tbh it in its humorous way discussed it all.
It handled such a sensitive topic so well. Like it delivered the impact, but also had a light tone woven on how it was narrated. I MEAN SO BRILLIANT.
Some of the candidates were really hilarious, one was literally a CIA agent!?!?eowdjfnkuwckjfdjf like all he did was tell her its Classified about every question she asked it was hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OH THEE BROWN-NESS OF THIS BOOKS.
ALL THE UNCLE AUNTIES, CHACHIES. THE WHOLE EXTENDED FAMILY WITH EVERYONE HAVING SUCH QUIRKY PERSONALITIES.
THE FOOD OMG THE DAAL, SAMOSAS, DOSAS, AND CHAI AND GULAB JAMAN. HELLO HUNGER GAMES.
this book although a romance, has so wonderfully handled dark side of arranged marriages in south asian culture. It discusses the bads, but also the goods, juxtaposing the two sides of the same coins.
it talks about self worth issues, its talk about forgiving and moving on. its uplifting and moving. it tells you yes you can do better. yes you can move on from dark past of you lives and carry on.
Please please do give it a read, more so if you are south asian! One of MY FAVORITES>
Thankyou so much for prh international and net galley for the arc.
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Oh my word! this was an absolute epic-ly hilarious one.
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3.5 stars, started so well, but by the end became overly dramatic. may work for some, but for me was a little much.
Layla's father put her resume up on a marriage site and interviewed candidates to meet her. But she had no idea what he had done until Bachelor Numbers One through Ten started showing up.
I laughed uproariously at the different meetings with the bachelors and am in awe of how unique Sara Desai was able to make each potential match and date. That takes true skill.
Sam was excellent as a rival in this enemies-to-lovers romance. His instant attraction to Layla as they argued over who would get to use the office space above her father's restaurant was well written. And the motives for his less noble actions were understandable.
Sam's appearance at Layla's dates made for hilarious banter. Overall, I found this a highly amusing rom com, though it wrapped a little too quickly for me.
I laughed uproariously at the different meetings with the bachelors and am in awe of how unique Sara Desai was able to make each potential match and date. That takes true skill.
Sam was excellent as a rival in this enemies-to-lovers romance. His instant attraction to Layla as they argued over who would get to use the office space above her father's restaurant was well written. And the motives for his less noble actions were understandable.
Sam's appearance at Layla's dates made for hilarious banter. Overall, I found this a highly amusing rom com, though it wrapped a little too quickly for me.
4.25 ★
I really had fun with this one, I always like the sort of dynamic that happens with the characters when it’s like I hate to love you or like you, the I can’t wait to get rid of you et cetera and then they slowly fall in love, with the sexual tension in between. And that’s what happened here, though Sam is so… he let his guilt destroy everything he had and ruin his life instead of moving on, and that’s what made me take off a few points because it just kept being dragged.
Layla is a badass, and I liked her. I also felt for her in those certain moments when the men in her life are just plainly stupid •_• lol
I rate the writing three out of five, character development around four ish out of five and the plot a four out of five. Overall being four point twenty five.
I will say that when I got to the end, it didn’t feel like an ending and just so cliffhanger ish, this book is practically a standalone in a series and there’s no continuing after that and it just felt like something was missing in the end.
The end.
I really had fun with this one, I always like the sort of dynamic that happens with the characters when it’s like I hate to love you or like you, the I can’t wait to get rid of you et cetera and then they slowly fall in love, with the sexual tension in between. And that’s what happened here, though Sam is so… he let his guilt destroy everything he had and ruin his life instead of moving on, and that’s what made me take off a few points because it just kept being dragged.
Layla is a badass, and I liked her. I also felt for her in those certain moments when the men in her life are just plainly stupid •_• lol
I rate the writing three out of five, character development around four ish out of five and the plot a four out of five. Overall being four point twenty five.
I will say that when I got to the end, it didn’t feel like an ending and just so cliffhanger ish, this book is practically a standalone in a series and there’s no continuing after that and it just felt like something was missing in the end.
The end.
I really enjoyed this storyline! Cute read!
2.5 rounded up. Something doesn't sit well with me for this book. I can't entirely pinpoint the issue but it was a slog to get through. I think the character development or rather lack there of may be the issue.