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This one was such a fun read! I loved the Bonnie & Clyde-esque style of it, the will they or won't they, the insurmountable obstacles that they somehow overcome. It had me smiling and laughing the whole time.

k_winchester's review

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funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Fun, cute, and quite a bit of unexpected action! I was intrigued the whole way through, wondering how everything was going to turn out and come together.

The actual ending(/solution) seemed kinda unnecessarily complicated with the multiple - hmm, surprise appearances, let's call them. 😂

But overall it was a lot of fun. Mira was a neat character, and it satisfying to see her unpack her issues while on the run, WHILE also having to touch on or use knowledge/ stuff from her past she was actively trying not to deal with. She and Naveen had great chemistry, and I really liked how he moved from being (justifiably) angry with her to openly caring for her.

(I cast Natalie Anderson from Survivor as Mira and Sendhil Ramamurthy circa Heroes as Naveen. 😂)

(PS: GA)

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linsy_13's review

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adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

jencolumb0's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I found this to be an incredibly engaging read: I blinked and I was almost half-way through it. Mira and Naveen make for a very likable couple and Ms. Rai did a solid job with the arc of their emotional growth and growth together. The rest of the story was a wild, if not somewhat gritty (for Romancelandia), heist of a heist that had me thinking of Dial A for Aunties (but less absurd). My hang-up with all of this is just how much was supposed to be shoved inside, like, 18 hours. (

drive to Vegas, wake up and free themselves, drive to diner, eat and arrange new car, track Emi to two places, negotiate at the poker game, play poker, the whole charade to talk to Sunil, going to the party + talking with Steve, Walmart stop, sex, sleep . . . until sunrise, then a few piles of other things

Then, we have how all of this stuff was wrapped up and that’s really what knocked a star off for me. I get how it couldn’t be a much deeper resolution but the resolution provided feels super cheap and

is what I think would actually mess Mira up the most . . . but there’s just a passing mention of her PTSD when there had been pretty steady talk about her emotions. This produces a bit of a disconnect that is only bolstered by Ms. Rai ’s decision to keep it real with the resolution, or lack thereof, between Mira and her sister

. The warm-fuzzies of the epilogue and Mira/Naveen smooth the experience for the reader but there is a definite gap between the rather realistic emotional experiences of the characters through the first, oh, 80% of the book and then that kind of crumbled at the end. I do think this book would make a very fun movie, though, where the issues at the resolution are easily smoothed over in a move visual medium.

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