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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
Characters: Child bride, husband's half brother
World Building: Food, culture
Plot: Largely internal. Flitting hither and yon. Crises.
Sex: Anything mutually enjoyable happens offstage.
Read another: Maybe
This book has the descriptions and the characters going for it.
World Building: Food, culture
Plot: Largely internal. Flitting hither and yon. Crises.
Sex: Anything mutually enjoyable happens offstage.
Read another: Maybe
This book has the descriptions and the characters going for it.
Romance books are like my comfort food. When I need something easy, light and a guaranteed happy ending, I know I can pick one up and more or less get exactly what I expect. Though if you read romances, the storylines all start to seem sooooo similar, and can be a bit boring. So I've been looking for some more diverse romance reads for a bit of a mix up in the details at the very least.
A Bollywood Affair is a story of a fancy Bollywood director and an academically minded village girl from India. The character tropes, tangled pasts, and brand name dropping are all in full effect as we can expect. But what makes this fun is the details, the Indian families, the striving for something different in America (Ypsilanti!), and seeing the story of love told through a different lens.
A Bollywood Affair is a story of a fancy Bollywood director and an academically minded village girl from India. The character tropes, tangled pasts, and brand name dropping are all in full effect as we can expect. But what makes this fun is the details, the Indian families, the striving for something different in America (Ypsilanti!), and seeing the story of love told through a different lens.
It's kind of cute and kind of cringey and kind of campy. You should try and suspend your disbelief for most of it, but the heart wants what the heart wants and I really liked it. The end.
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'm not usually a fan of romances where one character is lying about who they are, but Samir won me over and I loved the relationship between Samir and Mili.
fast-paced
Not really my preferred genre but it is an very we written story with some unique twists.
DOWN AND DIRTY QUICKIE REVIEW!
One Sentence Summary:
Mr. Hot Movie Director runs to America to get his sister-in-law to divorce his bro.
What part made you fangirl squeal:
DAT DINNER SCENE! Hero watching our gal food-gasm was soooOoOOOOOo smexy!
Favorite Character:
Samir. That boy has got legit heart sads that will make you wanna cuddle him.
How smexy was the smex?
Um. Welllllll…kind of glossed over, sadly. Poo.
Name That Trope:
Hero In Deception with a good chunk of forbidden love.
Whose Line Is It Anyway:
Got any bitching to do?
Yeah. Just 1. THE OTP HAVE UNPROTECTED SEX NOT COOL BRO.
Visually Depict Yo Book Feels:
Famous last words:
OMG SO MUCH POWERFUL WRITING THAT NINJA CHOPS YOU IN THE GUT!
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(For a more in depth and LOL-fest discussion on romance novels, HERE BE MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL)
Fangirl Musings: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6fO1lNf1L-iHUINRIUtE_g/videos
One Sentence Summary:
Mr. Hot Movie Director runs to America to get his sister-in-law to divorce his bro.
What part made you fangirl squeal:
DAT DINNER SCENE! Hero watching our gal food-gasm was soooOoOOOOOo smexy!
Favorite Character:
Samir. That boy has got legit heart sads that will make you wanna cuddle him.
How smexy was the smex?
Um. Welllllll…kind of glossed over, sadly. Poo.
Name That Trope:
Hero In Deception with a good chunk of forbidden love.
Whose Line Is It Anyway:
Auntie: What about these? You want your in-laws to see your mangoes? Save those for the man who’s going to eat them.
Got any bitching to do?
Yeah. Just 1. THE OTP HAVE UNPROTECTED SEX NOT COOL BRO.
Visually Depict Yo Book Feels:
Famous last words:
OMG SO MUCH POWERFUL WRITING THAT NINJA CHOPS YOU IN THE GUT!
———————————————————————————————————–
(For a more in depth and LOL-fest discussion on romance novels, HERE BE MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL)
Fangirl Musings: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6fO1lNf1L-iHUINRIUtE_g/videos
Completely trite and ridiculous. Every romantic comedy or romance trope was featured, without a shred of originality. Character actions were over the top, inexplicable, contradictory, and facile.
Horrifically unhealthy relationships and relationship development. Samir in particular was a misogynist, and the scene where the female lead assaults another woman in defense of some man she's known for three weeks, screeching that he'd never hit a woman, was particularly cringe-worthy. Basically, all the red flags of abuse in real life were presented as romantic or the man being a poor, misunderstood victim of crazy women.
An abysmal disappointment. Looked so cute from the copy, but the book itself made my eyes roll right out of my head.
Once again, I shouldn't trust Amazon reviews.
Horrifically unhealthy relationships and relationship development. Samir in particular was a misogynist, and the scene where the female lead assaults another woman in defense of some man she's known for three weeks, screeching that he'd never hit a woman, was particularly cringe-worthy. Basically, all the red flags of abuse in real life were presented as romantic or the man being a poor, misunderstood victim of crazy women.
An abysmal disappointment. Looked so cute from the copy, but the book itself made my eyes roll right out of my head.
Once again, I shouldn't trust Amazon reviews.
No surprises here, but it's a sexy, romantic read that made me crave bright colors, and Indian food.