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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
lighthearted
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
medium-paced
medium-paced
This Sweet Home Alabama-esc romance was blurbed by Ali Hazelwood and Hannah Bonam-Young and two of my favorite romance authors did not disappoint with this recommendation! Naina Kumar has a beautiful way of writing about finding love, a second chance, and yourself, all when you least expect it.
Meena’s headed back to Texas for a day to check off the biggest item on her to do list; Get a divorce from Nikhil. Once acquired she can get back to DC and see about moving forward with some other items on her list, getting engaged to Shake and running a dual campaign for office. But when a hurricane traps Meena in Texas, in a house still stacked with remnants of the life her and Nikhil had together when they were younger, her checklist begins to unravel.
I really enjoyed this book. It was refreshing to read a second chance romance that wasn’t told through flashbacks. Instead, Kumar was able to artfully weave the essence of Meena and Nikhil’s past into Meena’s first person POV. Added together with the care she showed these characters she achieved a lot of depth in a relatively short book. I listened to the audiobook, narrated by Soneela Nankani, and would recommend. I’ll definitely be looking forward to picking up other books from Naina Kumar in the future!
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was so good!! A Sweet Home Alabama style second chance romance with desi main characters - perfection.
A lot of the hurdles in the relationship had to do with a lack of communication which can sometimes be extremely frustrating in a plot but I think it worked well in this book. Or it at least made sense for their particular situation. I really enjoyed the course of Meena and Nikhil rekindling and how they came to retrust each other.
Meena experiences so much beautiful nostalgia in Flirting with Disaster and it's one of my favorite things in this book. It's woven in slowly throughout the whole story in a way that feels natural. She has these memories triggered by so many different things from sight, to smell, to sound and it's so special.
I love seeing an interesting variation on Second Chance Romance and Flirting with Disaster is very much that. Even though the premise is the plot of Sweet Home Alabama, the whole book still felt very fresh and unique. I thoroughly enjoyed myself with this one.
A lot of the hurdles in the relationship had to do with a lack of communication which can sometimes be extremely frustrating in a plot but I think it worked well in this book. Or it at least made sense for their particular situation. I really enjoyed the course of Meena and Nikhil rekindling and how they came to retrust each other.
Meena experiences so much beautiful nostalgia in Flirting with Disaster and it's one of my favorite things in this book. It's woven in slowly throughout the whole story in a way that feels natural. She has these memories triggered by so many different things from sight, to smell, to sound and it's so special.
I love seeing an interesting variation on Second Chance Romance and Flirting with Disaster is very much that. Even though the premise is the plot of Sweet Home Alabama, the whole book still felt very fresh and unique. I thoroughly enjoyed myself with this one.
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