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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
From the author of When Dimple Met Rishi comes another great contemporary. This one follows Twinkle an aspiring videographer that partners up with the twin of the boy she is secretly in love with to create something for the summer festival her life gets a little crazier than normal.
Twinkle starts getting mysterious emails from N. her secret admirer. But is is Neil (her longtime crush)? As the emails and the project with Sahil continue she begins to slowly realize that she is in love with the other brother. They have so much in common and have a blast when they are together. But can she just abandon her longtime crush when the emails could possibly be from him?
Check out this book if you want a cute summer contemporary that will take you for a ride with Twinkle.
Twinkle starts getting mysterious emails from N. her secret admirer. But is is Neil (her longtime crush)? As the emails and the project with Sahil continue she begins to slowly realize that she is in love with the other brother. They have so much in common and have a blast when they are together. But can she just abandon her longtime crush when the emails could possibly be from him?
Check out this book if you want a cute summer contemporary that will take you for a ride with Twinkle.
2.5/5 Stars. I wanted to love this book as much as I love Sandhya Menon’s other books, but I simply did not. The format of diary + occasional text convo + occasional notes didn’t work for me. Also, I didn’t connect with Twinkle. There were a few sweet moments, but overall the story left me wanting.
I really liked From Twinkle, With Love, but When Dimple Met Rishi will always be my favorite. The growth that the characters have over the course of the entire book keeps you interested in reading the story. I would definitely recommend this book to fans of When Dimple Met Rishi and other contemporary novels.
Fans of WHEN DIMPLE MET RISHI will not be disappointed in Sandhya Menon's newest book. The main character, Twinkle, is another Pakistani-American girl who is the off one out of her class at a charter school in Colorado. Most of her classmates are wealthy, upper-class "feathered silk hats," as Twinkle refers to them, so she feels like an outcast because her family is not even close to upper-class. Her dad works in a youth home and her mom is a substitute teacher. When her best friend, Maddie, starts hanging out with one of the feathered hats, Twinkle feels pushed aside and ignored, not just by her friend, but by her family as well.
Twinkle cooks up a plan to date Neil, the most popular and good looking boy in school, in order to get into the popular crowd and win Maddie back. Her plan is to make a movie with Neil's twin, Sahil, and win over Neil along the way, but she ends up falling for Sahil and making things worse between her and Maddie. Twinkle has to face herself, her family problems, and her friends before she can make things better between her ex-best friend and the boy she is falling for.
Twinkle is easily the most relatable character I have ever read; she is real and even when she knows she is doing something wrong, she can't stop herself. She allows her newfound director power to go to her head and loses sight of her original vision. Isn't this something that we all do? I loved getting to know this character and watching her growth. I also cried alongside her when she realizes how she feels about her mother's constant ignoring her and when she sees that Sahil truly cares for her.
Overall, Sandhya Menon did an outstanding job!
Twinkle cooks up a plan to date Neil, the most popular and good looking boy in school, in order to get into the popular crowd and win Maddie back. Her plan is to make a movie with Neil's twin, Sahil, and win over Neil along the way, but she ends up falling for Sahil and making things worse between her and Maddie. Twinkle has to face herself, her family problems, and her friends before she can make things better between her ex-best friend and the boy she is falling for.
Twinkle is easily the most relatable character I have ever read; she is real and even when she knows she is doing something wrong, she can't stop herself. She allows her newfound director power to go to her head and loses sight of her original vision. Isn't this something that we all do? I loved getting to know this character and watching her growth. I also cried alongside her when she realizes how she feels about her mother's constant ignoring her and when she sees that Sahil truly cares for her.
Overall, Sandhya Menon did an outstanding job!
Wow! This was so cute and I can’t believe I read it in pretty much one sitting. I kept telling myself I’d just read a little more then I’d go to bed. Just a little more I had to see how this resolved. And before I knew it I finished it! I loved Twinkle’s perspective and also how very flawed she is. That made her feel real to me.
Twinkle is interested in making films, and maybe one day dating Neil who could bring her into the crowd that has swallowed up her best friend. Instead Sahil, who has always felt over shadowed by his twin Neil, approaches Twinkle to help her make a film for the annual Midsummer Night arts festival. When Twinkle starts working with Sahil and some of the other students she discovers that she just might be able to make her dreams come true in unexpected ways. The story is told in letters from Twinkle to her female film maker idols, an interesting choice, but even if you don't like epistolary stories this one really doesn't read that way. Sahil's perspective is told in group text messages with his friends. This is another fun rom con from the author of [b:When Dimple Met Rishi|28458598|When Dimple Met Rishi|Sandhya Menon|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1475687488s/28458598.jpg|48593860] and a perfect summer read!
emotional
lighthearted
sad
fast-paced
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The format for this book was kind of weird to listen as an audiobook but overall the story was cute. It's not my favourite from the author but it was good
A refreshing romantic coming-of-age YA.
Twinkle is an imperfect heroine - she's downright unlikable at some parts, honestly - but her arc is genuine and realistic. I imagine many readers could relate to her wish to not be "invisible" anymore, and understand how that informs some of her decisions. I groaned at those situations, especially her naive statements and irritating insistence on dividing people into Shakespearean "groundlings" and "silk hats" but that's what YA fiction is all about. I really liked the treatment of changing friendships, and wanted more of that, as well as more of the family relationships. Minor note, but for a book about an aspiring film director who makes a film, there were remarkably few scenes taking place actually during filming. Too many other plot threads to weave.
In general, I think When Dimple Met Rishi was a stronger book with a more charismatic, chemistry-filled relationship and compelling family and friend dynamics, but Twinkle fills another niche.
Read Alikes
Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
Love, Hate, and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
Twinkle is an imperfect heroine - she's downright unlikable at some parts, honestly - but her arc is genuine and realistic. I imagine many readers could relate to her wish to not be "invisible" anymore, and understand how that informs some of her decisions. I groaned at those situations, especially her naive statements and irritating insistence on dividing people into Shakespearean "groundlings" and "silk hats" but that's what YA fiction is all about. I really liked the treatment of changing friendships, and wanted more of that, as well as more of the family relationships. Minor note, but for a book about an aspiring film director who makes a film, there were remarkably few scenes taking place actually during filming. Too many other plot threads to weave.
In general, I think When Dimple Met Rishi was a stronger book with a more charismatic, chemistry-filled relationship and compelling family and friend dynamics, but Twinkle fills another niche.
Read Alikes
Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour
Love, Hate, and Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
From Twinkle, With Love by Sandhya Menon was a book I chose because I'd had a stretch of highly emotional (aka sad) reads, and I needed to go down a different path for awhile. This an advanced reading copy I received. It's a YA love story, and it was just what I needed. When I read books like this, I like to reflect on if my angsty teenage self would have dug the book, and she definitely would have liked this. Present-Day Me liked this one for lots of reasons. The main character is Twinkle, an Indian American teen who aspires to be a female filmmaker. Her story is told primarily through the journal entries she writes to the female directors she admires. In making her film, she works with Sahil as producer. This would be fine except Sahil is the twin brother of her long-time crush, Neil. As she makes her film, she grows closer to Sahil. This would be awesome except she is also receiving emails from a secret admirer "N" who she is convinced is Neil. This one was great because it centered on a voice that isn't always spotlighted in YA/love stories. It was a good "palate cleanser" of a tale, and I really dug it. Also, a book that has the sentence "Mom gets a little bent out of shape about the patriarchy" is alright with me.