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Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma

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meat_muffin's review

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emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I loved this! Took off a quarter star because it needs a serious edit (HarperCollins, y’all…. This ain’t like you?? What gives??) but seriously, I adored it. 
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belle13's review against another edition

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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

4.0

❤️Wonderful representation of Indian culture and traditions
❤️Really fun supporting characters
❤️Laugh out loud funny
❤️Enemies to lovers vibes
❤️Sweet friendships
❤️Hilarious meddling aunties
❤️Ooops! He fell in love and now he’s grumpy

This was a lot of fun! The aunties were for sure my favourite part of the book but I also adored the sweet friendships, the feeling of being immersed in Indian culture and their fantastic sexual tension.

It was definitely a little too slow moving in parts and there were parts of it *ahem, calling his intimate parts ‘Charlie’* that were a bit cheesy or corny but I just laughed my way through it because it kind of just added to the hilarity of it all. I thought it was a fantastic read and I immediately picked up the next book. However, while reading I kept waiting for that ‘omg I’m obsessed with this’ moment which never came so although I enjoyed it a lot, it isn’t a five star read for me.

I would recommend it if you’re looking for a really fun, opposites attract romance that will make you laugh out of loud and is much steamier than you would expect.

Amount of spice:🔥🔥3-4 scenes
Explicitness: 🌶️🌶️🌶️Open door & explicit 
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kiingchika's review

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emotional funny reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I completely inhaled this book. I first love reading about protagonists of color, and Kareena was a beauty to behold. Strong, opinionated, multi-faceted, I really loved her character and the chemistry between her and Prem. They went about a fake relationship different than most books that follow this trope I think, and it was magnificent. The whole Bindu wedding subplot reminded me a lot of 27 Dresses, which is one of my favorite romcoms. I can’t wait to reread this again, I loved the complexities of this book. It was giving characters, it was giving drama, it was giving romance, like I immediately marked all the other books in the series as ‘to read’ by the time I was halfway through. I am excited to see how everyone else’s stories unfold because I loved the characters that much.

In terms of content warnings, it took me aback in terms of sexual content so if you’re not for that, I probably would not recommend.
Also not the hugest fan of Taylor Swift or Prem’s dick being referred to as ‘Charlie’, but hey.
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taliaalongi's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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estefanovich's review against another edition

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emotional funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

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brianna97's review

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challenging emotional funny tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

have to be honest - at first I genuinely disliked this book. I found Kareena to be extremely annoying and immature for a 30-year-old, and was most certainly #teamprem from jumpstreet. I understand that she has trauma, and I understand that she hasn’t processed it that well. The world isn’t black and white and I feel like her worldview was far more idealistic and fantasy-like than Prem’s following his trauma. I did grow to like her in the end, and I adored Prem’s consistency and authenticity throughout the book. He was unapologetically him until he was ready to accept the change necessary for him to become a more fulfilled version of himself. The spice?????? 20/10 alone. Jaw on the ground every single time. The shower scene was next level wild. I’m very glad the book ended the way it did.
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roorooreads's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted reflective tense 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

4.0

A fun romcom where the hero doesn't believe in love and that is all the heroine is looking for other than wanting to keep her mother's house (which her dad is willing to sell put from under her 🤦🏼‍♀️). The fact that her immediate family basically cast her aside but was willing to use her when her little sister needed her was appalling. I understand there needed to be motivation for her to enter the fake dating relationship but my god I wanted to pull my hair out whenever she interacted with them. Her Aunties were hilarious though and I really enjoyed to romance. It was quite steamy as well. 
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onegalonelife27's review against another edition

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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

4.25

 We’ve got ourselves a really great story here! Prem and Kareena find themselves on opposite ends on love-Prem is convinced that love actually hurts while Kareena is seeking true love-a search sped up by her father selling her family home and he’ll only give her money she desperately needs if she gets engaged. And when they fight on his talk show-on air- over their views damages Prem’s reputation, it makes him desperate to take up on his mother’s offer to sponsor his community health center if he gets engaged. And Kareena’s four aunties are quick to stage an invention, pointing out their circumstances to one another and thus are perfect for one another much to the other’s horror. 

An interesting point that happens next is that while Prem is perfectly fine with the tried and true  with fake dating, Kareena is not. Kareena does want true love-just doesn’t want it with Prem. She tries the delights of internet dating, while Pram tries to convince her to go with his plan. Leading to some of the most competitive, and frankly adorable dates I’ve read. 

I do feel like we’re made to dislike Kareena’s family a bit too much, not a good first impression. Though they do have their good sides. I do feel like they could have gotten a bit more time to shine and show they do care about Kareena.

I like how when we meet our leads, we learn what they want, backstory-nothing is a mystery to reader about these two. There’s no big dramatic reveal to us, but as they get closer they start to share more about themselves which I think is very tender and sweet. 

For the “aunties” in the series, “If Shakespeare was an Auntie”, four aunties-friends of Kareena’s mom, are the matchmakers for the story, perhaps the rest of the series. While the four have distinct personalities, they are a well oiled machine, working together to get what they want-from staging an intervention/meeting with the couple to get them to date, to getting a ride to their local TV studio or taco bell. 

All in all this is a book for those who like a twist on the classics. I’ll definitely pick up the next in the series! 
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rchatterjee188's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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jadeandherbunny's review

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funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

I hated the writing.
He fucking calls his penis Charlie.
I hope for him that he won't do it out loud because Kareena would not like it 💀
The eating competition was over the top
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