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LOVE LOVE LOVE. Reading about different desi cultures, especially the weddings was such a breath of fresh air. Now I need to experience one for real.
My favs were "Cynic at a Shaadi", "A wedding recipe for disaster" & "A very bloody Kalyanam".
My favorite parts in the book:

Raza and Sajal. MY HEART. Their meet cute was super adorable. Raza literally talked her ear off. I loved that, it was so funny. And Sajal’s speech >>>>

Osama and Salama!! I love love that fights through all. Please when her cousin was recording Osama’s confession and then the food spilling on her couldn't believe it🤣😭😭

Now, Shloka and Kritik. VAMPIRES??? The tension?? The chemistry?? Insane. I couldn’t believe what I was reading to be totally honest. Did not expect it and it was delivered perfectly!!! Wish we got more on the story tbh but I devoured it

Didn’t mention this but the plot of Fate’s favorites was really cool. I loved the aspect of words of your soulmate showing up on your skin. Like can you imagine??

My only ick in this book was the lady with the bob sorry. I didn’t understand what her purpose was. And idk if she was meant to be a fairy godmother but wasn’t really feeling her. She did help in some of the stories but I kind of got annoyed when she showed up. It would’ve been nice if she appeared as a different woman in the different stories with something specific tying them together. Like a simple mystery we the readers had to solve but that’s just my hot take

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funny inspiring fast-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

4.5

I'm glad I picked up this book in my attempts to diversify my reading. All but one of the stories within this collection were amazing. The only reason I didn't like A Very Bloody Kalyanam is that I wasn't keen on the story's supernatural element. There are 10 elements/stories include in this book so 0.5 being knocked off for the one I didn't like but the rest were brilliant