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A review by sj_elli
From Twinkle, with Love by Sandhya Menon
3.0
I was gifted an ebook via Netgalley.
Actual rating: 3.5 stars
This novel follows Twinkle, an 16 year old Indian-American aspiring filmmaker, who begins a film project for the Summer Festival with her crush's twin brother, Sahil. Twinkle is struggling with the fact that her best friend, Maddie, has new popular friends that she just simply does not fit in with. She definitely has some insecurities and is unsure of herself.
What I really liked in the story was Dadi and the backstory about Nani. I really liked Sahil for the most part. What (or rather who) I had trouble with is Twinkle. She was different than I had expected. She read younger than 16 at times...more like 13 or so in my mind. She was irrational and impulsive and...even selfish. She pines over Sahil's twin, Neal, for almost the entire book even though she kept saying Sahil was great and she liked him more. Neal could give her popularity. Times where she could have used a backbone, it was gone, but then when she needed to be a little more diplomatic, she went off the rails. It was just odd. Overall the story as a whole wasn't terrible by any means, but I felt some aspects were repetitive and it was hard to get over Twinkle's personality.
I am still, very much so, looking forward to When Ashish Met Sweetie.
Actual rating: 3.5 stars
This novel follows Twinkle, an 16 year old Indian-American aspiring filmmaker, who begins a film project for the Summer Festival with her crush's twin brother, Sahil. Twinkle is struggling with the fact that her best friend, Maddie, has new popular friends that she just simply does not fit in with. She definitely has some insecurities and is unsure of herself.
What I really liked in the story was Dadi and the backstory about Nani. I really liked Sahil for the most part. What (or rather who) I had trouble with is Twinkle. She was different than I had expected. She read younger than 16 at times...more like 13 or so in my mind. She was irrational and impulsive and...even selfish. She pines over Sahil's twin, Neal, for almost the entire book even though she kept saying Sahil was great and she liked him more. Neal could give her popularity. Times where she could have used a backbone, it was gone, but then when she needed to be a little more diplomatic, she went off the rails. It was just odd. Overall the story as a whole wasn't terrible by any means, but I felt some aspects were repetitive and it was hard to get over Twinkle's personality.
I am still, very much so, looking forward to When Ashish Met Sweetie.