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First Love, Take Two
by Sajni Patel
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.
Tropes: second chance & forced proximity.
The story follows Preeti and Daniel, ex lovers, who, after 6 years apart, end up sharing an apartment and are forced to confront their pasts, their breakup (and everything surrounding it) and their irrevocable connection to one another.
I can't really speak to Patel's navigation of race and interracial relationships, but I can speak to her treatment of mental health. This book provides one of the most accurate and heartbreaking portrayals of anxiety that I have ever read. As someone who shares many of the same triggers and fears as Preeti, reading her story felt both raw and powerful. Having Patel treat this with such care and compassion in her writing is incredible to see, and I mostly wanted to just thank her over and over again while I was reading. Daniel as a character is a dream, and the way he helped Preeti through her anxiety attacks was everything someone could hope for from a partner.
Overall, First Love, Take Two is a story that is full of tension and emotion. Patel crafts a plot and characters that are incredibly realistic which makes you invest fully in their love and growth- aka everything you want from a romance!! I loved her first book, I loved this one, and I can't wait to see what comes next!
Tropes: second chance & forced proximity.
The story follows Preeti and Daniel, ex lovers, who, after 6 years apart, end up sharing an apartment and are forced to confront their pasts, their breakup (and everything surrounding it) and their irrevocable connection to one another.
I can't really speak to Patel's navigation of race and interracial relationships, but I can speak to her treatment of mental health. This book provides one of the most accurate and heartbreaking portrayals of anxiety that I have ever read. As someone who shares many of the same triggers and fears as Preeti, reading her story felt both raw and powerful. Having Patel treat this with such care and compassion in her writing is incredible to see, and I mostly wanted to just thank her over and over again while I was reading. Daniel as a character is a dream, and the way he helped Preeti through her anxiety attacks was everything someone could hope for from a partner.
Overall, First Love, Take Two is a story that is full of tension and emotion. Patel crafts a plot and characters that are incredibly realistic which makes you invest fully in their love and growth- aka everything you want from a romance!! I loved her first book, I loved this one, and I can't wait to see what comes next!