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A review by jenbsbooks
The Letters We Keep by Nisha Sharma
3.25
I liked this. Included in KindleUnlimited, text and audio. Just as I have to space out my P&P retellings, and WW2 stories and other specific topics/genres (just to keep things from getting muddled in my mind), I've found there are a LOT of stories with characters from India, so I need to space them out too. It's been a couple months since my last, so I figured I'd be okay. While being Desi was important to the plot, this actually didn't feel overly Indian.
I appreciated the Table of Contents - just a quick glance/ per the headings, so I could see that this would have a letter from the past (1970s) and then a chapter from Jessie's POV, then one from Ravi's POV. The letters were 1st person, while the present-day storyline was 3rd person. Two narrators (female for Jessie's POV, male for Ravi's POV). Past tense. There were some text communications included as well.
We had the present day "will this relationship work with our differences?" ... those differences being wealth/connections (both were Indian) and the past relationship (different races, and also wealth/connections). While I liked Jessie and Ravi, their relationship did seem to move so quickly into LOVE ... I guess that can happen.
A little Pride & Prejudice/Jane Austen connection.
Content Concerns: There was some proFanity (x11) and some sexual content.
I appreciated the Table of Contents - just a quick glance/ per the headings, so I could see that this would have a letter from the past (1970s) and then a chapter from Jessie's POV, then one from Ravi's POV. The letters were 1st person, while the present-day storyline was 3rd person. Two narrators (female for Jessie's POV, male for Ravi's POV). Past tense. There were some text communications included as well.
We had the present day "will this relationship work with our differences?" ... those differences being wealth/connections (both were Indian) and the past relationship (different races, and also wealth/connections). While I liked Jessie and Ravi, their relationship did seem to move so quickly into LOVE ... I guess that can happen.
A little Pride & Prejudice/Jane Austen connection.
Content Concerns: There was some proFanity (x11) and some sexual content.