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alexiab 's review for:
Love, Chai, and Other Four-Letter Words
by Annika Sharma
I hate to be a hater on a sweet book but there’s not much happening here that I enjoyed.
The story is very cliche and predictable, and the use of a white male romantic lead makes the book read like it’s pandering to uneducated white people on the most basic level. Who the hell doesn’t know what chai or paneer is?
The characters don’t have distinct voice, and the romance is mainly just boring. There are several Indian American romances that I’ve enjoyed for having a fresh voice and culture woven throughout the story, but this is not one of them.
All of that mixed with the weird plot inconsistencies, the poor explanation of the conflict, and simple resolution to all that drama was not it for me.
The story is very cliche and predictable, and the use of a white male romantic lead makes the book read like it’s pandering to uneducated white people on the most basic level. Who the hell doesn’t know what chai or paneer is?
The characters don’t have distinct voice, and the romance is mainly just boring. There are several Indian American romances that I’ve enjoyed for having a fresh voice and culture woven throughout the story, but this is not one of them.
All of that mixed with the weird plot inconsistencies, the poor explanation of the conflict, and simple resolution to all that drama was not it for me.