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From Twinkle, with Love by Sandhya Menon
3.0

This one had moments of greatness, but had a lot of uneven elements and plot lines (Maddie’s friendship, Twinkle’s bravery and confidence, Twinkle’s Mom, I could go on). I appreciated what this book was trying to do, especially on its feminism and women filmmaking fronts, but that sometimes felt kind of shoe horned and gimmicky to me (the women filmmaking, not the feminism). Also this one is a teen Romance. It is less of just a realistic fiction and more of a capital R Romance and I felt...less into that. Maybe it was more heavy handed than When Dimple Met Rishi? At any rate, not a fave, but some middle school Romance reader is going to be thrilled.