A review by nadjsim
The Letters We Keep by Nisha Sharma

emotional lighthearted mysterious

2.25

 The Letters We Keep is a new adult romance set in a college environment. It follows the evolving relationship between two South Asian characters, both driven by a shared determination to unravel an intriguing mystery hidden within their campus library.

 

I can handle a little insta love here and there, but there’s barely any buildup and tension in this book. It’s made the story feel overly rushed: from hating each other to sleeping together and professing their undying love for each other in about a hundred pages.

Not saying the book was all bad, of course. I liked the writing, and I was intrigued by the letters and the mystery (but trying not to question too much why they left the letters behind in the first place). Also, I felt the characters and their backgrounds had a lot of potential. I’m happy we got a lot of insight into Ravi’s feelings about being a nepo baby, but Jessie’s character was unfortunately left mostly underdeveloped, in my opinion.

Unfortunately, there were just a lot of small things that I didn’t like that made me roll my eyes a million times while reading this. For example, Ravi is described multiple times as a campus playboy (he has fangirls?) for absolutely no reason other than to set this book up to be a playboy/good girl romance. That’s a major ick. 

 Thanks to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review.