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A review by shaysshelf
The Letters We Keep by Nisha Sharma
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
Ravi & Jessie
- college romance
- rich boy x poor girl
- good guy everyone likes who's actually a good guy
- he's giving Austin Ames vibes IYKYK - wants to be a writer, but parents have his future already pre-determined for him.
- dual pov
- letters from the past between chapters
- secretly hanging out
- forced proximity (working on an assignment together)
- opposites attract
- solving the mystery around the school's haunted legend
- virginia FMC
- women in STEM
This was cute and a very quick read. Jessie is an engineering student who is focused on working hard to keep her scholarship to get a career that will allow her to support her family. Ravi comes from a family of who has made major waves in the tech industry and has expectations of him following in their footsteps, except he has a passion for writing fiction and his family does not see that as a viable career.
I really liked the mystery surrounding the school's legend of the fire. When Jessie and Ravi find some old letters between secret lovers from 50 years ago they believe it's in relation to the legend and are determined to figure out who these star crossed lovers are. This and the battle of the library study room was a fun way to bring these characters who are seemingly outside of one anothers orbit together.
The Relationship development seemed like a medium-burn, but as soon as it hit, everything happened a little too fast for me. In one scene Jessie is freaking out about the fact that she had her very first kiss ever with Ravi, then we have a time jump where she has been avoiding him for a few days and next thing you know they are sleeping together. It just started to feel a little rushed to me in the second half.
Thank you to NetGalley and Skyscape for the ARC.
- college romance
- rich boy x poor girl
- good guy everyone likes who's actually a good guy
- he's giving Austin Ames vibes IYKYK - wants to be a writer, but parents have his future already pre-determined for him.
- dual pov
- letters from the past between chapters
- secretly hanging out
- forced proximity (working on an assignment together)
- opposites attract
- solving the mystery around the school's haunted legend
- virginia FMC
- women in STEM
This was cute and a very quick read. Jessie is an engineering student who is focused on working hard to keep her scholarship to get a career that will allow her to support her family. Ravi comes from a family of who has made major waves in the tech industry and has expectations of him following in their footsteps, except he has a passion for writing fiction and his family does not see that as a viable career.
I really liked the mystery surrounding the school's legend of the fire. When Jessie and Ravi find some old letters between secret lovers from 50 years ago they believe it's in relation to the legend and are determined to figure out who these star crossed lovers are. This and the battle of the library study room was a fun way to bring these characters who are seemingly outside of one anothers orbit together.
The Relationship development seemed like a medium-burn, but as soon as it hit, everything happened a little too fast for me. In one scene Jessie is freaking out about the fact that she had her very first kiss ever with Ravi, then we have a time jump where she has been avoiding him for a few days and next thing you know they are sleeping together. It just started to feel a little rushed to me in the second half.
Thank you to NetGalley and Skyscape for the ARC.