A review by shannonsbookcase
Never Meant to Stay by Trisha Das

4.0

 Thank you to @getredprbooks,@trishaDas & @katerockbooktours for the gifted copy of this book to spotlight & give my honest review! 

𝐌𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬:

Trisha Das is a "new to me" author and I look forward to reading more of her work! This book is so well written and I could just imagine being right there with this amazing cast. Not only are the main characters fantastic but the supporting characters as well! 

Samara and Sharav have an adorable meet cute at the beginning of the book where she is a photographer at his friend's wedding. There is a little mishap where he comes to her rescue. They do not recognize each other but their fathers were best friends since childhood. Samara’s dad,a Punjabi Diplomat, is leaving for his next assignment. Samara has several  jobs lined up she cannot leave so she is staying with the Khanna (Sharav’s) family until she goes back to New York to live with her college roommate. She not only starts making a name for herself in photography but she finds the family that she never had. Now she isn't sure what she wants.

I adored the individual relationships that Samara made with each of the Khanna’s. She single handedly brought the family back to life. This book had me on such an emotional roller coaster from laughing out loud to wanting to tell a few of these characters off! 

While cheating (emotional) is my least favorite trope, Trisha has written it in a way so that it didn’t take away from this lovely story. Sharav knew that he was in the wrong and let’s face it, his fiance was such a deceitful, ugly person who deserved what came to her (same with her mom). I do however wish that the miscommunications could have been worked out sooner - it did get a little old after a while.  Nonetheless, I really enjoyed this book and would highly recommend it!

I cannot wait to participate in the Little Free Library drop of this book on nFebruary 8th! 

𝕋𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝔹𝕠𝕠𝕜 ℍ𝕒𝕤:

Multi POVs

Forced Proximity 

Indian Culture - arranged marriages/foods

Found Family

Family Drama

Lots of Banter

Slow Burn

Grumpy/Sunshine