sheela110 's review for:

There's Something About Sweetie by Sandhya Menon

4.5

inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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As cliched as it was and kind of corny at times, I really enjoyed this empowering and honestly, very cute rom com.  Even though it is technically a second book in the Dimple series, I feel like one could read this alone and still get a good feel of the book. Sometimes the characters felt a bit one dimensional or not quite written fully. For example, how Samir progressed in the book was a little confusing - it seemed pretty clear to me he was being left out and lashing out but I felt his friends were irrationally mad at him. This seems to be attributed to more clumsy writing than bad character development but overall, I found the story to be endearing and the message about body image to be inspiring.