![]() ![]() The story in a nutshell is nerdy girl meets rich dorky boy. There has been a lot of thought put into what it is like being the other, of growing in a bubble that parents create when they immigrate. SO, if you can put these two niggling factors aside, the book is a lovely read. Having said that, it is pretty possible that even today there are families right here in the US where there is inordinate stress placed on getting married early to the right Indian ladka. So, it took a lot of swallowing realism to let that slide for me. ![]() Even at that time, I was an outlier amongst my peer group. At least, I could relate to a lot of the shaadi talk about a 17-18 year old protagonist because at that age I was hounded by talk of marriage all the time. The other part that I had trouble wrapping my head around was that this book is set in the current day US but reads more like it was set about fifteen years ago. Once I had that part right in my head, it was easier to go with the flow. ![]() I had to adjust my viewing lens quite a few times initially and remind myself that this is YA (young adult) and I am not quite the target audience. It is an easy read, breezing through with barely any hiccups. I finished the book in a couple of hours. ![]() I am sucker for rom-coms especially the cutesy ones so I looked for it in my library and placed a hold. They described it as cute and gushed over it. I kept running into people on twitter raving about this book. ![]()
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