the wind seems to pick up its pace at two in the morning and you walk straight ahead, ignoring that one alleyway you have to cross by to walk back to your home desperately. One evening, Liya’s parents’ invite her to a family dinner that turns out to be a meeting with a potential marriage suitor.

Upon discovering this, Liya sneaks out the back door to literally run into the suitor himself before making an awkward exit.In thiswarm and witty taleof opposites, Patel portrays Jay as a traditional Indian American man very close to his widowed mother and his brother. I'm a sucker for the caring alpha stereotypes, especially the woke ones who like strong women and treat them with respect. She is tough and I'm sure you'll see reviews about her being 'rude' and 'unlikeable,' but she chooses to have a thick skin and maintain control over her situations because once upon a time she WASN'T in control and her culture, the people around her, those who SHOULD BE PROTECTING HER, didn't believe her. While snooping on the author's profile, I saw that the next book in this series is apparently going to be about Preeti, who is a doctor and has strong feelings for a man who isn't Indian.

well yeah,” he says as if it’s the most unusual thing to him, but to you it was surprising considering they’d always have a blank look whenever walking down the halls or even in class. that’s when you think you hear something and when you turn around, there’s nothing but the construction workers chatting.

I was going to try to power through, but when I got to the part where the male lead tried to eat tacos with a fork and knife I was done.

you find yourself walking down the night street in the outfit that no one would see you in, or that’s what you desperately hope as you skip down the street to the local seven eleven. Unfortunately, her conservative father is still trying to arrange her perfect match—a good Hindu man from a respectable family—even though she never plans to get married.His love for Liya was a bit off at parts and sometimes it felt like he didn't know exactly what he wanted. Her works have appeared on numerous Best of the Year and Must Read lists from Cosmo, Teen Vogue, Apple Books, Audiofile, Tribeza, Austin Woman, NBC, The Insider, and many others.

rai’s eyes widen and he smacks the back of seonghwa’s head, momentarily forgetting who he just hit he holds your hands together in his. We got to see Jay's backstory, a dark memory staining his childhood, learn more about his family and love them too. Here we have a narrative intent on making Liya into this cool and independent 'feminist' when she herself is incredibly judgemental about other women, views all men as ‘bad’, but then needs to be saved by Jay after her 'liberal' attitudes land her in danger. When she told me to try on rings while I was there because she wanted to give Jackson an idea for her engagement ring?He doesn’t let the rumors in the community bother him, and their morning breakfasts and late dinners in Liya’s office gradually turn into something more. Dil features a love-phobic TV doctor who must convince a love-obsessed homebody they are destined to be together. So when her parents try to arrange a dinner with a prospective match, Jay Shah, she flees — only to run into him the next day at work, where he's a new consultant at her company. today is the day your conjuring dreams come true, you think as you jog to the cashier to check your items out. A laugh-out-loud romantic comedy debut about first impressions, second chances, and finding the love of your life in the most unexpected way.