Bebe Rachel's Whimsy and Reviews

  As another desi romance, this was a good segue from the Sara Desai series. I enjoyed the characters, particularly the aunties, in this east coast tale of struggling Indian singles. It was hard not to compare the story, however, and while I did enjoy it almost as much, there were not as many laugh out loud moments. I also found the way Kareena is treated by her family even more harsh and unfair than maybe it was meant to be when compared to the more supportive relationships in the last 3 books I read. In any case it was good fun and overall I enjoyed this book.  There was one thing, and I will not beat this to death, as it has been mentioned so many times in other reviews, but the choice of name by Prem’s character for his genitalia was annoying and a stupid distraction. There, I said it. At least he did not go around saying it aloud. (Eye roll). I think it is also worth mentioning that whatever I have said was spicy before had nothing on this book. I mean, on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 b

  This was to be the first installment of the three books that I have now read completely out of order.  # ADHDlife.  Despite this,  Sara Desai again does not disappoint.  Returning to the characters from the San Francisco Bay area that I have come to know in the previous two books,  this book really has everything: a big, loving, noisy family with all the aunties, romance, adventure, baseball, bar fights.. . The romance between Layla and Sam is exciting and fresh.  Once again, for three out of three books, I did not want to put this down. As in the other two books, there were multiple laugh out loud moments and who doesn’t need that in their lives right now? Without giving too much away, in addition to the ending, which was fantastic, my absolute favorite scene involves a bathroom at one of the auntie’s shops and shapewear. Totally spicy and absolutely hilarious at the same time.  Hands-down, I recommend this book, and I certainly recommend the whole series, with the disclosure that t