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cobaltbookshelf's review against another edition
1.0
1.5 stars
What a disappointment.
It has super low vibes with Beauty and Best but biggest problem for me was main characters.
I didn't care about Yaya, she was super judgemental and Grey was boring...period.
Isha her sister was great and that's about it.
What a disappointment.
It has super low vibes with Beauty and Best but biggest problem for me was main characters.
I didn't care about Yaya, she was super judgemental and Grey was boring...period.
Isha her sister was great and that's about it.
c1aud55n's review against another edition
2.0
This book seemed like it had a lot of potential.
Sure the writing wasn’t the best but it wasn’t bad either and the characters were all likeable (apart from Jaya, who was mildly annoying at times).
The book really wowed me in the firsr three quarters it was a light fluffy romance and i enjoyed it.
The last quarter was what knocked down the book two stars.
It veered from the romance a little too much for my liking but I would’ve been able to overlook that had Jaya not gotten on my last nerve. Apart from being completely and utterly idiotic the main conflict of the novel was just boring and the resolution of the romance was underwhelming to say the least.
I liked this first book enough that I’ll probably give the second book a read when it comes out.
Sure the writing wasn’t the best but it wasn’t bad either and the characters were all likeable (apart from Jaya, who was mildly annoying at times).
The book really wowed me in the firsr three quarters it was a light fluffy romance and i enjoyed it.
The last quarter was what knocked down the book two stars.
It veered from the romance a little too much for my liking but I would’ve been able to overlook that had Jaya not gotten on my last nerve. Apart from being completely and utterly idiotic the main conflict of the novel was just boring and the resolution of the romance was underwhelming to say the least.
I liked this first book enough that I’ll probably give the second book a read when it comes out.
tanya_tate's review against another edition
3.0
Book Stats ( Spoilers You can also read it on my blog)
Stars: 2.5 Stars
Start Date : 3/19/20
Ending Date: 3/21/20
Genre: YA Romance , BATB Retelling
Form: Digital/ Audiobook
Page Count: 384
Publishing Date: 2020
Point of View: 3rd Person Alternating Between Jaya and Grey
Setting: St Rosetta's School Aspen, Colorado, USA
I having a hard time rating this because while I don't find it horrible per se , I don't find it good either. It's like one of those books that really feels like a rough draft. Like the it has the full potential to be really really good but need a couple more edits. This is my first Sandhya Menon book and I'm not impressed at all. I wanted to read " When Dimple met Rish" but with the hype surrounding it and the some of things I heard ( like the main character being a bitch) I decided to passed it. But me being a huge sucker for BATB retellings , I decided to check this one out. Also the fact Scribd is doing a free 30 day subscription to all their books, documents, and audiobooks due the fact Corona got everyone practicing social distancing to stay safe. So I'm taking an advantage of this by listening to as many audio books I can with in these 30 days. lol ( So I put down Crescent City for the time being) lol It first it did have the makings are being a good BATB retelling but then it started to feel like it would have been better as a Pride and Prejudice retelling..
I mean the plot of the book was pretty much Jaya Rao, A 18 year old princess of an Indian country, flies across county to an boarding school in the America with her baby sister Isha. Which her main plan is to seek revenge on Grey Emerson, the current heir of the Emerson family. A British family that has feuded with the Rao's for centuries( over a stolen ruby that the Emerson's stole that belong to the Raos' that Jaya great grandmother put a curse of it . So the British Colonization of India comes into play. ) over the fact a couple pics of Isha got leaked to the press with her fixing motorcycles up and kissing on a boy. So she goes to this school in America with her plan to make Grey fall in love with her in order to make him pay about leaking those pics and messing up her little sisters "Reputation". Even tho her sister can give two shits about it and would rather go into robotics and kiss boys. The kicker is that Grey haven been in that damn school since he was six and really is antisocial due to the fact Grey thinks that he only got to his 18th birthday to live due to the fact his dad was shitty enough to blame his mother's death on him since she died in childbirth. So this poor dude thinks he's cursed for his damn life and when the last ruby on Jaya's Ruby Rose Necklace fall, he's dead.
That's pretty much it.
Also dumb secondary plot involving a love triangle that was stupid as hell that I may get into but I don't know.
Let's grade this on My BATB retelling Rubric. It worked when I did A Curse so Dark and Lonely. Lets see if it works here.
Here's the things I look for.
1.The Curse- How does it work and how was it enacted? How can it be broken? Was their enchantress/ witch who did it?
2.The Beast- Is he(or she) really turns into a beast or still a human who acts like a beast which the may have some type of disfigurement?
3.The Beauty- Does she (or he) have special interest that maybe a possible thing for her and the beast can bond over? ( Ex Books, Music, Theater,Sports etc.)
4.Rose Imagery- To me Roses are always synonymous with BATB retellings.
5.Parent Figure- Does the Beauty have a parent ( most of the time it's the father) who dotes on her (or him)? Was they the reason why the beauty meets the beast.
6.How the beauty and the beast meet? Was it because of a trade off or any other interesting way they find a way to meet?
7.A Cast of characters who get curse along with the beast. Did one or two befriend the beauty?
8.How the beauty and the beast fall in love? Was it hostile? Was there a misunderstandings they had to address that become the turning part of their relationship?
9.Does Stockholm Syndrome is at play?
Totally Bonus but it's awesome if it's in there:
1.Do they take certain plot points that are not in other adaptations but are true to the OG version? ( Beauty having sisters, Beauty actually being a princess and actually cousins to the Beast/Prince, The Beast/Prince being curse cause he refused to marry the Fairy that he looks up like a mother figure, The Beast/Prince Mom being a warrior queen.)
2.Ballroom Scene. Not in the OG BATB but such an iconic scene in the Disney version that most versions do.
3.Gaston Type Character- Is it a character that wants the Beauty?
Let's see
1.The Curse - I'm so damn confused on this one because it not really explained. Ok The Ruby was cursed by Jaya's Grandma because of the Emerson stole the ruby from them. So that's makes sense but how the curse can be broken doesn't make sense. Every Time Jaya and Grey had a interaction the Ruby fell out it's shoket but it was never explained why. Was because a Rao and Emerson are getting along? Was it because ti shown that a Emerson was nothing like past Emerson's? It doesn't make any sense! You always have to make the curse be explained. I guess the GrandMa in the enchantress but it's really no magic in play.
2.The Beast- Grey- He supposed to be cursed to die on his 18 birthday cause he father told him he's the reason why he's mom died. That's pretty much it. He did nothing to be cursed. He was more antisocial than an ass.
3.The Beauty- Jaya- Honestly Jaya was to judgemental to be the beauty and too wrapped up about duty and reputation. I wanted to root for her but I wanted to tell her " Shut the Fuck up!" and honestly rolled my eyes everytime she got on her high horse about Reputation and Duty.. I guess their love of books which kind of highlighted but not as much.
4.Rose Imagery- This was the ONLY thinking that was very clear and was done very well. The Rose Ruby Necklace Jaya was wearing and how it Ruby was falling symbolize a rose petal falling.
5. Parent Figure- I mean Jaya's parents was there but they really didn't have nothing to do her meeting the beast per se. It was no trade off. Just her and her sister going to the school to lay low over the scandal.
6. How to BATB meet? They met because Jaya wanted to go to his school to seek revenge by making him falling in love with her.. No trade offs.
7. Cast of Characters-You can say the Students of the School but that wasn't cursed cause it's really no magic in this. You have Leo,Rahul, Daphne Elizabeth aka D.E( A girl whose family neglected her who also was the side booty for Alric a dude going with Caterina, Who was honestly dumb as hell with the whole sistrauon) , Caterina ( who actually could have been the schools local mean girl if she was written better, Who wanted Jaya to tell her about D.E/ Alric even tho Jaya ad every right not to put herself in the middle of that mess since she really wasn't friends with Caterina but was becoming friends with D.E) Alric ( An asshole who was bullying a kid in the begging than was cheating on Caterina with D.E which both chicks couldn't take a hint and see was an asshole he was and was playing both of them.)
8. Felt forced. I guess the Aspen trip when he told her about the curse was the turning point in their relationship.
9. Nope
Bonus.
1. No.
2. Ballroom Scene . No. Was so close but they didn't dance.
3. Kurian - A character who family was friends to Rao's for a long time to the point that it was expected for him and Jaya to get married to form an alliance between the two families. Come to find out he's the one who took the pics of Isha and leak them to press along with the Rumors of her being pregnant in order for Jaya to marry him to solidify his political power. Like I figure out in two seconds flat that he was the one that leak that pic about Isha to the press. Grey didn't even fucking know about it since he was at that damn school since he was six. He had barely had contact with his father so he had no social contract with the outside world.
It was an OK read for me. I think this is supposed to be a series but I don't think I'm going to read the other books in the series since the next to people supposed to be Catrina and Ruhal which I really wasn't interested in them as characters to be invested enough to read book all about them. I think this is enough for me from reading from this author.
Tanya
Stars: 2.5 Stars
Start Date : 3/19/20
Ending Date: 3/21/20
Genre: YA Romance , BATB Retelling
Form: Digital/ Audiobook
Page Count: 384
Publishing Date: 2020
Point of View: 3rd Person Alternating Between Jaya and Grey
Setting: St Rosetta's School Aspen, Colorado, USA
I having a hard time rating this because while I don't find it horrible per se , I don't find it good either. It's like one of those books that really feels like a rough draft. Like the it has the full potential to be really really good but need a couple more edits. This is my first Sandhya Menon book and I'm not impressed at all. I wanted to read " When Dimple met Rish" but with the hype surrounding it and the some of things I heard ( like the main character being a bitch) I decided to passed it. But me being a huge sucker for BATB retellings , I decided to check this one out. Also the fact Scribd is doing a free 30 day subscription to all their books, documents, and audiobooks due the fact Corona got everyone practicing social distancing to stay safe. So I'm taking an advantage of this by listening to as many audio books I can with in these 30 days. lol ( So I put down Crescent City for the time being) lol It first it did have the makings are being a good BATB retelling but then it started to feel like it would have been better as a Pride and Prejudice retelling..
I mean the plot of the book was pretty much Jaya Rao, A 18 year old princess of an Indian country, flies across county to an boarding school in the America with her baby sister Isha. Which her main plan is to seek revenge on Grey Emerson, the current heir of the Emerson family. A British family that has feuded with the Rao's for centuries( over a stolen ruby that the Emerson's stole that belong to the Raos' that Jaya great grandmother put a curse of it . So the British Colonization of India comes into play. ) over the fact a couple pics of Isha got leaked to the press with her fixing motorcycles up and kissing on a boy. So she goes to this school in America with her plan to make Grey fall in love with her in order to make him pay about leaking those pics and messing up her little sisters "Reputation". Even tho her sister can give two shits about it and would rather go into robotics and kiss boys. The kicker is that Grey haven been in that damn school since he was six and really is antisocial due to the fact Grey thinks that he only got to his 18th birthday to live due to the fact his dad was shitty enough to blame his mother's death on him since she died in childbirth. So this poor dude thinks he's cursed for his damn life and when the last ruby on Jaya's Ruby Rose Necklace fall, he's dead.
That's pretty much it.
Also dumb secondary plot involving a love triangle that was stupid as hell that I may get into but I don't know.
Let's grade this on My BATB retelling Rubric. It worked when I did A Curse so Dark and Lonely. Lets see if it works here.
Here's the things I look for.
1.The Curse- How does it work and how was it enacted? How can it be broken? Was their enchantress/ witch who did it?
2.The Beast- Is he(or she) really turns into a beast or still a human who acts like a beast which the may have some type of disfigurement?
3.The Beauty- Does she (or he) have special interest that maybe a possible thing for her and the beast can bond over? ( Ex Books, Music, Theater,Sports etc.)
4.Rose Imagery- To me Roses are always synonymous with BATB retellings.
5.Parent Figure- Does the Beauty have a parent ( most of the time it's the father) who dotes on her (or him)? Was they the reason why the beauty meets the beast.
6.How the beauty and the beast meet? Was it because of a trade off or any other interesting way they find a way to meet?
7.A Cast of characters who get curse along with the beast. Did one or two befriend the beauty?
8.How the beauty and the beast fall in love? Was it hostile? Was there a misunderstandings they had to address that become the turning part of their relationship?
9.Does Stockholm Syndrome is at play?
Totally Bonus but it's awesome if it's in there:
1.Do they take certain plot points that are not in other adaptations but are true to the OG version? ( Beauty having sisters, Beauty actually being a princess and actually cousins to the Beast/Prince, The Beast/Prince being curse cause he refused to marry the Fairy that he looks up like a mother figure, The Beast/Prince Mom being a warrior queen.)
2.Ballroom Scene. Not in the OG BATB but such an iconic scene in the Disney version that most versions do.
3.Gaston Type Character- Is it a character that wants the Beauty?
Let's see
1.The Curse - I'm so damn confused on this one because it not really explained. Ok The Ruby was cursed by Jaya's Grandma because of the Emerson stole the ruby from them. So that's makes sense but how the curse can be broken doesn't make sense. Every Time Jaya and Grey had a interaction the Ruby fell out it's shoket but it was never explained why. Was because a Rao and Emerson are getting along? Was it because ti shown that a Emerson was nothing like past Emerson's? It doesn't make any sense! You always have to make the curse be explained. I guess the GrandMa in the enchantress but it's really no magic in play.
2.The Beast- Grey- He supposed to be cursed to die on his 18 birthday cause he father told him he's the reason why he's mom died. That's pretty much it. He did nothing to be cursed. He was more antisocial than an ass.
3.The Beauty- Jaya- Honestly Jaya was to judgemental to be the beauty and too wrapped up about duty and reputation. I wanted to root for her but I wanted to tell her " Shut the Fuck up!" and honestly rolled my eyes everytime she got on her high horse about Reputation and Duty.. I guess their love of books which kind of highlighted but not as much.
4.Rose Imagery- This was the ONLY thinking that was very clear and was done very well. The Rose Ruby Necklace Jaya was wearing and how it Ruby was falling symbolize a rose petal falling.
5. Parent Figure- I mean Jaya's parents was there but they really didn't have nothing to do her meeting the beast per se. It was no trade off. Just her and her sister going to the school to lay low over the scandal.
6. How to BATB meet? They met because Jaya wanted to go to his school to seek revenge by making him falling in love with her.. No trade offs.
7. Cast of Characters-You can say the Students of the School but that wasn't cursed cause it's really no magic in this. You have Leo,Rahul, Daphne Elizabeth aka D.E( A girl whose family neglected her who also was the side booty for Alric a dude going with Caterina, Who was honestly dumb as hell with the whole sistrauon) , Caterina ( who actually could have been the schools local mean girl if she was written better, Who wanted Jaya to tell her about D.E/ Alric even tho Jaya ad every right not to put herself in the middle of that mess since she really wasn't friends with Caterina but was becoming friends with D.E) Alric ( An asshole who was bullying a kid in the begging than was cheating on Caterina with D.E which both chicks couldn't take a hint and see was an asshole he was and was playing both of them.)
8. Felt forced. I guess the Aspen trip when he told her about the curse was the turning point in their relationship.
9. Nope
Bonus.
1. No.
2. Ballroom Scene . No. Was so close but they didn't dance.
3. Kurian - A character who family was friends to Rao's for a long time to the point that it was expected for him and Jaya to get married to form an alliance between the two families. Come to find out he's the one who took the pics of Isha and leak them to press along with the Rumors of her being pregnant in order for Jaya to marry him to solidify his political power. Like I figure out in two seconds flat that he was the one that leak that pic about Isha to the press. Grey didn't even fucking know about it since he was at that damn school since he was six. He had barely had contact with his father so he had no social contract with the outside world.
It was an OK read for me. I think this is supposed to be a series but I don't think I'm going to read the other books in the series since the next to people supposed to be Catrina and Ruhal which I really wasn't interested in them as characters to be invested enough to read book all about them. I think this is enough for me from reading from this author.
Tanya
harleyrae's review against another edition
3.0
I have some mixed feelings about this book. I enjoyed it overall, it I was not entirely blown away. This seems to be a common theme though with Sandhya Menon books for me. I either really love it, or it’s just ok. This one unfortunately was just ok.
The story felt very repetitive. The exact same thing just kept being mentioned and brought up. I didn’t feel like there was any big twist or surprises. It was just average. I was also a little disappointed in the the lack of magic. This story felt like it should have been bursting with magic, and there wasn’t any.
I feel like with how the book ended, just completely ruined one of the main plot points. I feel like this story had so much potential overall, but just fell flat in the long run. I’d be interested in picking up the following books in the series, but I don’t think I’ll be rushing to the store when they release.
The story felt very repetitive. The exact same thing just kept being mentioned and brought up. I didn’t feel like there was any big twist or surprises. It was just average. I was also a little disappointed in the the lack of magic. This story felt like it should have been bursting with magic, and there wasn’t any.
I feel like with how the book ended, just completely ruined one of the main plot points. I feel like this story had so much potential overall, but just fell flat in the long run. I’d be interested in picking up the following books in the series, but I don’t think I’ll be rushing to the store when they release.
roglows's review against another edition
5.0
Of Curses and Kisses was a delightful, modern-day retelling of Beauty and the Beast. I adored all the parallels (a castle-like boarding school in the snowy mountains, the heroine's love of libraries, the 'beast's large, hulking stature) as well as the differences, which made the story feel fresh and new (like the international cast of characters, the updated time period).
Jaya Rao is a duty-minded Indian heiress, a princess actually, whose younger sister, Isha, becomes the topic of scandal back home in India. In an effort to protect Isha's reputation and allow things to settle for their (very honorable, political) family, Jaya and Isha move to the US to attend a prestigious boarding school near Aspen. (St. Rosetta's International Academy is very posh, but also known as a sort of haven for young, wealthy types trying to avoid scandals or problems.)
Convinced that a British family with whom the Raos have ages of acrimony, the Emersons, are behind the scandal back home, Jaya makes it her mission to target Grey Emerson, currently the youngest heir of the Emerson family. He too attends St. Rosetta's. Jaya's mission is simple: get Grey to fall in love with her so that she can break his heart and show him what it feels like to be taken down.
Needless to say, things do not go as planned, as as time goes both Grey and Jaya realize that they have way more in common than they'd ever imagined.
I really, really enjoyed this story. Jaya was infuriating at times, but also kind, loyal and compassionate. She always meant well, and her character was consistent. Her development felt genuine and was a treat to watch. Grey's thaw was a treat as well. I adored watching them fall for one another. Very swoony at times.
Beautiful writing and an entertaining, feisty cast of characters to round out this tale.
Jaya Rao is a duty-minded Indian heiress, a princess actually, whose younger sister, Isha, becomes the topic of scandal back home in India. In an effort to protect Isha's reputation and allow things to settle for their (very honorable, political) family, Jaya and Isha move to the US to attend a prestigious boarding school near Aspen. (St. Rosetta's International Academy is very posh, but also known as a sort of haven for young, wealthy types trying to avoid scandals or problems.)
Convinced that a British family with whom the Raos have ages of acrimony, the Emersons, are behind the scandal back home, Jaya makes it her mission to target Grey Emerson, currently the youngest heir of the Emerson family. He too attends St. Rosetta's. Jaya's mission is simple: get Grey to fall in love with her so that she can break his heart and show him what it feels like to be taken down.
Needless to say, things do not go as planned, as as time goes both Grey and Jaya realize that they have way more in common than they'd ever imagined.
I really, really enjoyed this story. Jaya was infuriating at times, but also kind, loyal and compassionate. She always meant well, and her character was consistent. Her development felt genuine and was a treat to watch. Grey's thaw was a treat as well. I adored watching them fall for one another. Very swoony at times.
Beautiful writing and an entertaining, feisty cast of characters to round out this tale.
cmitchell2781's review against another edition
3.0
This book was a little...unsatisfying. it wasn't horrible, hence the 3 stars, but it could have been more. The resolution felt rushed, after many (MANY) pages of very slow progress. It drew me in enough that I kept thinking about it when I put it down, but I also had to push myself a little to finish it. Overall it's not high on my recommendation list.
annettebooksofhopeanddreams's review against another edition
4.0
I have to admit that I might have added this book to my wishlist quite some time ago, after all it's a little bit of a fairytale retelling. However, the original cover of the book was not really my thing. It sounds shallow, but it's one of the reasons the book never made it on my shelves. Until I discovered the remade covers, covers that were much more taste and fitted the fairytale vibe. Same book, different vibe and all of a sudden I wanted to read this series badly.
There is nothing as interesting in romance novels, if you ask me, as royal drama. Since most of the modern royals don't show much of their private life we have no idea what their life is exactly like, but we all like to think about it, dream about and we all like to believe they're stuck in the middle ages. And that means that royals and true love is not the most successful combination. After all, true love is rarely the best political match.
What I liked about this book is that the main characters really had to overcome their own prejudices towards the other and even their whole way of thinking. That means that the relationship grew only very very slowly. He needed to break out of his shell, needed to allow himself to love and care to begin with. She was constantly held back by expectations and duty. Her clear idea of how a royal should behave and what she could and couldn't do didn't help matters along.
I also loved how not one character in this book was portrayed in a black-and-white kind of way, apart from maybe Alaric. All characters made mistakes, all characters did things they probably shouldn't have done and yet all characters also got the chance to explain their actions, feelings and way of thinking. Therefore I started caring about a lot of those characters quite quickly and now I hope all of them will get their own book!
I can't wait to read the next one!
There is nothing as interesting in romance novels, if you ask me, as royal drama. Since most of the modern royals don't show much of their private life we have no idea what their life is exactly like, but we all like to think about it, dream about and we all like to believe they're stuck in the middle ages. And that means that royals and true love is not the most successful combination. After all, true love is rarely the best political match.
What I liked about this book is that the main characters really had to overcome their own prejudices towards the other and even their whole way of thinking. That means that the relationship grew only very very slowly. He needed to break out of his shell, needed to allow himself to love and care to begin with. She was constantly held back by expectations and duty. Her clear idea of how a royal should behave and what she could and couldn't do didn't help matters along.
I also loved how not one character in this book was portrayed in a black-and-white kind of way, apart from maybe Alaric. All characters made mistakes, all characters did things they probably shouldn't have done and yet all characters also got the chance to explain their actions, feelings and way of thinking. Therefore I started caring about a lot of those characters quite quickly and now I hope all of them will get their own book!
I can't wait to read the next one!
ruth24's review against another edition
3.0
Thank you to Simon & Schuster Canada and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
I love Sandhya Menon. She's one of my favourite YA authors, if not my #1. But while it was an entertaining read, this is my least favourite of her books so far.
[b:Of Curses and Kisses|43985469|Of Curses and Kisses (St. Rosetta's Academy, #1)|Sandhya Menon|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1564596749l/43985469._SY75_.jpg|68384060] is a modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast, a revenge plot-turned-romance between Indian princess Jaya Rao and Grey Emerson, the male heir of the family the Raos have been feuding with for centuries. What I liked about the book was the relationship between Jaya and her sister Isha and the push and pull between duty and freedom of choice. This is a common theme in Menon's books (remember Dimple and Rishi?) and I enjoyed seeing it explored in this similar, but different, way.
What I didn't enjoy was the privileged boarding school setting and the fairy tale aspect of the curse. I found these elements kept me from being fully immersed in the story as I wasn't fully convinced of them. I also didn't feel the relationship between Grey and Jaya as strongly as I typically feel the relationships in Menon's books - there was none of the butterflies and warm fuzzy feelings I felt over Dimple & Rishi, Sweetie & Ashish. I felt like there was maybe too much inner monologue and not enough action to show how they felt about each other.
Overall, it was an entertaining read and an interesting modern take on a classic fairy tale, but I'd recommend one of Menon's other books before this one.
I love Sandhya Menon. She's one of my favourite YA authors, if not my #1. But while it was an entertaining read, this is my least favourite of her books so far.
[b:Of Curses and Kisses|43985469|Of Curses and Kisses (St. Rosetta's Academy, #1)|Sandhya Menon|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1564596749l/43985469._SY75_.jpg|68384060] is a modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast, a revenge plot-turned-romance between Indian princess Jaya Rao and Grey Emerson, the male heir of the family the Raos have been feuding with for centuries. What I liked about the book was the relationship between Jaya and her sister Isha and the push and pull between duty and freedom of choice. This is a common theme in Menon's books (remember Dimple and Rishi?) and I enjoyed seeing it explored in this similar, but different, way.
What I didn't enjoy was the privileged boarding school setting and the fairy tale aspect of the curse. I found these elements kept me from being fully immersed in the story as I wasn't fully convinced of them. I also didn't feel the relationship between Grey and Jaya as strongly as I typically feel the relationships in Menon's books - there was none of the butterflies and warm fuzzy feelings I felt over Dimple & Rishi, Sweetie & Ashish. I felt like there was maybe too much inner monologue and not enough action to show how they felt about each other.
Overall, it was an entertaining read and an interesting modern take on a classic fairy tale, but I'd recommend one of Menon's other books before this one.