Procure Radha Jais Recipe For Romance Drafted By Nisha Sharma Print
this one! Full of witty banter and feelgood moments! Warning: eat before you read this, If not, you'll be VERY hungry : So cute and fun and emotional! Please do not talk to me about this book, I'm extremely depressed right now because of it,
Why Because I'm lonely, And I just NEED my own Jai and life is being extremely unfair to me right now,
I understand that I'm not a super beautiful, internationallyacclaimed world ranked Kathak dancer, but COME ON, I'm really not that bad, last time I checked, It doesn't help that I can see my exact life playing out like this,
Like, take your average white YA contemporary, The characters are white and can pretty much do whatever they want without consequences something I most certainly CANNOT do, but Radha and Jai are brown kids who love to dance and in most cases are pretty smart.
See why I relate a little TOO much
synopsis This book follows Radha, who's an internationallyacclaimed I'm not even kidding, She actually is Kathak dancer, who's also internationally ranked as one of the best Kathak dancers in the world, But then some stuff happens, and she drops out, Right on the eve of the semifinals of Internationals for Kathak, So now she moves to New Jersey to keep a low profile away from everyone and everything, including dance,
Jai's the captain of the bollywood dance team at the high school which he goes to and incidentally, the one where Radha's started attending, and he's desperately in need of a choreographer.
And Radha is the perfect candidate, Except, Radha doesn't want to dance, It brings too many bad memories, So now Jai has to convince Radha to join the team and dance, and help her find herself, while maybe learning some things about himself, too,
characters
Radha I just related to Radha so much, With her family cultures, her relationship with her mother and father, just everything, Her story was written beautifully, and I loved reading about her anxiety and how it impacted her and how she worked through it, I found a lot of myself in Radha also makes it easier to live through her LMAO, except the part where she's, like, a super good dancer
Jai Jai is my dream man.
I'm not even kidding. He's a dancer, like Hrithik Roshan, He LOOKS like Ranveer Singh, His personality is the equivalent of Shah Rukh Khan as Raj in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Then, he's super smart. He actually WANTS to be a doctor, He's familyoriented and always tries to put them first, He's kind and funny and all around awesome, I kid you not, he is my dream man, Like I've said that before, but this is the one contemporaryfiction man who it really feels like has been stolen from my dreams, He's the Raj to Radha's Simran lt
I can go on and on about these two, Also, for people like me that've read My SoCalled Bollywood Life, also written by this author, the really small easter egg is SO CUTE, I love that both these books take place in the same universe,
plot you really can't expect much from YA contemporaries, It's more often than not that the plot isn't really the best, Radha and Jai's was definitely very fluffy, and it gave what I expected, Something very lighthearted and fun to read, You thankfully do not have any emotional toll over what has occurred during the book fantasy books have given me severe trauma, and you get exactly what you came for.
Something to make you just happy, This book makes me happy, Thank you for coming to my ted talk :D
diversity I loved how diverse this book was, From dealing with Radha's family and her anxiety, talking about her cultural roots to Jai's family and how their status has affected them, and especially his father and uncle's health conditions and how that affected him.
I can't talk about how accurate it would be if that happened in real life, but it felt very well done to me, I enjoyed reading about it, and they weren't issues that made me sad, but made me still feel for them and relate to them,
Also, their heritage, I related so much to that part, It was actually accurate and not an overexaggerated version of their culture, and kept true to roots, The Indian recipes! The Indian fusion recipes! This book, additionally, made me very hungry,
romance I mean, it's in the title, Romance is the main aspect of this book, and I felt so happy reading such a fluffy romance, Again, took no large emotional toll for me, except that fact that I can't have someone like Jai or Jai himself, I'm not picky, The plus side, though I'm Jai's type! The romance was a little cliche, and by no means perfectly written, but it's something to just make you feel butterflies and happiness inside.
overall This book is not perfect, But it was enjoyable, and that's all that matters to my heart right now I would recommend to everyone looking for a fun, desiinspired read! It's not the best, but I think it's something everyone will enjoy.
I've been giving so many books five lately lol but I think all of them deserve it, This book has probably become one of my favorite, possibly my favorite fluffy contemporary book I've read this year!
stars! going to wallow in my loneliness now brb.
stars
I really enjoyed reading this story a lot! It was quite cheesy and fluffy and so cute, and I practically breezed through it, One of the best things about reading this was getting to read some of the descriptions of the food especially samosa, I love samosa because they're all things that I eat in my daily life.
As someone who's Indian, all the cultural aspects were so familiar and that gave me even more joy while I read this, I think this is a book I certainly would have loved to read a book like this in high school, but I'm glad to have gotten to read it now.
Although it felt a little disconnected in some places there were a lot of scene jumps, I still enjoyed it a lot, I highly recommend this!
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the eARC! This was adorable and sweet and fun, and I absolutely loved all the Bollywood references.
I havent been reading YA contemporaries at all these days but I couldnt resist a book by Nisha and she didnt disappoint, I read it in a bit of a rush because I didnt wanna put it down but I think the best way to read this one is to relax with a super fun Indian movie songs playlist and let it entertain you/stars.
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This is an adorable contemporary romance.
I adored reading more about their culture, the different types of dance, all the yummy food gosh I could really go for some halwa right now and their passion for dancing.
I'm always a sucker for dual povs, so I appreciated being able to see both Radha's and Jai's points of view and their love for dance.
It was interesting to see their different family dilemmas, Jai feeling like he has to step up and look after his family at the expense of his dreams to go to college, while Radha is stepping away from her dreams and love of dance because of its links to her family specifically her mother.
It's always lovely to see characters with different backgrounds and family issues work together to resolve things, and give each other strength to follow their dreams,
My only qualm with the story is that it was quite slow at times, but was quite enjoyable,
Thank you to Netgalley for providing me a free eARC in exchange for an honest review, .