Full of color and food, and clothing and the bustle of a large family and friends, this was kind of how I would expect an Indian wedding and its preparation would be, but you know with more singing... because I am relying on movies for my information. ;) The author is fabulous at making the space feel full and loud, colorful, and fun! A wonderful ability, that not many authors can do. I really enjoyed that aspect of this story.
But the romance side of the story, I had a harder time buying.
Ria has made her career into a success but it’s a life that is paralyzed with the fear of mental illness and becoming like her mother, pushing her loved ones away and losing love because of her choices. This contrasted strongly against the backdrop of a wedding full of happiness, and of people who are unafraid to live. This was so well done it could have been in itself enough of a story, with her realization of how constrained she’s let her life become and the journey back, without the add-on troubles of everything else.
It was a good start but Ria and Vikram became just like every other romance couple, and the tropes followed along. Mothers interfering, secrets, slandering, the piled on roadblocks of their second chance at love, started feeling excessive and began to lessen the import of their relationship.
It does make this hard to rate, because it had some excellent moments, enough that I would check out other stories from the author, and it was nice to have a little peek at Indian culture. But it did lean into the ‘too many hurdles zone’, dragging out the ending more than required so that everything could be tied up into a neat little bow.
3.5 for this one.
c/p from my goodreads
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