Book Review: When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

Rating: 4.5 Stars.

Super cute! Highly recommend it if you're looking for a diverse YA contemporary romance unlike anything you've ever read before.

Reasons why you should read this book:

- Diverse characters- Dimple and Rishi are Indian Americans who are facing their parents' and culture's expectations. Dimple wants to walk away from tradition whereas Rishi embraces it. Dimple is passionate about her app dream while Rishi loves his comic book world.

-Setting- Dimple and Rishi are partners in a competition to receive funding for their app idea. They basically go to a university for the summer to compete in this competition and instead of a typical YA book set in high school, this book feels like a "first year of university" kind of book.

-Romance- it's realistic and absolutely adorable. I spent two days just devouring this book because I loved watching Dimple and Rishi's relationship grow.

This book is ultimately about family and following your dreams and does a great job of exploring these themes without being too cheesy. I'm looking forward to reading more Sandhya Menon books set in this universe.

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