Adorable Fate Themed Love Story

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Madhuri Iyer is a teenage girl who has always run away from her destiny. Her parents are very much into astrology and listening to charts. She’s always rejected her mothers readings and decided to take fate into her own hands. She’s also tried to run away from her family “curse” which dictates that she will be together forever with whoever she dates in her first relationship. In order to beat her destiny, she decides to trick fate by fake dating someone she thinks she will never fall in love with. Enter Arjun Mehta, her best friend who has already been hopelessly in love with Madhuri since they were kids.

I love a good fake dating trope. Sprinkle in some best friends to lovers and this was a recipe for a cute tropey book. I loved Arjun from the beginning. He seemed like a sweet and kind person who was ready to do anything for Madhuri even if it hurt him in the process. I hated how much he seemed to suffer because of his mother and I was glad he had the Iyer’s to help him along. Madhuri’s parents seemed like such angels. Especially her mother.

My heart went out with Madhuri when she was having such a hard time embracing her culture because she didn’t want to get bullied. The fact she had to give up things she loved and pretend like she wasn’t proud to be Indian because of how people at school treated her broke my heart.

Raina and Josie seemed like such strong allies to Madhuri and even though Arjun had Liam, he was barley mentioned in the book. I wanted to see more of them and their relationship as friends. I also wanted to see more of lacrosse and Arjun’s friends on the team. It was said that a lot of girls liked Arjun but he didn’t talk to anyone except for Liam & Madhuri at school through the whole book.

There were times I hated how Madhuri treated Arjun. The fact she was so flip floppy with him and was stringing him along for a while made me so mad for him. I wanted them to be together but she obviously had to get her act together. The ending was very cute and I’m glad there was a sweet resolution to their issues. I really appreciated how short and sweet this was and how emotional I got while reading it. I’ll be looking forward to more books from this author!