Sandhya Menon was playing safe for this book, everything was going in a smooth way.
Start from the beginning, Rishi was already interested with Dimple. We only need Dimple to falls in love with Rishi and that's why Rishi became a lovable character in my eyes.
Another letdown point that I would like to state here was their personalities.
I often think Dimple's behavior to Rishi was unfair so many times yet Rishi's crush to Dimple still going strong. As a guy, I really wanted to see Rishi could stand up for himself, to showing Dimple her mistakes not just let her be as she likes to be and covers her mistakes. Rishi was just too 'agreeable' with Dimple and I don't like it.
The 90% setting of this book took place in the coding summer program but we don't really get to see what's Dimple and Rishi's project throughout the book.
Instead of whole pages of they are trying to create their app, all we got is a whole drama of how to win the talent show.
I felt like the majority plot of this book was lost from the original direction.
Yes, this is a diverse book and I appreciate it.
But I don't think we got to know much of Indian culture from this book, it was only from the parents' conversation. I got to know Indian culture better from that Indian drama series that my aunt used to watch every night.
What I expected to happen when Dimple met Rishi was...
... a huge explosion with some absurd scene where I could shock and laugh.
What I actually got when Dimple met Rishi was...
Maybe my disappointment comes from a highly praise this book got from ARC reviews and I had a high expectation for this book.
Will I read her next book? Maybe. Honestly, I don't know.
My rating for this book is 2.5 stars.
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