Release Date: March 14, 2019 (out now!)
Source of my copy: publisher
Series: Standalone companion to When Dimple Met Rishi
My rating:
Synopsis
Ashish Patel didn’t know love could be so…sucky. After he’s dumped by his ex-girlfriend, his mojo goes AWOL. Even worse, his parents are annoyingly, smugly confident they could find him a better match. So, in a moment of weakness, Ash challenges them to set him up.
The Patels insist that Ashish date an Indian-American girl—under contract. Per subclause 1(a), he’ll be taking his date on “fun” excursions like visiting the Hindu temple and his eccentric Gita Auntie. Kill him now. How is this ever going to work?
Sweetie Nair is many things: a formidable track athlete who can outrun most people in California, a loyal friend, a shower-singing champion. Oh, and she’s also fat. To Sweetie’s traditional parents, this last detail is the kiss of death.
Sweetie loves her parents, but she’s so tired of being told she’s lacking because she’s fat. She decides it’s time to kick off the Sassy Sweetie Project, where she’ll show the world (and herself) what she’s really made of.
Ashish and Sweetie both have something to prove. But with each date they realize there’s an unexpected magic growing between them. Can they find their true selves without losing each other?
I kicked off 2019 with When Dimple Met Rishi and had a great time. And with There's Something About Sweetie it was awesome going back to the Patels, this time with younger brother Ashish as one of the leads. But, as much as I love Ashish, I thought it was Sweetie Nair who stole the show for me. I absolutely adored her!
The book opens with Ashish bemoaning his recent break-up with his girlfriend Celia. At his lowest, he somehow ended up challenging his parents to find him a better match. And then there's Sweetie who got matched with Ashish and who I immediately took to. I really related to her being plus sized and the fact that it's all her parents could focus on despite all the other wonderful things going on in her life. Yet, even though her parents kept ragging on her about her weight, she still had a positive body image (which I envied because this was not the case with me growing up with the same kind of parents) and just wanted to prove to them that she can do all the things even though she's fat.
I so loved how this book was infused with India culture--I am totally planning to reread this book via audiobook so I can hear the language spoken authentically because my brain just glazed over it just reading it on my own. One of my favorite parts of the book is how even though Ashish and Sweetie might not necessarily agree with their parents' more traditional way of thinking, they still respected them and their beliefs and didn't dismiss their culture, which is comparable with my attitude towards my own more traditional parents and Filipino culture.
As for the romance, yes, it's insta-love-y, but it didn't bother me so much in this instance. Maybe it's because I watched a bunch teen movies prior to starting this book that I was in that mood, but I swooned over the romance (even more than I did in Dimple)--love, love, love Ashish and Sweetie together!
If you want a fun, romantic, friendship-filled, Indian culture-filled teen rom-com this summer, I high recommend you add There's Something About Sweetie to your TBR (and if you're wondering, yep, it's a standalone novel so you don't need to read When Dimple Met Rishi prior to enjoy it).
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