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A review by jax_hughes
Flirting With Disaster by Naina Kumar
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for this eARC.!
Meena, a lawyer and politician living in DC flies back to her hometown of Houston, TX for only one reason, to get her estranged husband Nikhil to sign divorce papers. She sees this as the only obstacle on her path toward political success and stability, little does she realize that a hurricane is on it’s way to Houston. She ends up stranded in the house she used to won with Nikhil, and their 6 year estrangement slowly unravels.
Let me preface this by stating that I LOVE second chance romances in general, so this one was already going to be my cup of tea. I really enjoyed this. It read so quick and I finished it in one evening. I started this being very annoyed with Meena and the way she was treating Nikhil, but as the story progressed we learned a bit more background information on their relationship as well as the personal motivations of each character and Suddenly I understood their motivations much better.
I cannot speak to the immigrant experience, as I am not one, but I did really like this perspective on pressure from parents and how that can color the rest of the decisions you make, consciously or unconsciously. I can't imagine, but it added a fresh layer to this romance that few stories can really achieve.
Solid 4 Stars!
Meena, a lawyer and politician living in DC flies back to her hometown of Houston, TX for only one reason, to get her estranged husband Nikhil to sign divorce papers. She sees this as the only obstacle on her path toward political success and stability, little does she realize that a hurricane is on it’s way to Houston. She ends up stranded in the house she used to won with Nikhil, and their 6 year estrangement slowly unravels.
Let me preface this by stating that I LOVE second chance romances in general, so this one was already going to be my cup of tea. I really enjoyed this. It read so quick and I finished it in one evening. I started this being very annoyed with Meena and the way she was treating Nikhil, but as the story progressed we learned a bit more background information on their relationship as well as the personal motivations of each character and Suddenly I understood their motivations much better.
I cannot speak to the immigrant experience, as I am not one, but I did really like this perspective on pressure from parents and how that can color the rest of the decisions you make, consciously or unconsciously. I can't imagine, but it added a fresh layer to this romance that few stories can really achieve.
Solid 4 Stars!