lara lara

How are you gonna have a blonde girl but the cover page is a brunette??? Like bruh.. what??? This book started off really good! I loved the instant love both characters felt and how the intimacy was gradual but super sweet and how they both admitted right away about their liking for each other. I genuinely loved a freshness of love portrayal.. none of the longing and waiting. What I don’t like about this book is the hidden child that is revealed at the end. That really annoyed me. I especially don’t like kids in books and if they are the over smart kind - ugh! It’s like a pet peeve and this book had that one kid - like she is mature but to be planning your parents wedding and to be that prepared at 15 years old just seemed a bit too much. Besides the end felt too rushed. I would have liked if after 15 years, they tried to rekindle the romance to pickup the pieces rather than have a kid fix the broken relationship. The book was sweet and I would also buy into the idea that the ex wife did all that nonsense but then why did she save that one letter? Why didn’t matt ever ask his mom about grace when he was on the internship? Why didn’t he try to search for grace? And why would you just not reach out to people at all and ask for the love of your life?? I mean if you keep thinking of this one girl while you’re married to someone else.. try to find her? Do something, anything?? I also feel like that this book is very movie material, like from the start you can visualise it as a movie, although I do feel that character of Tati would be black by the mannerisms and character of diversity. This book shouldn’t have had ash as the character and they should’ve had their first child after rekindling and making up.

I picked up this book while waiting for the actual ones I ordered.. the first line looked kinda funny so I took it but OHMYGOD, this book is a complete waste of paper. I finished it because I am a reader and would have guilt if I didnt. Also wanted to see if this redeems itself at some point but nope, its bad. The issues with this book is that it is repetitive yet doesnt get to the point, the problems are risen and solved within 3 pages and all the weirdly descriptive sexual scenes. I get that the main characters are into situationship but calling the dude's erection "not-so-little-man" everytime is cringe, the characters thinking about sex 24*7 and in all situations is too much - doesnt develop them at all - like this guy is talking to another dude and if he mentions its hot (for temp), the MC is like "just like the heat between teag's thighs"... i mean come on... the writing is also not very good, the 2 MCs start talking to the audience randomly which throws you off. The issue about Teagan's anxiety, Heath's dad cutting him off, the friend group, roommate moving out, the MC's mother's eating struggles and Teagan's parents being over bearing is wrapped up in 2-3 chapters and that too in the end like the whole book is just sex. The 2 MCs have had some past but they drag it out like its the avenger's movie and needs a proper 15 chapters to be explained but then it just comes and goes like what? At least give it some time to develop and resolve. The whole time I was thinking both of these people dont wanna be with each other and its just forceful pushing them. The amount of time they use the phrase "second round, third round, i was drained" is so childish like this book is frankly a combination of a bunch of other books everyone's read and at this point its just filling up people's shelves - has nothing to offer and nothing new. Even the use of words "shit" and "f*ck" are so overdone and in the wrong places that it seems forceful. Having hot characters doesnt mean your book will be good. The book starts to get a little less torturous towards the end but then its the end so you barely care. If youre someone who just wants to read sexual scenes then go ahead but mind you those arent very hot either. The author is a designer and this is more like a hobby i guess so thats why I give it 2 stars for venturing something but its overall a shitty book.. dont waste time reading it.

I loved the story. It was raw and refreshing and showed the 2 sides of Tom from the povs of his 2 lovers. The first time it is patrick's pov, i loved it - i felt as though I am writing all that for my crush. The feelings and emotions were so genuine and it felt so heartfelt. You feel bad for Marion and Patrick but more for patrick with the way he is left to live but simultaneously sympathise with Marion. I loved Julia's character as well - sort of brought levelling to Marion's. The whole romance arc between Patrick and Tom was so lovable that you cannot comprehend when Tom just doesnt talk to him or see him for 30 years. I see his hesitation - having hurt Patrick so bad but I wouldve loved if they had reconciled then the ending would have been more sweet in the "bittersweet". Wouldve been amazing if we got Tom's pov when he first meets Patrick since that really tells us what got him attracted to Patrick. Being with Marion was kind of obvious since it was a normal thing back then. Just loved this book - sort of gave me Song of Achilles vibes but with a more pleasing ending.

this book is just some dumb highschool drama you *think* you will be a part of but youre not even close to it in reality. for some reason I got the same feeling as 13 reasons why when watching this excluding all the suicide stuff. this book is for early teens and only them. it has no reality in it and if youre telling me a bunch of 18yr olds are doing stuff whats written in this then idk what world you live in. both misha and ryen are shallow and have no depth. there are lots of long paras leading to nothing and lots of unnecessary chatting that is not needed. the only thing i liked here was the sort of clever banter btw the 2 characters in the start and the trope of pen pals but besides that i didnt feel anything was even remotely possible. people just going on and off on each other, leaving messages and straightup doing illegal stuff was just too fake. I would have liked or even believed a little more if this story was based in a university because then at least you have the maturity and understanding to be like this but in HS - im sorry no kid knows how to have proper sex and here they just know all positions and everyhting like they were born with karma sutra in the womb. also wtf is mr messiah acting like he owns all people and that cousins scene in the book couldn't have been more cringe. by the end i was waiting to close the book and go to sleep to really forget it... can we please have names that make some sense and not mIsHa and rYen that were super annoying to read omg. many problems in the book and i even found a few grammatical mistakes. couldve been better if only the writer paid attention to actual schools and not what she read on wattpad. I guess I am too old now to read HS romances.

this book is very boring and very overly dramatic. tries to do many things and many plots but nothing really ties at the end, it seemed the author wanted to rush the ending because she also got bored with the writing of this book. it seemed more like your average netflix shows with some NRIs than an actual book about some wedding drama. no connection between the main characters yet they are touching each other and all in their first ever meet up??? then you receive one flirty text from the girl and you have oral sex with her, huh? this is not how you want your characters to link up... no tension, no talking, no background. if you had to have alcohol everytime there were words like "best friend's wedding", "south asian community", "aunties", "east coast and west coast" , "shaadi saboteur", you'd be having alcohol poising by now. the writer tried so hard to make this seem like an authentic NRI fat girl's love story but it accomplished nothing. her being fat had no contribution to the story. the warning of fatphobia and death of parent had no use either. what was i supposed to feel if she was slim or fat.. created no difference to the story. the use of "sapno ki rani" also felt so cringe because no one really talks like this in real life. Many of the sentences the author used seemed like literal translation of some hindi sentences which dont really sound as good in english and were very out of place. my other issues with this book is the naming of the characters... it was so lazy and ingenuine that it killed any vibe this book had even remotely achieved. a pure PUNJABI family naming their eldest son as BENJAMIN, seriously??? then if he has a younger brother, he is addressed as CHOTTU??? and in the whole book. PREM and DEEPAK and KAREENA??? not one good name. And FYI - mamu's wife is mami not bhua!!! I havent read dr dil but this part makes me feel I would hate that book too. Kareena and Prem's characters seemed so unromantic and boring... there was nothing captivating about this book that I would remember. The mother in law of the sister being the saboteur also has no dramatic reveal like you would be surprised... it was lazy writing and boring plots. I would highly recommend reading this book, if you have nothing better to read. THIS BOOK IS A PATHETIC DESCRIPTION OF HOW INDIANS IN ABROAD COUNTRIES REALLY ARE. Disliked it from start to end. 2 stars for the fact that it was finishable and I was able to end the torture of reading it.

this is a good book but i dont like the main characters have had no bonding besides casual hooking up and they fall in love. they dont know anything about each other, other than what they like during intercourse. no actual sharing of ideas or likes/dislikes actually happens. its just from sex to love. if such a couple were to exist, they would get into many obstacles before getting married. i see that miles and tate both are the kind of people who like to somewhat resolve things but this kind of relationship would have its ups and downs considering they never really bond on real things. i like miles's character but hate the name. even for tate, what kind of name is this... its an alright read, a filler book but nothing that would be going on the bookshelf because it was soooo amazing. their first hookup scene was also so awkward, did not like they way it was written and just happening so randomly.

amazing book!!! i read it so many years ago but its still fresh in my mind. really made me believe in love and stuff.

Excellent book with so much insight and educational value. Its one of the finest works I have ever read. Great story line and teachings. Loved it till the end.

If there is any book that has given me true happiness, it is this book (keeping non-fiction and many fiction books aside). Such an amazing piece of work and there is just too much to appreciate. I enjoyed reading every single thing. As much as I wanted to read the next page, I didn't want it to finish but we always come to an end just like the Universe hahaha. But really appreciate all the science/non science people for their contribution in the making of this gem and a big salute to Late Mr. Stephen Hawking without whom such a book wouldn't be possible. I recommend reading this and gaining a perspective on how tiny we are and how tiny our problems are and what are we in. ADVICE - READ ONLY IF YOU CAN KEEP UP, DO NOT LEAVE IT HALF WAY THROUGH BECAUSE THE BEAUTY IS WHEN ALL THE THINGS START TO TIE UP TOGETHER. IF YOU ARE NOT A SCIENCE/REAL FACTS ENTHUSIAST, I WOULD SUGGEST START WITH SOMETHING SMALL AND THEN READ THIS. :-)