This Is How You Fall In Love

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Loved the plot. 100% loved the plot and it saved this whole book for me. It was SO refreshing to read a 100% YA romance novel. It has all the tropes, but they’re completely twisted in a way I’ve never seen before. I thought I knew what I was getting into when I started this book, but I couldn’t have been more wrong. There was plot-twist after plot-twist and it definitely kept me on my toes. most of all, I fell in love with myself. I embraced that I am who I am, no excuses, and I realised that I don’t need to cater to what everyone else wants for me. I can still be loved by those around me while doing what I want’. I feel like the best books have to include at least one character that is a book lover and I think that is what sold this book for me. True love is never an easy ride, but for Zara, her story has more twists and turns than the average. Mixing this fantastically written romcom with traditional Desi families creates an exciting read that really will have you longing for the next chapter. This novel also covers a wide range of topics including romance, friends to lovers, Desi families, jealousy, secrets and best friends. I would highly recommend this book to those who love a good romcom story mixed with friendship and the life of a teenager.

Zara and Adnan are justfriends. Always have been, always will be. Even if they have to pretend to be girlfriend and boyfriend...Zara loves love in all forms: 90s romcoms and romance novels and grand sw eeping gestures. And she's desperate to have her own great love story. Crucially, a real one. i thought i would of been able to predict the way the book was going but the plot twist threw me for a loop and i really enjoyed how that made this book differentiate from others. the desi representation was so enlightening and inspiring too.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a free eARC in exchange for an honest review! This is a group to have fun in. For everyone. Think of others before you post or comment. I'm watching... Always watching... this book encompassed everything necessary for a cute young/first love rom-com. Zara, the MC, is a lovely, wholehearted and sweet character who I instantly liked and felt I could relate to. Her relationship to Adnan, her boy best-friend, was unbelievably cute and i thoroughly enjoyed reading their story. The plot was more complicated than I had anticipated but I am here for it! life is messy and this was an avid description of messy love, and life, can be. I really felt the story come to life, which made me enjoy the story more as all the sub-plots were equally interesting! the ending was well-written and I felt that Zara had been on a journey (excuse the cliche!) and had come to appreciate her family and friends, and all the ways they loved her.

Authors, if you are a member of the Goodreads Author Program, you can edit information about your own books. Find out how in this guide. This is How You Fall in Love' by Anika Hussain was a delightful read. Adnan and Zara have been best friends since forever. Their families spend Sunday dinners, holidays to Bangladesh and every other major life event together. When Adnan falls for new girl Cami, he stumbles across a big problem - they need to keep their relationship a secret due to Cami's overprotective family. Enter a classic fake dating scenario which challenges the boundaries of Adnan and Zara's relationship. Is the love they feel for each other actually like siblings or something more?

Overall, if you’re looking for a refreshing read, this one is definitely a great option. Though I had some issues with it, a lot of that came down to personal preference, and I would definitely recommend this, as it had minimal language and was such an unexpectedly delightful read.

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I also really enjoyed exploring Zara’s family relationships, and loved that unlike most YA novels, her parents were just present enough in the narrative to know they existed (and there to support her if necessary) without being too involved to make their inclusion seem unrealistic. I also really liked their positive and rather candid approach to sex (and the ‘sex talk’). Zara loves love in all forms: 90s romcoms and romance novels and grand sweeping gestures. And she's desperate to have her own great love story. Crucially, a real one. So when her best friend Adnan begs her to pretend to date him to cover up his new top-secret relationship, Zara is hesitant. This isn't the kind of thing she had in mind. But there's something in it for Zara too: making her parents, who love Adnan, happy might just stop them arguing for a while. She may not be getting her own love story, but she could save theirs. So Zara agrees and the act begins: after all, how different can pretending to be in a relationship with your best friend be to just hanging around with them like usual? Turns out, a lot. With fake dating comes fake hand-holding and fake kissing and real feelings... And when a new boy turns up in Zara's life, things get more confusing than ever.