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Winnie Mehta was never really convinced that Raj was her soul mate, but their love was written in the stars. Literally, a pandit predicted Winnie would find the love of her life before her eighteenth birthday, and Raj meets all the qualifications. Which is why Winnie is shocked when she returns from her summer at film camp to find her boyfriend of three years hooking up with Jenny Dickens. As a self-proclaimed Bollywood expert, Winnie knows this is not how her perfect ending is scripted.
Then there's Dev, a fellow film geek and one of the few people Winnie can count on. Dev is smart and charming, and he challenges Winnie to look beyond her horoscope and find someone she'd pick for herself. But does falling for Dev mean giving up on her prophecy and her chance to live happily ever after? To find her perfect ending, Winnie will need a little bit of help from fate, family, and of course, a Bollywood movie star.
AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
"A delightful and humorous debut."—Kirkus Reviews, Starred review
"The perfect timepass for both the Bollywood-obsessed and filmi (melodrama) novices."-Teen Vogue
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9780525595694
- File size: 205159 KB
- Duration: 07:07:24
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- Lexile® Measure: 710
- Text Difficulty: 3
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Reviews
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March 26, 2018
Winnie (Vaneeta) Mehta and her family are obsessed with a prophecy from an Indian priest about the New Jersey teen’s romantic future. They believe she’s destined to marry Raj, her longtime boyfriend and childhood friend. But over the summer, Raj hooked up with another girl, and he no longer shares her Bollywood filmmaking dreams either—even more of a betrayal to Winnie than the cheating. The fallout from their breakup is vast: not only does Winnie get pushed out from helping with the school’s annual film festival, but she has to get a job to pay back Raj after a misguided, post-breakup stealing incident. Winnie’s new position at a local art house puts her in the orbit of Dev, a classmate who loves the cinema as much as Winnie. Sharma’s YA debut is filled with upbeat, third-person prose, and quirky, Bollywood-focused details: in recurring dreams, Winnie is visited by actor Shah Rukh Khan, who gives her life and love advice, and each chapter begins with a Bollywood movie review and rating written from Winnie’s review blog. The romance that blossoms between Winnie and Dev is sweet, if predictable, creating a satisfying story with a layer of dramatic intrigue offered through Winnie’s genuine concern over whether her fate is predetermined or of her own design. Ages 14–up. Agent: Antonella Iannarino, David Black Literary Agency. -
Priya Ayyar narrates this #ownvoices teen novel about destiny, love, and staying true to yourself. High school senior and self-proclaimed Bollywood film geek Winnie Mehta has been told about her soul mate from a young age, thanks to a prophecy by a Hindu priest. Unlike the majority of her family, she is not convinced that her ex-boyfriend, Raj, is her prophesized destiny. While Ayyar give accents to the characters who are from India, overall her performance comes across as flat and unengaged. Additionally, the slow narrative pace of the story and the sometimes poorly differentiated character voices fail to capture the listener's attention, making this a difficult listen. A.L.S.M. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine
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