Farah Heron

BOOK Review: ACCIDENTALLY Engaged

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“Reena’s heart was safe. But she felt fine about their meddling. Truly. Friends who cared enough to meddle were hardly something to complain about.”

For Reena Manji, her life could be better but for right now she’s not complaining for while she’s not thrilled about her love life, she doesn’t really want to be involved in a relationship right now. If only her family got that memo and didn’t insert themselves into every aspect of her life. Reena is trying to do the best she can and drown out the noise but when her father moves his newest employee, Nadim across the hall from her with hopes that he’ll be the one, she’s going to get much more than she bargained for.

I absolutely loved this story, it was so pure and wholesome with heart warming and angst moments that made me glued to my book for more. Reena was such a relatable protagonist, I really felt for her and enjoyed seeing her character growth throughout the book and found her chemistry with Nadim very real and I loved both of them on their own and together. They were both very interesting and flawed and the development of the relationship didn’t happen so quickly or felt forced and that’s always good cause that can really be a downer. I did enjoy Reena’s relationship with her family and even if they did meddle in her love life, they truly cared for her and just wanted her to be happy. They were very close and there were some really great heartwarming moments and loved how Heron developed the secondary characters and made them just as important as the main characters. Highly recommend this one!

Book Review: Kamila KNows Best

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“Shit. Was there supposed to be a Breakfast At Tiffany’s theme tonight?”

Kamila Hussain lives a life of comfort. She is the go friend for advice especially with love, has a supportive network full of friends and family that care for her, access to all the bollywood parties that she wants, and a dog with that has more followers on Instagram than most people do. While she spends more time giving her friends advice on love, she can’t be bothered to think of her own love life. But, when she hears of an old rival who has eyes for her longtime friend, Rohan who has been a rock for her throughout her life, she can’t bear losing him to someone else. The more Kamila tries to plan, the more things start falling apart and if Kamila doesn’t think of something quick, she may lose the one person who means the most to her.

I absolutely love Austen retellings as she’s one of my favorite authors so this book was a real treat! It was such a fun and heartwarming tale and I found all the characters especially Kamila and Rohan to be unique and flawed in their own ways. I could definitely feel the chemistry between them so that was good because there’s nothing worse than when it’s not developed or seems forced. Another thing that I liked is that even if there wasn’t a romance factor, the two were very unique on their own with interesting backstories and their dynamics were very fleshed out. I apprenticed the focus that Heron did on Kamila’s work life and how she felt so much pressure due to her culture and being the woman that she wanted to be. That is something that rang true for me so I felt for her and I appreciated that focus because I think there are times where authors focus too much on the romance and not enough on the heroine and it’s important that stories don’t put so much focus on the romance and being your own person in addition to be in a relationship. This was a very fun book so I highly recommend that you check it out!