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This Is How You Fall In Love

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Choose a category that works for your book and an audience that will enjoy it. Otherwise, your efforts will be wasted and possibly cause you to go to the spam folder. This is a place for helping. Promoting your own work is acceptable -even encouraged- as long as it is done in an honest, non-spammy way. If you are spam, you go in the spam folder. Know where that is? Out of the group. *friendly smiles* The Nottinghill Carnival takes central stage in this story about families, memories and the power of dance and festivals. Author Yaba Badoe tells... However, the characters annoyed the HELL out of me. Every single one of them. Especially Adnan and Cami, who, despite asking Zara to do this massive favour for them so they could be together in secret, had the audacity to be mad at her for not doing that quite right. There were parts where I was pretty confused about - like, why couldn't they just hang out without Zara there, especially somewhere not in public? I didn't quite understand all of that. It felt like Cami and Zara were just being pitted against each other for drama's sake and I think it would've been a better message for that not to happen.

David Almond introduces his new picture book, A Way to the Stars, a story about perseverance and finding a way to make dreams come true. Anika Hussain’s debut follows two British-Bangladeshi teens, who inadvertently test the bonds of their friendship by deciding to fake date in this brilliantly heartfelt and humour-filled YA rom-com that explores their unconventional path to dating, friendship and romance. 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. I’m obsessed with character driven stories, but these ones kind of annoyed me. I liked Zara and Yahya, a lot actually, but Adnan and Cami annoyed the living crap out of me. They roped her into this whole fake dating situation and then we’re always getting on her for doing it wrong. They were just such jerks and honestly so immature and rude. Yahya was so genuine though, and I loved his personality. Zara was definitely motivated by her love for the people in her life, which was super relatable. Sadie was by far my favorite character, though. I also loved the family dynamic. Zara learned a lot about her parents throughout the story, which fueled their relationship in ways I didn’t expect. 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. The course of true love never did run smoothly, but Zara's love story is messier than most...

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The friendship turning into a fake-dating scheme between Zara and Adnan was absolutely LOVELY, from beginning to end. It’s cristal clear how close they are, how much they know and care for each other. I loved loved LOVED their bond, their banter and everything else about them. What I really enjoyed about this book was that it felt very fresh - it was a new take on the fake dating trope and that was really fun to see. You expect this book to follow the typical storylines of a YA romance, but it mixes it up by the end and that was so refreshing! 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. 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.

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. 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’). There are lots of groups where authors and readers can connect, right? That's probably what you're thinking. And that's a valid argument. But I want this group to be different in a few ways: 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...

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Have you ever enjoyed something so much that it felt like you were floating the whole time? Well, that’s how I felt throughout this whole book. But then... I met him. Yahya. You might not know who I'm talking about so here's the lowdown: there was a guy I liked. A guy whose lips felt like clouds and who smelled like coffee infused with the tiniest hint of tobacco and chai with lemons. A guy who made me feel like myself at a time when I had to lie to just about everyone I knew. A guy who surprised me every day. I didn't anticipate falling for him, but I did. 'And then my world blew up…’” – Zara, This is How You Fall in Love There’s a lot to like about this book, though written for a much younger reader than me (once again I find 17 year olds more fun to read about than millennials). I like the South Asian representation and the fact that neither set of parents is stereotyped – Zara’s parents are second generation British and had a hard time themselves and are trying not to do that. Yes, there is a South Asian diabetes thread but then that does educate. Terms for clothes and food and other cultural things are used and not explained, which I always like. The friendship group is mixed and multicultural, which is nice, too. You're encouraged to create: threads, polls, friends, thoughtful discussions, memories, happiness. Have some fun. Hussain perfectly captures the very essence of what makes a good teen rom-com; a healthy dose angst, quirky meet cutes, lashings of humour and a host of well meaning but nosey loved ones (friends and family) who may or may not be a little too invested in the protagonist’s relationship.

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