When Dimple Met Rishi
Now on Netflix as 'Mismatched'
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4.6 • 8 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
A New York Times bestseller
A Goodreads Choice YA finalist
'Get ready to fall in love with Dimple Shah and Rishi Patel' HelloGiggles
Now on Netflix as 'Mismatched'
Meet Dimple.
Her main aim in life is to escape her traditional parents, get to university and begin her plan for tech world domination.
Meet Rishi.
He's rich, good-looking and a hopeless romantic. His parents think Dimple is the perfect match for him, but she's got other plans...
Dimple and Rishi may think they have each other figured out. But when opposites clash, love works even harder to prove itself in the most unexpected ways.
As joyfully refreshing as Rainbow Rowell, Jenny Han and Nicola Yoon, When Dimple Met Rishi is a frothy, funny contemporary romance told from the dual perspectives of two Indian American protagonists. While Dimple is fighting her family traditions, Rishi couldn't be happier to follow in the footsteps of his parents - could sparks fly between this odd couple, or is this matchmaking attempt doomed to fail?
'Menon wrote an utterly delightful novel and broke my heart by writing an ending because I want nothing more than to keep reading about Dimple and Rishi forever . . . I'm looking forward to it being a huge hit of 2017.' Book Riot
'Funny, warm, and utterly charming . . . Sandhya Menon is a welcome and needed new voice in YA.'Katherine Webber
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Boy meets girl and tradition meets tech as two Indian-American teenagers are thrown together at a coding camp. The pair seem a little mismatched but their parents are keen for love to blossom—and for an arranged marriage to follow. Attraction between opposites is a familiar trope in romance but Sandhya Menon has created a compulsively fresh read by presenting her loveable characters with razor-sharp wit and a storytelling style that toggles between Dimple and Rishi’s perspectives.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this bright and funny debut novel, Menon introduces two intellectually gifted teens from traditional Indian families who meet at a summer tech conference in San Francisco. The twist: Dimple and Rishi's parents have arranged their marriage. Rishi is aware of the arrangement; Dimple is not. Rishi longs for a traditional marriage like the one his parents have, but Dimple is adamantly opposed to her parents' efforts to push her toward the same, favoring a career and education over family. After a disastrous initial meeting (Dimple throws iced coffee at Rishi), the two creep toward friendship and love, a slow process recounted through their alternating points of view (often switching multiple times within a single chapter). This frequent back and forth provides a detailed play-by-play of the teenagers' shifting emotions as Menon vividly conjures the joy, self-doubt, and humor of first love. Romance-loving readers will celebrate the ways that Rishi and Dimple learn to respect and appreciate their Indian heritage and traditions but also manage to go their own way. Ages 12 up.
Customer Reviews
Amazing
This book is so cute for a summer romance I recommend it's really funny and heartwarming
When Dimple Met Rishi
Fairly predictable but good light reading with a multicultural twist.