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The Bollywood Bride (Bollywood, #2)
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bookshelves: is-this-a-kissing-book, netgalley, read-2015
Oct 31, 2014
bookshelves: is-this-a-kissing-book, netgalley, read-2015
This author came to my attention last year when I read A Bollywood Affair I really enjoyed that little book so I was excited when I saw this one. Now I'm sad because I did not care for this one as much.
Ria is supposedly an "Ice Princess", she keeps to herself and doesn't let her personal life go public. She is a Bollywood star with a secret. (She a dang drama queen is what she is)
Ria finds out that her cousin (who's family raised her) is getting married and she must return to her home for the wedding. She is living in Mumbai after running to be a star leaving her troubled past behind. So she returns to Chicago.
She is haunted by her mom's violent mental illness touched past and thinks that it will be repeated with her. The thing is? This part of the book could have been very good but I just didn't like Ria enough to care about any of her baggage.
The of course is a romantic past that comes into play. Ria left Vikram with a cloud of misunderstanding. *insert some eye rolling here*
They grew up together and had been "soul mates" before the drama train hit them and tore them apart.
I LOATHED Vikram's character. He was a total asshat for most of the book.
I think that hurt the story for me. You can't enjoy a romance when you absolutely hate one of the main characters. So that could have some bearings on my feelings for this book. I did like her other book though so I'm open to reading more by this author.
Booksource: Netgalley in exchange for review.
I'm highlighting a positive review on this book because I really do like this author and think this book may have just not been my cup.
Here is a great review for this book.
Ria is supposedly an "Ice Princess", she keeps to herself and doesn't let her personal life go public. She is a Bollywood star with a secret. (She a dang drama queen is what she is)
Ria finds out that her cousin (who's family raised her) is getting married and she must return to her home for the wedding. She is living in Mumbai after running to be a star leaving her troubled past behind. So she returns to Chicago.
She is haunted by her mom's violent mental illness touched past and thinks that it will be repeated with her. The thing is? This part of the book could have been very good but I just didn't like Ria enough to care about any of her baggage.
The of course is a romantic past that comes into play. Ria left Vikram with a cloud of misunderstanding. *insert some eye rolling here*
They grew up together and had been "soul mates" before the drama train hit them and tore them apart.
I LOATHED Vikram's character. He was a total asshat for most of the book.
I think that hurt the story for me. You can't enjoy a romance when you absolutely hate one of the main characters. So that could have some bearings on my feelings for this book. I did like her other book though so I'm open to reading more by this author.
Booksource: Netgalley in exchange for review.
I'm highlighting a positive review on this book because I really do like this author and think this book may have just not been my cup.
Here is a great review for this book.
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Kelly (and the Book Boar)
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Oct 07, 2015 08:06AM
Who are you and what did you do with Shelby? Romancetober ; )
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Kelly (and the Book Boar) wrote: "Who are you and what did you do with Shelby? Romancetober ; )"I know! These are the ones that are being archived on Netgalley so I was trying to get them read. But guess what I have coming from the library? Dang romances.
Patrycja wrote: "Great review!"Thanks :D
Victoria wrote: "enjoyed reading the review. so smart"Thanks!
I know what you mean by, "... I just didn't like Ria enough to care about any of her baggage." Although I can totally understand her dilemma, I could never -for the life of me- fathom what happened to the age-old concept called 'discussing with your partner'. As for Vikram, I like him, but he seems to be very flaky! The other characters seem to have no options but to put up with the protagonist and her drama. I really empathize her and wanted to like her, but she made it quite difficult!
..quite difficult. *
Rashmi wrote: "I know what you mean by, "... I just didn't like Ria enough to care about any of her baggage." Although I can totally understand her dilemma, I could never -for the life of me- fathom what happened..."I know! It's like she never used her brain at all. I liked this author's first book so I think it's just one of those books that wasn't for me on this one.
But I loved your review of the book and I am going to sharing this
