Kismat Connection

I have received an Advance Reader's Copy of this book through a giveaway hosted by the publisher. This has not affected my rating or review in any way.

Kismat Connection was a short and sweet young adult contemporary novel. Following Madhuri, a girl unfortunately destined to marry her first love and Arjun, a boy hopelessly in love with his best friend Madhuri, it makes for a cute fake dating-to-actually dating love story.

The plot was simple and cute; a simple fake dating-to-lovers story with Indian representation and culture majorly intertwined into the story. My main and possibly only complaint would be the writing. From the moment I started reading the first page, I was thrust into the middle of a story with no introduction. The opening scene wanted me to feel something for the characters I had only just met. Not only that, but the writing was quite juvenile and amateurish. I understand that this was a debut novel but the author could've used some more practice before publishing this out into the world.

Overall, this was a pretty good novel, not awful at all. My only wish was that it had been somewhat longer to fully flesh out the characters and give them a proper introduction and backstory.