An arranged marriage where the couple hates each others’ guts and then gets to know each other under secret identites? Yes! I picked this up based on that premise and the read-alike comparisons in the blurb, thinking this would be an ownvoices Indian-inspired fantasy a la Tasha Suri and… it’s not. “You sure you aren’t trying to kill me?” “Never.” She smirks. “In front of all these witnesses.” “Reassuring.” Adraa and Jatin, heirs to neighboring kingdoms, have been betrothed since they were kids. Neither remembers […]
Arranged-marriage YA that didn’t live up to the trope
Cast in Firelight by Dana Swift