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Join the CBR18 Book Bingo Reading Challenge—Now Underway!   

Difficult Women, Trauma, and Romance (Bingos #4 & 5)

The Trouble with Hating You by Sajni Patel

October 25, 2020 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

The Trouble with Hating You is not your typical Romance read, even though Patel is working within and against established tropes, and I liked it better for it. This is definitely an enemies to lovers romance (the title pretty much announces it) and in it we have Liya Thakkar,  a happily single successful biochemical engineer, who has a very strained relationship with her parents and has been very clear that she is not interested in being set up with a potential spouse. The moment she […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: cbr12bingo, Desi representation, orange, read women, Sajni Patel, The Trouble With Hating You, we need diverse books

faintingviolet's CBR12 Review No:50 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: cbr12bingo, Desi representation, orange, read women, Sajni Patel, The Trouble With Hating You, we need diverse books ·
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I Don’t Not Like You

The Trouble With Hating You by Sajni Patel

May 14, 2020 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I recommend Sajni Patel’s debut, The Trouble With Hating You, with some caution. Not everyone is going to like Liya, the prickly main character, and I cannot speak to the quality of the Desi representation. It’s high drama and angst with low heat. I enjoyed enough about the book that I would be interested in reading more from the author. I received this from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The drama in the book may also put some people off. Most significantly, there […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, NetGalley, Sajni Patel, The Trouble With Hating You

Emmalita's CBR12 Review No:38 · Genres: Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, NetGalley, Sajni Patel, The Trouble With Hating You ·
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