I've got to do this review while it's still fresh in my head. This made such a huge impression on me, yet normally I would sit on the review thinking it through. I wasn't sure that would work for me this time. Oh my gosh. What a story. I know this has been out for awhile and it's certainly been on my radar and on my wish list. But I have been waiting on it to go on sale. The book is worth everything the author can get but I have such a book monkey on my back, I just have to budget.
I do not plan on spoilers but a couple may crop up in here. P,P,&OF as you can easily surmise is a contemporary Pride & Prejudice variation and there are many P&P nods, strong ones, but it is such a brilliant original story it stands on its own by its premise, character fleshing out and growth, the entire story arc. It's a 5+++ for me and I will visit it again....when I can get up my courage.
There are some great reviews here for complete plots, but I want to keep this shorter than I could if I went down that road. I really just want people to read it! I love so many of these characters. Dev writes the Raje family like she's telling you about her own family, or one she's very close to. There are only a couple members who are there as supporting character types but provide a necessary sweet sigh of relief to the plot. The worst angst in Austen's P&P is tripled in PP&OF. Good grief. I didn't think I could survive it!! My stomach was a mess after 'The Horrible Proposal' in this one. I'm still thinking of it with shock. And the villain? You will hate Wickham here like you never hated that character before.
I got this as an audio book from Chirp in a deal I couldn't pass up. The Austen series is narrated by Soneela Nankani was a pleasure to listen to. At some point I want to read this through because it's easier for me to get names in my head while I'm reading (which is why I like to have read the book before I acquire the audio version,) when that name is mentioned again. If there are lots of new characters (new to an Austen variation) I struggle nailing them down in my poor brain. This went smoothly after the first chapter.
I Highly Recommend this to anybody. JAFF readers especially. And if your are like me and have to be nudged a great deal to read a contemporary? You will not regret reading this. And btw, if you like Indian food...you'll be starving for it during the whole reading experience.
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A sluggish read
"Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors" by Sonali Dev is the first book in The Rajes series, introducing us to Dr. Trisha Raje, the black sheep of the family. Despite being San Francisco's acclaimed neurosurgeon and recipient of a multi-million dollar grant to conduct robotic research on the brain, her influential immigrant family only remembers her past mistakes. Namely the one all 17-years-old make: trusting the wrong person. Now, with her brother running for Governor of California, she has a chance to redeem herself.It's easier said than done, with up-and-coming Chef DJ Caine standing in her way. Chef Caine has neither the time nor the patience for Dr. Raje's arrogance but between her family's connections to help increase his clientele and her singlehandedly responsible for saving his sister's life, well, he has to play nice.I love a good enemies-to-lovers romance but unfortunately, this book did not work for me. Clocking in at 481 pages, it was and felt like a long book to get through. While I very much enjoyed the author's writing and the way she brought the characters to life, it was hard to sustain interest all the way through. There were multiple extraneous subplots that did not add anything to the story and could have easily been eliminated.Second, there was no sense of chemistry between the two leads. They were always at each other's throats and not in a "fun, sexy, take your clothes off" type. When one of the leads professed their attraction to the other person, I was caught as off-guard as them. I had the hardest time liking both characters, though I enjoyed their confidence in their abilities.I struggled with the family and their attitude toward Dr. Raje. She won a substantial grant that no one congratulated her on. Her father blamed her for her role in an incident involving her friend and her brother. For not helping out with the campaign enough. It just seemed like she couldn't win, even when she made an effort to get involved with the campaign. The family complained she was late, which is true, yes, but her surgery went over by two hours. I hate latecomers but even I can understand the reasoning.I'd be remiss if I didn't mention this was a gender swap of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen so if you enjoyed that book, you would likely enjoy this one as well. I would also like to add while this book didn't for me, I enjoyed the writing style and the mouth-watering descriptions of food, the richness of the family, that I would give the second book a try if I saw it at the library. It wouldn't be the first time I read the first book in a series and didn't enjoy it as much as so it's not fair to completely count out the series.
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