When Dimple Met Rishi book review

When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
Series: Dimple and Rishi #1
Published by Simon Pulse on May 30, 2017
Pages: 380
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Dimple Shah has it all figured out. With graduation behind her, she’s more than ready for a break from her family, from Mamma’s inexplicable obsession with her finding the “Ideal Indian Husband.” Ugh. Dimple knows they must respect her principles on some level, though. If they truly believed she needed a husband right now, they wouldn’t have paid for her to attend a summer program for aspiring web developers…right?

Rishi Patel is a hopeless romantic. So when his parents tell him that his future wife will be attending the same summer program as him—wherein he’ll have to woo her—he’s totally on board. Because as silly as it sounds to most people in his life, Rishi wants to be arranged, believes in the power of tradition, stability, and being a part of something much bigger than himself.

The Shahs and Patels didn’t mean to start turning the wheels on this “suggested arrangement” so early in their children’s lives, but when they noticed them both gravitate toward the same summer program, they figured, Why not?

Dimple and Rishi may think they have each other figured out. But when opposites clash, love works hard to prove itself in the most unexpected ways.

I am so late on this wagon, but I had heard such wonderful things about this book and it didn’t disappoint. I loved the characters and the setting, I did think the ending was a little weak and predictable but that didn’t really affect my enjoyment of the book in the slightest. I quite enjoy books that have a little bit of guilty pleasure reading in them and When Dimple Met Rishi definitely fits that bill. I loved the concept that surrounds this book and the use of coding and the competition element, it was a really fun way to get to know the characters and for them also to get to know each other. Basically, this book promised to make me laugh out loud and it definitely did that.

I think that When Dimple met Rishi has some really great relationships and some really great contrasting relationships. I loved reading about the parent-child relationships between Dimple and her mum and then also the sense of responsibility that Rishi has towards his. I thought it was a great look at their world and it also explained a lot about their story and why they were the way they were. I also thought that the way that romantic relationships were represented was a more realistic approach than the insta-love that seems to take over YA. I think there were some serious issues tackled in a great way in this book especially surrounding romantic relationships.

I think the best bit of When Dimple Met Rishi would have to be the competition element of the story. I enjoyed reading about the app development process and how everything comes together. I also thought that the way the whole thing happened and fell together was funny, I enjoyed the fact that there were all these factors in play and almost all of them had nothing to do with Dimple. There were definite moments where I laughed out loud and I think that was the best bit of the book.

I think the worst bit of When Dimple Met Rishi for me was the ending, I know that they did it to make a point and for it not to be predictable but it kinda felt like a cop-out. I feel as though it was something that made totally no sense and was done so that other things in the plot could happen. I guess I was expecting something completely different and this took me by surprise and not in a good way, unfortunately. But then again we can’t always have what we want!

I would recommend this book, I thought it had a really good balance of humour and of romance, I definitely will be picking up the sequel and see what’s happening in their lives!

Did you read When Rishi Met Dimple? What did you think of it? Let me know in the comments!