Review: Sumeetha is an author to watch out for!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 7, 2014
‘The Perfect Groom’ by Sumeetha Manikandan contains all the right ingredients that make for a gripping story (distant husband, familial obligations, imposing relatives, the complete DIL-MIL drama, a spunky heroine, twist, turns and of course, romance). When you start off with Nithya on her journey, you can’t help but feel sorry for her. But as she unravels the multiple layers in her personality, you feel confident that she is capable of tiding over her predicament – and she does, in her own time and in her own unique way. Even though her life is a complete mess, Nithya is grounded, responsible, self-assured and focused. She works her situation to her benefit and works tirelessly towards her dreams, not letting go of her sense of humor even in the stickiest of situations! Set in Mylapore, a town in Tamil Nadu, the book is replete with cultural flavor, especially descriptions of South Indian rituals and cuisine.