Review: Wonderful lol read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 2, 2012
This was a fabulous and witty look into the lives of modern-day 20-something Indian women.  I absolutely adored every word!  The first person narration comes from Nisha (a girl obsessed with romance novels) who lives with her parents and grandmother, along with her sister Vinita (a girl who registers on the genius scale).  Her family is actually living in her grandmother's (Naani's) house, and throughout the story, you can see the ramifications of this as the father slowly grinds on everyone's nerves.  Apparently, this living situation is fairly standard for young women in India, even though both of the sisters had already graduated from college.  Their parents, especially the father, have made it their mission to match them with a husband.  But this isn't even the funniest part, their cousins and aunt (mom's sister) come to visit from the US and most of the ridiculous and lol occurrences are due to Nisha's efforts to entertain her kin and the hijinks that the cousins somehow always manage to be a part of.  It's difficult to completely capture all that occurs in this novel without rewriting the whole thing, as it's a never ending roller coaster ride of crazy happenings, blunt honesty, and melt-your-heart romance (this last one is more towards the end of the book - but it's wonderful).  The ending is 100% perfect and I couldn't have asked for more in a fun, out-of-my-usual read.The only thing I had any problems with was the broken English used by the older people in the story, but the reasoning was deftly explained and the whole notion of broken English just became a necessary part of this tale.  Essentially, it was the older people's way of trying to up their social status - and Nisha and Vinita frequently knocked their elder's mistakes, which just added to the honesty and witty frustration inherent in this 5/5 novel.Note:  I received this in a member giveaway on LibraryThing.  All of the above is 100% honest.