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A Holly Jolly Diwali

Sonya Lalli

Start date: December 1, 2021

Finish date: December 31, 2021

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Dec 13, 2021 Dr. Andy rated it really liked it

Shelves: asian-rep, bipoc-author, ownvoices, read-2021

I'm so here for more holiday romcoms that are not Christmas!

A Holly Jolly Diwali is about 29 year old data analyst Niki Randhawa. Niki has always made rational and logical decisions. But when she's laid off, she decides to embrace the spontaneous and books a ticket to India for her best friend's wedding. She doesn't expect to hit it off with Sam, but as the two are thrown together during a group honeymoon, they see where the sparks could lead to.

This was such a feel good story! I really enjoye ...more

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Jan 24, 2024 Toshita rated it it was ok

I'm honestly not sure how to feel about this book. The plot was pretty good minus the slight insta-love that occurred. Okay to be clear it was insta-lust which is so much more tolerable than insta-love but at the same time kinda unrealistic to me. Anyway, even though it wasn't insta-love they did totally fall in love within like a week or two of meeting each other. Anyway, that's not even my biggest issue with this book.

The biggest issue begins with the title A Holly Jolly Diwali. I get the ide ...more

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Dec 07, 2021 Aly rated it liked it

Shelves: holiday, 2021, romance, audiobook, contemporary

Ooh a Diwali book yay! Loving these diverse holiday reads and learning about other traditions. This was a cute book with a sweet romance. Niki went from just kind of existing to being more confident and making her life the way she wanted to live it. She also has a great sister and a friend who encourage her to go for her dreams, go girl power!

This is a pretty short book, but in the middle it dragged a bit. It didn't seem like much was happening except Niki falling for Sam. I wanted a bit more pl ...more

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