Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating
Adiba Jaigirdar
Everyone likes Humaira "Hani" Khan—she’s easy going and one of the most popular girls at school. But when she comes out to her friends as bisexual, they invalidate her identity, saying she can’t be bi if she’s only dated guys. Panicked, Hani blurts out that she’s in a relationship…with a girl her friends absolutely hate—Ishita "Ishu" Dey. Ishu is the complete opposite of Hani. She’s an academic overachiever who hopes that becoming head girl will set her on the right track for college. But Ishita agrees to help Hani, if Hani will help her become more popular so that she stands a chance of being elected head girl. Despite their mutually beneficial pact, they start developing real feelings for each other. But relationships are complicated, and some people will do anything to stop two Bengali girls from achieving happily ever after.
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0Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating, by Adiba Jaigirdar, is a lovely addition to the fake dating canon. While fake dating stories often suffer from slightly flimsy reasoning behind the fake dating itself, Hani and Ishu's reasons are believable, if a little heart wrenching, much like the characters that inhabit their world -- believable, if a little hard to stomach at times. The story is a slow starter, but it picks up in the final third and had me turning pages wanting to know how it would all end up.
Thank you to NetGalley and Page Street Kids for the ARC!
0Such a fun and important novel
Characters-10- Oh my goodness I loved Hani and Ishue so much. I can’t pick between the two as my favorite character. I related to each of them a bit which I enjoyed.
Plot-9- I’m a sucker for fake dating. This story was delightful and I really enjoyed the story. This story is packed with discussions of being yourself, and standing up for yourself.
Writing 9- This was my first novel from Adiba Jaigirdar, and I will be reading other books by this author. I loved the writing style of this book.
Enjoyment-10 I throughly enjoyed this book and it is definitely one I will reread.
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