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In this sapphic dual POV Young Adult romance by Adiba Jaigirdar, Meghna and Rani (ex-best-friends-turned-rivals) realize they're dating the same guy, so they team up to beat and expose him at a big science competition! Meghna Rahman is tired of constantly being compared to her infuriatingly perfect ex best friend now rival. Everyone, except, at least, her boyfriend Zak, seems to think that Rani Choudhury can do no wrong—even her own parents! It doesn’t help that Rani is always accepted into the Young Scientist Exhibition, while Meghna’s projects never make it. But this year, she finally has a chance at defeating Rani in something. Rani Choudhury is tired of feeling like she doesn’t have much say in her life—not when it comes to how her mom wants her to look and act or how her parents encourage her to date incredibly charming close family friend Zak. She would much rather focus on her coding, especially once she places high enough at the Young Scientist Exhibition to go on to the European Young Scientist Exhibition When Meghna and Rani figure out that Zak has been playing them both, they decide to do something no one would see coming: they team up. They’ll compete in the EYSE as partners, creating an app that exposes cheaters and a project that exposes Zak. But with years of silence and pressure between them, working together will prove difficult. Especially once each girl starts to realize that the feelings they had for the other may have been more than platonic... Hey, no one ever said science was easy!
Publication Year: 2024
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0 02024 reads: 337/250
content warnings: cheating, misogyny, racism, classism
meghna is tired of constantly having to compete with her ex-best-friend-now-rival, rani. when she finds out that, unbeknownst to her, she’s been competing against rani for her—rather, their—boyfriend’s attention, this is the last straw. instead of continuing this competition, the two decide to team up to take zak down. while planning their revenge, though, meghna and rani begin to realize that what they feel for each other might not only be platonic…
i’m a simple girl: i see that adiba jaigirdar has a new book coming out, and i read it ASAP. this one also drew me in due to the promise of vengeful girls in STEM, and this aspect did not disappoint. coding is something i don’t understand much myself, but i really enjoyed reading about meghna and rani making their own programs and then teaming up to make one together. i also loved their character growth. meghna and rani had their own internal and external struggles, and it was satisfying seeing these resolved a bit.
i would recommend this to anyone who enjoys YA romance books!
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