10 Things I Hate About Pinky
ARC Review: 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi #3) by Sandhya Menon
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Series: Dimple and Rishi #3
Author: Sandhya Menon
Published July 21st 2020 by Hodder Paperbacks
Goodreads Synopsis
The delightful follow-up to When Dimple Met Rishi and There’s Something about Sweetie follows Pinky and Samir as they pretend to date—with disastrous and hilarious results.
Pinky Kumar wears the social justice warrior badge with pride. From raccoon hospitals to persecuted rock stars, no cause is too esoteric for her to champion. But a teeny-tiny part of her also really enjoys making her conservative, buttoned-up corporate lawyer parents cringe.
Samir Jha might have a few . . . quirks remaining from the time he had to take care of his sick mother, like the endless lists he makes in his planner and the way he schedules every minute of every day, but those are good things. They make life predictable and steady.
Pinky loves lazy summers at her parents’ Cape Cod lake house, but after listening to them harangue her about the poor decisions (aka boyfriends) she’s made, she hatches a plan. Get her sorta-friend-sorta-enemy, Samir—who is a total Harvard-bound Mama’s boy—to pose as her perfect boyfriend for the summer. As they bicker their way through lighthouses and butterfly habitats, sparks fly, and they both realize this will be a summer they'll never forget.
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Review
I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher. This in no way impacted on my view.
10 Things I Hate About Pinky see a fake boyfriend plot become something a little more serious while spending the summer on holiday in Massachusetts. Pinky Kumar has always clashed with her mam, about just about everything: her hair, her piercings, her boyfriends, her various schemes and plots for different causes. When she and her parents are spending their summer at their lakeside home with her perfect cousin and family, it's becoming even harder for Pinky to deal with the parental expectations. Everything about her cousin, Dolly, is perfect, so when the barn burns down one night, everyone automatically assumes Pinky was to blame, and even when Dolly owns up to it, there's still no apology. So, she decides to tell her parents she's got a perfect boyfriend, who wants to be a lawyer to boot, and invites him to spend summer with her - the only issue, she doesn't actually have any such boyfriend. Samir Jha should be having the best summer ever. He's managed to convince his overprotective mother to let him travel across country to Washington D.C. to take part in a prestigious internship, but when he arrives, the lawyer he should've been working with has been indisposed, and he no longer has any reason to be there. Rather than travel home, he agrees to Pinky's harebrained scheme, especially when she says she can get him a winter internship with her parents at their own law firm. Samir is the complete opposite of Pinky, and they clash, again and again, leading to him creating a list of the 10 things he hates about Pinky.
Both characters in this book have intrigued me from previous forays into this series, and I was especially interested in seeing how their romance played out, considering they'd always somewhat been at odds with each other in previous books. Pinky's character was lovely and refreshing, and though she wasn't what you would expect, she really did believe in the different causes she worked for, and seeing that in this book through the actions she took over the butterfly sanctuary, and with DQ, the possom, showed her in the very best light. Because she was completely different to her mother, this had been a big reason in why they were as estranged as they were, and I loved the exploration into how their relationship was repaired, rather than the book only being about romantic feelings. Samir and Pinky, though, were definitely the best choice for each other, even as different as they were. Being polar opposites, the saying was true in their case, and opposites definitely do attract. Yeah, there's angst, and fighting, but there's also the sweet moments between them when the true person shows through, and not how they portray themselves to the public. I think this couple may be my favourite out of the three in the series, and am sad this is the last story in the Dimple and Rishi verse, because I'd love to hear more about them in future. Sandhya is still one of my favourite YA authors, and I can't wait for her next book!
Dates Read:
July 22-23, 2020
Rating
4 Stars
