I always enjoy re-tellings of Pride and Prejudice and I think that this had a fun spin on it. Trisha and DJ were a fun couple to watch grow and I loved how the different family members interacted with each other and the characters. I would love to have sequels to this focusing on different characters, especially Emma!

3.5 Stars - I recommend if you enjoy contemporary fiction with a bit of romance. I thought this was a solid P&P retelling!

This book started out slowly for me, and I wasn't loving it quite as much as I expected at first. I loved the cooking aspect of the story, but I had a hard time connecting with the ultra-rich family at the forefront of the novel. The more time that DJ and Trisha spent together, however, the more I enjoyed it! I appreciated the modern day take on the classic story, and enjoyed seeing it through the lens of Indian American culture. I thought Dev approached modern day racial issues in a very thoughtful and powerful way. I'm so glad that she included this in this novel, as these topics are incredibly important. I thought that DJ and Trisha's moment where they really have it out was SO true to P&P! As the big conflict came to the forefront of the story I became very invested in what would happen. Overall I wish it would have been a bit more of a romance, because I wanted a little more tension between the characters. I liked the family parts, but I also wanted more of those relationships. It wasn't completely a family drama either. Because it doesn't fit a mold super well I'm having trouble rating it. I think I just wanted more cooking, more romantic tension, more charming family moments. I do think that this will all get more fleshed out as the series goes along. I'd be interested to read her other novels which I can only assume will be about Trisha's siblings. :)

I love Pride and Prejudice so I was disappointed that no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't connect with the characters. I was unable to finish this one.

I love a book with Jane Austen flavor. This wasn’t really a retelling of Pride & Prejudice just more like lots of gentle nods to the great work. That being said this book was a wee bit disjointed. There were some confusing parts where it seemed like Trisha had been estranged from her family for 15 years but no they are close? I didn’t understand that part. And the romance felt a little forced and I wasn’t that interested in it. But the part I hated the most was when it would quote her and then it said of course I didn’t really say that. Ughhhhh. This book as a whole was disappointing.

Received an advanced copy from the publisher.

As Sonali Dev said in the author's note, truly an exploration of the themes of Jane Austen, not a 1-for-1 modern adaptation and it works better for it. You see some of the same story beats but they aren't forced, and the characters are so fleshed out and developed it's a treat to read.

Dev explores themes like race, class, ethnicity and family adeptly through the Raje and Caine families and writes a lovely romance in the middle of it all. Writing from both Trisha Raje and DJ Caine's perspectives allows the reader to see where both are going wrong in understanding each other but it totally makes sense why things are unfolding as they are. Miscommunication and lack of communication, huge Austen tropes, loom large in the conflicts here and are frustrating but realistic.

Absolutely delighted with this story and ready to name it my favorite modern Austen take in a long time.

Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is one of my all-time favorite novels. I love everything about Pride and Prejudice but I’m especially fond of it because it’s where my love for the enemies to lovers trope began. I’m also a sucker for retellings of any kind so when I heard that Sonali Dev’s latest novel Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors is meant to be a modern-day Pride and Prejudice retelling, it sounded like the perfect read for me.

I was engaged by the story as soon as I met the main characters because I immediately realized it was going to be a P&P retelling I hadn’t encountered before. Why? Because it’s a gender-bent retelling. The arrogant, unlikeable Mr. Darcy character is actually female. I just found this such a delightful and unexpected twist!

Dr. Trisha Raje is a gifted neurosurgeon who also happens to be descended from Indian royalty. Her father is directly descended from royalty, while her mother is a former Bollywood actress, and her brother is in the beginnings of a bright career in politics and who has his eye on the governorship of California. The rules of the Raje household are very simple: be careful who you associate with and do absolutely nothing to bring shame and scandal into the family. Fifteen years ago, Trisha did exactly that and is now considered the black sheep of the family. She wants to redeem herself and help her brother win his election, but the family doesn’t trust her.

I really loved the complexity that Dev gives Trisha. Trisha begins showing her “Mr. Darcy” side at a fundraiser for her brother when she has a run-in with the chef who is catering the event. She is rude and condescending to what she deems “the hired help,” which leaves a bad taste in the chef’s mouth and in my mouth too. Trisha is completely obnoxious in the way she looks down on people like the chef, but at the same time, she possesses many good qualities too. She’s a brilliant surgeon who, after a chance encounter with blind children at an institute when she was a child, is drawn specifically to doing whatever she can to prevent or cure blindness. It’s hard to reconcile that compassion for some with her seeming disdain for others, and I had to keep reminding myself that Mr. Darcy redeemed himself in the original book and that I needed to stay open-minded.

Chef DJ Caine, on the other hand, was easy to love right from the start. We learn in the opening pages that he and his little sister, Emma, were tossed out on the street by their father’s family after their mother passed away. DJ therefore practically raised Emma on his own, and all they have in the world in terms of family is each other. When Emma is diagnosed with a life-threatening brain tumor, DJ quits his job so that he can be there for Emma. How can you not love a brother who is so completely devoted to his sister? It makes it all the more infuriating when he has his run-in with Trisha and she’s so rude to him. Then it spirals into an ongoing series of encounters with him looking down on her for looking down on him. Talk about awkward, haha!!

Things between Trisha and DJ become all the more awkward, however, when they each realize that Trisha is the only surgeon who can perform the surgery that can save Emma’s life. Can they look past their initial clashing of personalities and come together for Emma’s sake?

In Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors, there is a strong focus on the importance of family, as well as a thorough exploration of class and cultural differences and the prejudices that can arise because of them. I was equally drawn in by the DJ and Trisha dynamic and wanting to know what was going to happen to DJ’s sister, and by wanting to know what in the world Trisha had done all those years ago to end up in such a bad spot with her family.

Overall, I really enjoyed the way Dev gave the original Pride and Prejudice such a fresh and modern update in terms of the actual plot without losing track of those themes that have made the original such an enduring classic. I highly recommend Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors for Jane Austen fans, for those who enjoy a moving family story, and especially for those who enjoy a good enemies to lovers romance.

Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors is the first of Sonali Dev's works that I've read, but it definitely will not be the last. This loose adaptation of Pride and Prejudice revolves around Trisha Raje, a haughty neurosurgeon who comes from a royal Indian family, and DJ Caine, an up and coming chef who's sister is an artist who faces the choice of losing her eyesight or her life. Dev weaves a compelling tale, with the Darcy and Elizabeth roles swapped, that was impossible to put down. I truly loved how Dev stayed true to the original story while creating fresh new characters that told their own story, rather than just imitating the original. I really hope she revisits the characters in this novel- there are many little threads that could be developed into a great series. I look forward to reading more from this author.

Right off the bat, title is very on the nose but if one is a fan of pride and prejudice like I am, you would definitely pick the book. I loved, loved, loooooved that the main characters are all Indian americans. I love how casually a lot of Indian references, culture and heritage and even food was thrown in.

The story starts with the affluent Rate family, the maharajas of Sripore in India who settled down in California and became Americans embracing American culture. But what you say is that there's still a lot of Endianness going around. The tight-knit family has its own problems as evidenced by the POV of our heroine, Trisha Raje. She's a renowned surgeon, her dad's the head of the hospital. It's a rich and privileged family which rubbed me the wrong way so many times. Just like it rubbed DJ, our hero who is a chef catering the Raje's event. Very Pride and Prejudice-y I tell you.

The initial interactions between the main characters were so awful though. I couldn't stand them. The insults were sharper and some of them crossed the line. I wondered how the author is going to bridge the yawning divide and felt myself losing interest around 1/3rd into the book. The Raje's problems didn't really seemed like actual problems. That's the problem with the book. Its a fluff piece. If you read Pride and Prejudice, you know what happens. You just have to wait and see how the characters are being steered because instead of Darcy, we have Trisha Rate and instead of Elizabeth, we have DJ. So I kept on reading out of loyalty towards an Indian author and the Indian characters because as an Indian, if I don't read it, who will? And finally, thankfully, the last 1/3rd of the book really delivered! I loved how the divide was bridged and then the romance got RED HOT! Now, we are talking!

For readers who live by romance books, this book has enough uniqueness and intrigue and red hot romance to hook you. I'm thinking this book will have moderate success with readers. For me, its 3 stars.

I am in love with Sonali Dev. She is the only author I have ever read that bring the smells and favor of foods to her books and I cannot forget the Indian culture.. Yes I was craving Indian food by the time the book was over!!

The details and the complicated relationships make this a must read. So exciting see that this is the first book in a new series for Sonali Dev.

Thank you Netgalley and Harper Collins for this ARC.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that I love EVERYTHING Pride and Prejudice related. I will never not swoon as Mr. Darcy declares his love for Lizzie Bennet 😍. •

I picked up an advanced copy of this beauty at a bookstore last month, and I absolutely adored reading it! It’s a modern, gender-swapped retelling of Pride and Prejudice that keeps all of the best parts (So 👏🏼 Much 👏🏼 Romantic 👏🏼 Tension) and adds in some great new elements, like a BA female brain surgeon, Indian culture, and mouthwatering food descriptions! If you are in love with Mr. Darcy as much as I am then you should definitely read this one when it comes out next month! •

Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev 5 stars

I started reading books by Sonali Dev when "A Bollywood Affair" came out. The next book "The Bollywood Bride" was just as good. The next two books were OK, but not as good as the first two. Then came "Pride Prejudice and Other Flavors". This was a terrific book. Loosely based on Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, this was a page turner with many layers. The main characters, Dr. Trisha Raje, a gifted neurosurgeon and DJ Cain, a gifted chef were very loosely based on Mr. Darcy and Lizzie Bennet. In this book there are no daughters to marry off, but there are misconceptions based on occupation, social status and skin color. I say this book has many layers and on the surface, you have an awkward, workaholic heroine with a hero who has a loved one health issues to deal with. The deeper layers show complicated family relationships, unconscious bias toward people in the service industry and unconscious bias toward people of wealth. There is also an incident that shows the heroine how police and other people treat people of color when they are mainly in a white neighborhood. One of things I enjoyed were the descriptions of the food, DJ Cain is a chef that specializes in Indian food and the heroine reactions to his food made me want to go to an Indian restaurant immediately.

Thank you Netgalley and Harper Collins for this ARC.

I'm new to the romance genre and I haven't read any Austin, so I probably missed some points this book is meant to make. However I've read this author before and enjoy her stories a great deal. This one was on the slow side to start, but once all the characters' lives became intertwined, the pace picked up. I'm adjusting to the slower pace and character driven aspects of romance as opposed to a lot of other genres I read. This allows for a lot of personal development for the characters over the course of the novel, which is definitely the case here. I like how my opinions of Trisha and DJ changed throughout the book, as theirs are changed as well, of each other and of themselves. And while this is a romance novel, this story is mostly about families, and the power of keeping secrets. There were serious parts as well as lightness. I definitely recommend this one.

Take a stressed-out neurosurgeon who has trouble with emotions. Add a super hot chef who has never felt like anywhere is home. Now stir in a dash of Jane Austen. And let it simmer, simmer, simmer...

Trisha Raje is one of Stanford's top neurosurgeons, and is highly dedicated to her patients. However, her outside of work life is a wreck. She's excluded from family events because of a mistake she made as a teenager, she doesn't have time to date, and her brother is just about to launch the biggest campaign of his political career. You know, the one she nearly destroyed with that one teenage mistake. Now her work life has become complicated, too. She has just figured out how to remove a tumor and save her patient's life. Unfortunately, her patient is refusing the surgery.

DJ Caine dropped his entire life in Paris to come to the side of his baby sister, Emma, when she tells him that she has a brain tumor. Now he's once again restarting his life and his career as a chef, slowly being crushed under the weight of Emma's medical bills and his sister's stubborn refusal to have surgery. He thinks he's found his lucky break when he's asked to cater dinner parties for the campaign of Yash Raje. However, this means he crosses paths with Yash's spoiled, uptight, and proud younger sister, Trisha... who happens to be the only one who can save his sister's life.

A wonderful "Pride and Prejudice" inspired tale, "Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors" is a beautiful tale of family love, overcoming obstacles, overcoming your own failings, and finding a brighter future. Add in family drama, old wounds, and past actions that come back to haunt you, and you've got a fascinating, funny, unforgettable, heartbreaking and heartwarming book. And as Goodreads implies that this is only the beginning, I look forward to returning to see what will happen next with the Raje family.

Trisha is a successful neurosurgeon from a prominent family. She immerses herself in her work and her social skills could use some work. She has some difficulties with her family and very little personal life outside of her grueling workload. DJ is a chef/caterer who is currently caring for his gravely ill sister who is under Tricia's care.

This story is flavored by the Pride And Prejudice plotline but it is truly it's own story that only has hints of the original. Trisha and DJ find themselves disliking each other after an encounter at an event at Trisha's family's home. Fate conspires and they must work together for both of their families' sake. Their feelings change as they learn more about each other.

Themes include: Love, Family, Choice, Pride, Prejudice, Power.

Lotsof times retellings stick very close to the original. This one is very creative and truly only takes inspiration from the story, it does not follow the plot directly. An interesting twist is that Trisha is the Darcy character (prideful, brusque, arrogant) and DJ is inspired by the Elizabeth Bennet character. Also, the descriptions of Indian food are mouthwatering!

In this homage to Jane Austen’s seminal work, the themes of family, relationships, and marriage are played out in the Raje family who are a go-getters extraordinaire American Indian clan determined to make every American Dream come true. One daughter, Trisha, has achieved the pinnacle of success as a brilliant neurosurgeon, but because of a bad situation that harmed her brother in which she was involved in years before, Trisha feels an outsider to the family. Her brother, Yash, is heir apparent to the family’s royal Indian lineage and is the focus of all the family who want him to become an American prince of politics. Trisha has devoted her whole adult career to saving lives while living with guilt of those past weighty events. When she meets the brother of a patient, Emma Caine, whose life her skills hold in the balance, Trisha is overwhelmed with feelings she has never felt for anyone else. DJ “Darcy” Caine skills as a master chef engage every one of Trisha’s senses with an explosion of flavors and sensuosity she can barely believe. DJ and his sister have had a hard scrabble life, but have overcome much adversity to achieve excellence.

DJ Caine and Trisha seem anything but compatible as the encounters leave both of them thinking the other to be insufferable and arrogant at the same time developing a blazing attraction that threatens to sear them both in its intensity. DJ Caine has been looked down on much of his life for his race and class so he is very sensitive to any perceived injustices. Being around Trisha reminds him of all the old hurts because not only is he desperate for his sister to live, he is also catering an extremely important political event for the Raje family.

Trisha and DJ are two intense, driven, yet in some ways, deeply lonely people who have built up walls to protect themselves so that it takes quite a bit for them to overcome life’s caprices in order to realize to whom their hearts belong. Trisha’s very ambitious, large family is headed by a father dubbed HRH which gives an indication of his personality and control over them. He seems particularly harsh with Trisha and considering he is her superior at the hospital, this heightens the drama even more.

Ms. Dev’s elegantly written story will take the reader on quite an emotional journey along with her characters. While not an exact retelling of Pride and Prejudice, similar passions are evoked and themes about love overcoming seemingly impossible situations while shining a light on what divides people whether it be class, culture, or perceived notions of suitability. Ms. Dev’s beautifully crafted words will have readers falling in love too along the way becoming immersed in her story and deeply craving the food and flavors of India she so deftly describes. I look forward to more adventures with this colorful, sometimes crazy, but very engaging family.

This was a charming retelling of Pride and Prejudice focusing on an Indian family. I really enjoyed the multicultural perspective because it made for a refreshing read. I really like Trisha. She seemed like an intelligent and career oriented woman. However, I did not like DJ all that much because he seemed like a jerk and did not fit the character of Mr. Darcy. Still, I recommend this for any Austenite, and I look forward to reading more of the author’s work.

Dev's retelling of Pride and Prejudice turns the Darcy character from male to female (even though the male lead is in fact named Darcy). Trisha is the black sheep of the family even as she is an incredibly successful surgeon. She pours her life into her work, avoiding the pitfalls of relationships and trying not to step on the toes of her nearly royal Indian-American extended family. When she meets DJ Cain, the talented chef catering one of her family's lavish parties, she falls in love with his food . . . and puts her foot right in her mouth. These two have the predictable back and forth of misunderstandings that make me love Pride and Prejudice remixes. This one is particularly lovely in terms of gorgeous food descriptions and looks at the immigrant experience in America from a couple of different perspectives.

Overall, this is a very enjoyable read. I think there was a bit too much exposition and dramatic family moments for Trisha. I would recommend for fans of Katherine Reay and Curtis Sittenfeld's Eligible.

I love this Pride and Prejudice retelling/ gender swap modern story. The characters were engaging and well thought out. I loved the drama and romance oun this story and the deep development kept me engaged until the end. Fabulous writing style and character development!!!!

Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review.

Wow. What a wonderful retelling of Pride and Prejudice. Only the Mr. Darcy character is gender swapped and instead of being an upperclass nobleman, we have a young surgeon whose family is descended from Indian royalty (Trisha Raje) I initially didn't like that Dev had focused on the Mark Darcy character first, but I get why she did it. Eventually we get our Elizabeth Bennett (DJ Caine) and he was fantastic. Dev follows the same plot though modernizes it for readers. And she even takes a look at black live matters, feminism and rape culture that I was not expecting in this one. I maybe choked up a bit a few times. No spoilers, but I can say that I am excited to see if Dev follows Trisha's brother (Yash) in the next one. I really really want it. Cause, I am all about revenge, I wanted to knock the block off the Wickman character we get in this one. I was pretty much dream casting this book from beginning to end.

"Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors" follows 30 something year old neurosurgeon, Trisha Raje. Though Trisha's family is pretty freaking spectacular, her mother is an ex-Bollywood performer, her father is descended from Indian royalty and is a doctor. Her older brother was Attorney General in California and is now running for governor. However, Trisha feels pushed out of her family. An incident occurred when she was 17 that affected her brother and caused a scandal that was hushed up. Trisha though finally decides she's tired of being on the outside of her family and wants to help her brother get elected. However, an old enemy rears her head again and Trisha deals with that, a secret her sister wants her to keep from everyone, and her growing feelings for chef DJ Caine.

Trisha is a snob. Sorry, she is. I actually didn't like her at first. But heck, I wasn't a huge fan of Mark Darcy either until later in Pride and Prejudice. Trisha without realizing it talks down to people and has a way of being rude to DJ and acting as if cooking isn't a real job and that it makes him lower class. These two end up having a terrible foot in the mouth meet cute, and then again when DJ has a special reason to keep interacting with Trisha. Trisha though has a lot of heart. She's just afraid to show it. When we hear about the incident that occurred that caused Trisha to be labeled the "black sheep" I felt sorry for everyone involved. And when she has a heart to heart with her mother, I maybe teared up a bit. This was a strong story-line I wasn't expecting and Dev did an excellent job with it. We also of course get the Mark Darcy I am attracted to you scene in this one and it goes just as poorly in this book as it did in P&P. It doesn't help that this is after Trisha almost gets DJ shot by a cop (it's a long story) and I loved that DJ had to slap her down about her privilege of being a rich woman whose family is known and he is seen as nothing but a black man when law enforcement is around.

DJ Caine is an up and coming chef. He left England after he realized that his younger sister needed his help. Now he's catering and hoping for a big break. His sister is all he has and DJ is worried that he won't be able to do what is needed for her. We do get a Wickman in this one, but won't get into that too much. It was a surprise and I liked how DJ interacted with Wickman and Trisha. Dev did a good job with DJ's backstory (actually English, though his father side is descended from Indian's too and his mother was a Rwandan refugee). I loved how DJ learned how to cook Indian food and how he modernized it up a bit too.

The other characters are very developed in this one too. Loved Trisha's sister Nisha and her brother Yash. And wow, Yash's story-line. Once again, I hope the next book in this series follows him. I have some questions.

Dev takes a very good look at the Desi culture in the United States and how Trisha's family remade itself. And I think it was great that she included in DJ's background and what he went through becoming a chef and how he still has to carry himself a certain way due to the fact that yes, she's seen as a black man who can be killed if he breathes hard a certain way.

I do wish that Dev had included the recipes of the food that DJ was cooking though. Seriously everything sounded delicious and I love Indian food. Don't read this book while hungry. Have a snack nearby.

The flow was a bit uneven at first, but stick with it. I promise it gets better.

The ending was a delight. I just wanted more.

This novel just was not my cup of tea. The writing is strong but I kept losing interest in the romance elements of the novel, which is exactly what many readers will enjoy most. I think many readers will this novel more than I did, I did enjoy the family dynamics and the Indian-American culture. It just took so long for one main character, DJ, the cook, to start evaluating his own role in this saga with the doctor, and his sister, and all the elements of the novel that remotely follow along with the novel with book celebrates.
This book spends a bit too much time on food.