This book was everything I wanted & more. It was such a wonderful way to get a glimpse into Indian culture. The wedding week festivities sounded beautiful & entertaining. The premise of Manny trying to find her Indian roots & Sammy trying to hide his nonwhite girlfriend made for an intricate plot. I enjoyed all of the characters in the book & wanted to hang out with them daily. This is a great read if you enjoy a good story. Highly recommend this one!
Thanks to the publisher & NetGalley for advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

Set in the world of Bollywood dancing, mehndi and matchmaking aunties, Sari, Not Sari is a debut novel by Sonya Singh, a former entertainment reporter turned PR expert.

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Sari, Not Sari was a cute and quick read that I ended up giving a solid 3 stars! The main character, Manny Dogra, is CEO of the company Breakup, who one day gets a persistent client named Sammy Patel requesting a temporary breakup. Despite being against company policy, Manny agrees to help him out, in exchange for him taking her to his brother’s wedding and giving her a “crash course” of what it means to be Indian.

Being the daughter of an immigrant living in Canada, I could strongly relate to the cultural identity crisis Manny faces. It was very wholesome reading about how traditional food, clothing, and events can make you feel more connected to your culture. I loved the found family aspects of the book as well, and so many of the side characters had such lovable personalities.

Certain parts of the book, especially the ending, could have been more flushed out. The romance aspect was very rushed, and I find it difficult to imagine these events happening all in the span of just over a week. The twist at the end was sweet, but just a tad predictable and extremely coincidental. There was LGBT representation in the book, but it did seem stereotypical at times. On the topic of stereotypes, India is a huge country that has many different religions, languages, traditions and cultural norms, and the book seems to paint all things Indian with the same brush. Many stereotypes are brought up and were enforced in the book, which some readers could find offensive.

Despite this, I was invested in Manny’s story; she was a strong female lead and I would love reading more about her journey, or reading more about the Patel family! As a debut novel the story was fun, sweet, and a very wholesome read about finding yourself. The cultural aspects were awesome to read about, and I know many Americans and Canadians alike can relate to trying to balance both your nationality and ethnic background. In regards to the romance, this story was a cute twist on the fake dating trope, in which the character’s aren’t together but everyone thinks they are! Overall the cultural mentions, character development and romance made this a pretty good read for me.

Thanks to NetGalley and Simon and Schuster Canada for providing me with an ARC, I can’t wait to see more from Sonya Singh!

CW: death of parents, mentions of grief, racial discrimination

full review to come. basically i really liked the writing but the story isnt for me. its saying that this is how to turn a whitewashed indian into a cultured indian and its a cute premise but not intriguing enough for me. i read it because it had a good plot but that ^ just gave me an ick.

A cute Indian rom-com. I would have loved to see more of the side characters fleshed out a bit - especially the Patel sister! - but one can always hope to see them more in future books. The romance part itself was super cheesy, but if you're reading this type of book, that's probably what you're looking for!

I loved reading about the Indian culture and the wedding festivities in this book. It was so rich and fascinating. I love the Patel family, they are so wonderful. I”what I did not like is the Breakup company part of the story, I really don’t believe breaking up by email trough a company makes any sense. It’s cold and horrible.
The chemistry between Manny and Sammy can be felt through the pages and even though I didn’t like either character that much I still felt like they were genuinely falling in love.
It’s a nice love story with rich cultural elements.

Just finished reading “Sari not Sari” by Sonya Singh.

What a wonderful feel good book! Manny Dogra, the main character, is a business woman trying to find her Indian roots.
Although she is a successful business woman and has wonderful friends she feels like something is missing from her life. In walks Sammy Patel. A simple business arrangement ensues and soon Manny realizes the parts of her heritage that she’s missing.

The supporting characters really helped make this book a laugh out loud feel good book!

Thank you to Netgalley & the publishers for allowing me access to this book in exchange for an honest review!

I'm going to start by saying I was very excited to read this book because I am trying to diversify my shelf and I love learning about other cultures. I could not continue with this book and DNF at 15%, normally I try to make it at least halfway but this time I could not continue.

I was not a fan of the constant dialogue when the book first started and was struggling to figure out what was going on without a narrative.

Additionally, I had an issue with Sammy when he was first introduced as wanting to break up with his girlfriend for a week because she was white and he could not take her to an Indian wedding. Quite honestly that was a HUGE red flag for me and I could not like to love interest due to this. I understand that different cultures have different customs and traditions but I am just not interested in reading about a love interest who wants to put his current relationship on pause because of the color of his girlfriend's skin.

Lastly, I wasn't particularly happy with some of the other characters in the book making Manny feel ashamed that she didn't know more about her heritage or Indian holidays. This is a grown woman who can explore her heritage if she wants to or doesn't want to.

sari, not sari is pitched as rom-com following ceo manny dongra who goes to an indian wedding with one of her clients, sammy patel, in order to reclaim her indian roots. as an indian-american, i firmly believe that this book was written for a white, western audience, going so far as to be downright offensive towards indians and members of the indian diaspora.

the premise itself starts off as problematic. implying that there’s a single week-long “crash course” to take in order to be a true indian is culturally insensitive. there are numerous cultural differences throughout india, with states and regions having different customs and traditions surrounding weddings. these traditions are given different levels of importance and have different names across state and regional borders and manny acting as though she’s becoming an expert in indian/indian-american culture after attending a few events at a single (presumably, based on the last name patel) gujarati wedding is insensitive and downright harmful.

without any major spoilers, let me dive into the specific problems i had with the plot and the way certain characters were written.

the indian immigrants (who were all in manny’s parents’ generation) were written as stereotypical caricatures who spoke broken english and were feverishly obsessed with marriage and relationships. rajiv, a man who owned an indian food truck in manny’s hometown frequently teased her about not knowing about her indian culture and repeatedly implored her to find an ideal indian boyfriend/husband in broken english. manny repeatedly brushed him off and ignored his attempts to connect her to her roots. i was willing to dismiss this as a one-off occurrence, but it happened again throughout the book. both of sammy’s parents spoke in fragmented english as well, for no apparent reason. in both the conversations that sammy’s mom was part of, she brought up manny’s upcoming wedding and her daughter’s inability to find the ideal fiancé. of course, this is a book centered around a wedding, but there’s no need for “traditional” indian parental figures to repeatedly bring up prospective weddings in short conversations that have almost no bearing on the plot and lean into the stereotypes of indians being obsessed with finding the perfect spouse.

rob, one of the side characters, is a gay white man who feels the need to consistently tell jokes and puns with hindi words as the punchline. when manny first has a crisis over whether or not she is “indian enough” after the whitewashed magazine cover is released, she goes to rob’s house to vent and seek his advice. this didn’t sit right with me for multiple reasons. the main one, of course, is that rob is white. there’s no way he can understand the unique experience of being the child of indian immigrants and growing up to realize that you aren’t as connected to your heritage as you’d like to be. my discomfort was only heightened by the fact that manny emphasizes that she does have an indian friend at work (anjali) repeatedly throughout the first few chapters. yes, it’s possible that she didn’t want to bother anjali outside of work hours and keep their relationship strictly professional, but the fact remains that rob is also her coworker and manny had no qualms over bringing her personal struggles to him. furthermore, it feels like rob doesn’t take manny seriously at all. like i said before, i don’t think he’s in any position to offer substantial advice because of his race, but as manny’s supposed best friend, the least he can do is be understanding. instead, he laughs at manny and asks how best “to get some of this indian back into her” as though you can become a “real” indian by taking a supplement. rob also compares people not viewing manny as indian as people not realizing that he is gay after their first look at him. lgbt white people likening their sexuality and gender identity to race is a well-documented issue that’s become even more prevalent in the past few years, and i did not expect a south asian author to include this kind of incident and portray it as harmless and well-intentioned. as a reader, i did feel like we were supposed to empathize with rob and believe that he was doing his best as a white ally, but, frankly, he was in no position to. in terms of his poorly executed puns, when manny is leaving rob’s apartment, she asks him not to pity her, to which rob responds that she means “sarry for your sari,” whatever that’s supposed to mean. later on, when manny calls rob from the wedding, he calls her a “masala mama” and refers to sammy as a “dosa daddy.” again, i don’t understand why rob, as a white man, is being applauded as comic relief using hindi words and indian foods as the punchline. i don’t understand why no one bothers to put him in his place. i don’t understand why he feels he has any right to make these jokes in the first place, and why one of these jokes is where the book gets its title from.

manny asks anjali to pack for her before she leaves on a last-minute flight to go to the wedding. anjali brings up how manny doesn’t own any indian clothes, to which manny responds that it’s fine. after all, the wedding is in california wine country in the fall and if worst comes to worst, she can just wear shorts. anjali rightfully gasps at this and reminds manny that no one ever wears shorts to an indian wedding, and that she’ll need to go to some sort of indian boutique as soon as she lands in california. despite this, it still takes manny a few minutes to register that she can’t wear shorts to an indian wedding and she tries to tell herself and anjali that it’ll be busy enough that “no one will look at what she’s wearing.” regardless of how culturally whitewashed and removed from indian culture she is, i find it hard to believe that manny wouldn’t know that you don’t wear shorts to an indian wedding. in fact, you don’t wear shorts to a wedding, period. the only case i can think of in which shorts would be appropriate would be at a christian beach wedding afterparty or something along those lines, and the fact that she tries to justify wearing those shorts didn’t sit right with me at all. for someone who is so eager to reclaim her indian roots, manny seems incredibly reluctant to respect the customs and traditions of indian weddings.

because the book hasn’t been published, i don’t want to go further into any of my thoughts about any more specific scenes quite yet and want to keep the rest of this review as spoiler free as possible. that being said, i was appalled by how offensive this book was, as india was treated as a cultural monolith with archaic and outdated traditions. on top of that, the romance aspect of the book was rushed and felt as though it had been thrown in at the last minute. overall, this was an ill-conceived book that left me dissatisfied at best and disrespected at worst.

I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Manny Dogra is the CEO of a successful “breakup” company. After an unfortunate photoshop incident, she wants to learn more about her South Asian heritage. When client Sammy Patel comes to her with an unusual request, she offers him a trade. She’ll help him with his breakup if he teaches her how to be Indian.

Sari, Not Sari is a unique twist on an “instant love” romcom. While there is a lot of personal growth shown with Manny, the whole storyline seems very rushed. The pasts of both main characters are only lightly addressed and could have given better insight into why they were in their current relationships.

The plot has so much potential it just needs a bit more. Sari, Not Sari is a fun, quick read. It's not perfect but there's still plenty of humor and some mild romance.

You know those kisses that take you by surprise and the giver cups your face gently but kisses with passion and you feel like your feet are going to lift off the ground? This book is NOT like that. It’s like a peck on the cheek….from an uncle….in passing. Still, better than a slap on the back, right?! You know the kisser still cares, but it’s not the kiss that you had in mind. Right? This book is like that. It has so much potential. It’s a good debut offering and I’m sure we’ll see more by this author in the future.

What I felt would make the book a better read for me:
1) Enough of an intro to the characters where I felt a connection to them
2) Less of Manny’s work; I didn’t pick up this book to read about her job, I wanted to see a character connect with her culture and see if she could regain with she was denied as a child
3) Less time in the first few chapters on Manny’s work would have given the author more time to develop the plot rather than having it appear rushed in the last few chapters. As a result, the event-stuffed week wasn’t realistic, nor was her relationship with Sammy.
4) Fewer coincidences
5) More emotion! More emotion! More emotion!
6) A tighter reign on the plot
7) Flat character arcs rely on strong, multi-faceted characters. For me, I needed more character development or a positive character arc.

The creative wordplay on the title caught my attention as did the vibrant cover. The premise piqued my curiosity. Unfortunately, waiting for over 50% of the book for the inciting incident to climax was too long for me. I gritted my teeth through the breakup email and turned over the last page wishing it had more flavour, sights and sounds of the South Asian culture. It was a fair read and I’m glad I satisfied my curiosity.

I was gifted this advance copy by Sonya Singh, Simon & Schuster Canada, and NetGalley and was under no obligation to provide a review.

I will be posting this review to my Instagram account the week of March 28, closer to the publishing date.

Sari, Not Sari by Sonya Singh is a rollicking romance that follows Manny, the CEO of a successful company, who wants to discover more about her Indian heritage and ends up finding love along the way. Manny is an Indian-American woman who was raised by parents who loved and supported her but never taught her about her Indian heritage. Her parents died tragically, and to deal with her heartbreak, she has thrown herself into her work, becoming the CEO of a very successful company whose main service is writing breakup emails for people who don’t have the courage or writing ability to do it themselves. They only have one rule: no temporary break-up emails. When a very persistent customer insists that she break this rule just once, she gives in on the condition that he take her to his brother’s big Indian wedding so she can get a crash course in Indian culture, spurred by a magazine whitewashing her on their cover.
I really enjoyed this book! The romance was sweet, the characters were compelling, and the book was very funny. I especially enjoyed the chapter beginnings that included excerpts of break-up requests that Manny’s company received. I don’t usually say this about a book, but I wish it were longer. Some authors stretch things out too much, others omit key elements of the plot. I would say this book included everything it needed to—I didn’t feel like there were any plot holes—but the pacing was off. Other than that, though, I thought the writing was pretty good: the character development was thoughtful, the dialogue was easy-to-follow, and the descriptions were concise (a problem I run into a lot with Desi romances is extreme overdescription).
I’ve read a lot of the other reviews of this book, and I understand why they complain that the plot was unrealistic or too fast-paced. I do agree with a lot of the criticisms I’m seeing in other reviews about how the ending felt a little rushed or insta-love-y, but I also think this is generally how a lot of Desi media portrays love stories. Much of the plot felt like references to the structure of a Bollywood movie or Desi serial (for those unfamiliar, they’re basically soap operas). I actually laughed out loud at a particular revelation that came to light close to the end of the book about Sammy’s father—not because it was funny (it wasn’t in the slightest) but because it’s such a classic plot twist from Desi movies and TV shows. As someone with the background to contextualize this story, I think I understand some of the mechanics of this book. I can see how a Bollywood rom-com plot didn’t translate into a Western romance novel, but I also think that the book follows a very specific kind of story; despite my largely Western background (born-and-raised American with Desi heritage) and tastes, I genuinely loved this book.
That doesn’t mean that I only recommend the book to people with Desi backgrounds. I am just offering a different interpretation from what other reviewers have said and ask that readers who might be interested in this book suspend their disbelief a little and allow the author to take you on this ride. That being said, if you are someone who really cannot stand rushed/insta-love endings, this book may not be for you. But if you’d like to read a romance that’s funny, sweet, and Desi-American, I highly recommend this book. I really enjoyed it, and I’m so excited to see what Sonya writes next!

Manny Dogra is the successful CEO of Break Up, the company she created to help people break up their relationships. Since her parents passed away, she's spent her all her time keeping busy with her business and waiting to finally marry her fiance, Adam. She never grew up knowing anything about the Indian culture, and when her photo is whitewashed on a magazine cover, she starts to wonder who she really is. When a persistent client, Sammy, offers her a chance to learn about her Indian heritage in exchange for a temporary break up, she accepts the chance to hopefully know her parents and herself better.

This was a cute book and I did enjoy it, however, there were several things I just couldn't ignore. I understand that Manny's parents wanted her to fit in with American society, but to completely turn their backs on their culture and people altogether? There was no explanation for that. It's mentioned several times that her parents, especially her mom, loved their heritage. Why give it all up? I might even accept all that, but I cannot accept that they never ever ate Indian food! Also, did these parents not have ANY family back in India? I just have a really hard time making sense of her parents. There was no real logical explanation for them keeping the culture from her.
There was also one part of the book that really bothered me. It's not a big deal, but consistency is important to me. At one point Manny is in the lobby with her bags packed, leaving, in the next chapter she's back in her hotel room. What happened to the note she left and everything? This small part doesn't really affect the story, but it annoyed me. As for the ending, can we say RUSHED??!! Manny needs some advice from Elsa.
Overall it was a nice little love story, but the background definitely needed some work. I just found it way too hard to believe. I have friends who grew up with parents who wanted them to immerse themselves in Western culture, but they didn't hide their own culture or food from their children.

Thank you to Netgalley and Simon & Schuster Canada for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest review.

Manny is the rockstar CEO of Breakup, a company made famous for breaking up clients the right way - politely, honestly, and without any mess. But when a white-washed Manny appears on a best selling magazine cover, Manny has an identity crisis. Indian by birth but American raised, she doesn't know the first thing about her heritage, and it sparks a curiousity in her so fierce she decides to take on a new client - Sammy, who offers an exchange - temporary break up with his girlfriend, and he'll take her to his brother's Indian wedding and teach her about their shared culture.

This book has a great premise and has a ton of great moments. Manny is a certified bad ass, and I loved how skilled she is and how compassionate she can be in her business. She's realistic and well written, and I found her very relatable. I think the self-discovery part of this book was wonderfully written. Manny's relationship with her parents was so special and I thought her journey through grief was expressed well.

I loved Sammy, and I really enjoyed their relationship - however, the only thing I didn't enjoy was how fast the book went. As in, things were less described as they were smoothed over. Scenes jumped around so fast that I felt like I had whiplash, and I thought the book ended too fast that it made me confused. The love confession was great, and I didn't feel that it came out of nowhere, but I did think that it was too sudden.

Overall a really fun read and so well described. The emotions were so real, you could feel Manny's grief throughout the book and that really stuck with me. Would absolutely recommend!

The following review will be posted on Tuesday, April 5th, the day of publication. It will be shared on Twitter and Instagram on the date of publication, but the review has already been posted on Goodreads. The blog post includes links to order the books and to its Goodreads page, so readers can add it to their to-be-read books.

“But sometimes you are lucky, (…) if you find love and it finds you.”

Genre: Romance
Actual Rating: 5 stars
Content Warnings: Discusses racial discrimination.

“Sari, Not Sari” follows Manny Dogra, the CEO of a company called Breakup that aids its clients in just that—breaking up through emails, with dignity and tact. Her business is extremely successful, she’s engaged, and she thinks she’s finally overcoming the grief that came with losing her parents. Then in comes Sammy Patel, a handsome businessman who is looking to take a break from his non-Indian girlfriend so he can attend his brother’s extravagant Indian wedding without ruining it all. But here’s the thing: Breakup only works with permanent break ups, not taking breaks. Sammy tries to convince Manny to take the case, persuading her with her supposed understanding of the Indian culture. But here’s the thing, Manny is Indian but she didn’t *grow up* Indian, she really is as americanized as can be. When Sammy agrees to give Manny a crash course in all things Indian as she attends Sammy’s brother’s wedding as a business partner—not a date—, she takes the case and reconnects with the roots she didn’t even know she had, as she slowly starts to understand what it means to be a Patel, to be Indian.

This was the slowest of slow burn romances, but as this was also a book about personal growth I’ve decided not to write it off because of that. With the sweetest of plot twists, “Sari, Not Sari” deserves its full 5 stars and maybe even a bit more.

This book perfectly illustrates imposter syndrome with regards to culture, which was impressive considering that imposter syndrome is usually related to profesional development and not to more personal matters. Manny was dealt a hard hand, but she’s trying to do the best with what she’s got. Sammy had the best intentions, although perhaps not the best execution. The Patels were both welcoming and cruel? At the end of the book I had fluctuates from loving them to hating them to loving them again.

And I have to point it out: THIS IS SONYA SINGH’S DEBUT NOVEL? Excuse me, what? Sonya, I can’t wait to see what’s to come for you. This book was so sweet and the love in it so tender and the friendships in it so solid. Character development was on point, they weren’t just copy/pasted slates of the same 3 character traits; the characters in “Sari, Not Sari” were complex and had so many layers and character flaws. I loved them and I loved the story you told.

I would recommend this book to people interested in a romance book that’s more than just a romance book. “Sari, Not Sari” will teach you about self-worth, honesty, lost love, grief, and family, all in the midsts of two different cultures colliding.

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Publication Date: April 05, 2022

<b>Sari, Not Sari</b> is Sonya Singh’s debut romance novel. It is told in the perspective of Manny Dogra, a successful CEO of Breakup - the company that helps people manage their breakups. For reasons unbeknownst to Manny, her Indian parents never shared their culture and ancestry with her and instead pushed her to be the All-American girl. When Sammy Patel comes to her office asking for a peculiar Breakup service, Manny takes this as an opportunity to discover her South-Asian heritage.

I enjoyed following Manny’s journey to discovering herself and her culture. The writing is very Indian culture positive, and it leaves the reader with a feeling of reading something that is very authentic and genuine.

I think the book focuses a lot on Manny’s self-discovery, as mentioned previously. That’s where I felt that the book became long and monotonous. I had the desire to DNF the book around the 50-60% mark because it didn’t feel like we were really going anywhere with the story.

Luckily, the last 25% of the book is where the magic, so to speak, happens. The sparks of romance we have long been suspecting start to come to fruition… leaving us with a satisfying ending.

I loved Manny’s friends and employees at Breakup, their characters were so fun and well-done! Sammy and all of the members of his family that we encounter in the book were well-written and felt authentic. I think Sonya does a great job in writing interesting characters.

All in all, I did enjoy this novel and was satisfied with the ending! It is a cute and well-written story of finding yourself and your culture. It does get a bit slow at a certain point, but picks up!


<i>I would like to thank Netgalley and the publisher, Simon & Schuster Canada, of this advanced digital copy for the opportunity to read this novel in exchange for an honest review! All opinions expressed are my own. Upon publishing of this novel, I will also be posting my review to Amazon Canada.</i>

First of all, I absolutely love the cover, it is gorgeous! This was a fun read, I enjoyed this rom-com. It been a while since I have read anything with a clean romance so this was interesting for me. I also love how Manny is a CEO of Breakup company. It is quite unique. I enjoyed her love story journey as well as her process of figuring out herself. The only reason why I didn't give 5 stars, is that the beginning was very slow and then the ending was a little rushed, but other than that, this was a cute and fun read. I would totally recommend this book to anyone who wants a quick, fun read!

Sari, Not Sari by Sonya Singh
Thanks for this ARC - it was overall a really fun, fast-paced read. It really spoke to me in the sense that the language and style was current and matched the storyline/plot and seemed believable.

That said, I feel like the book was between 4 and 5 stars for me for the first 2/3 or 3/4 and then kind of nose-dived to between 3 and 4 stars. It doesn't measure up to the other four star reads I've read recently but I also don't feel like it deserves a 3 - the first 2/3 are so well developed and fun, flirty, really real....and I'm not saying that the plot ending isn't okay - I like everything that happens, just not the speed at which it happens. It's too fast, the author doesn't spend enough time on it and perhaps some other bits could have been left out to make space for it.

All of that said, this is such a fun book and I'm so glad I got to read it. As someone who's read a lot of contemporary romance it feels fresh, very fun and although I wasn't hanging on every line I enjoyed every minute that I spent with this book (until maybe the last three chapters).

The characters are believable to an extent, they seem to live this like, somewhat unrealistic life YET they've built that for themselves (it would appear) and it's great to see such strong female and male leads who aren't just "stuck" in typical high profile or paid work like being a lawyer.

Manny is the child of immigrants who immersed her in American culture and values and missed teaching her the traditions of their own cultural heritage before they passed. Manny has spent her time after her parents death building her business. It just so happens that her business is breakups it provides a civilized way to break up and for couples to have closure. Her personal life is going well, she is engaged to the love of her life and business is booming but she feels something is missing.

Sammy needs a temporary break up from his long time girlfriend because she does not fit the "image" that he feels his family expects. Sammy needs Manny to help him but her business is permanent break ups not temporary. Manny reluctantly agrees to help Sammy, but in return she asks that he help her get in touch with her Indian side. She feels that may be what is missing in her life. Along the way she learns more about herself than she ever thought and discovered that maybe what she thought was love is wrong as well.


Singh creatively blended a rich culture with a great storyline. She created a delightful set of characters that made the story flow seamlessly. I truly enjoyed reading this novel and think it will be great for anyone who loves chick lit, women's fiction, cultural diversity or romance with a twist.

Thank you to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for an advance copy of this book to read and review.

There is a lot that I enjoyed about this book. It’s well written and the story really flows. There are a lot of supporting characters - almost too many - but ultimately even that supports some of the overall themes the author is writing about when it comes to Indian family & culture. I thought this was a great story focused on Indian culture and themes of heritage, culture, and being true to yourself.

The very slow burn romance angle of this book felt almost secondary to the broader self-discovery journey that Manny found herself on. I appreciated that not everything about that journey was predictable.

My biggest disappointment was with how Manny handled her engagement with Adam. She was engaged for 95% of the book and then broke it off by not speaking with him anymore and accepted another proposal all in the span of a couple of pages.

This overall felt more like women’s fiction than rom com to me, in a way the romance arc between Manny & Sammy felt forced, while Manny’s storyline of self-discovery felt really genuine.