Like reading books about different cultures? Enjoy learning new things but in a fun, storytelling way? This novel is for you, then!

The main character, Mira had to deal with family trauma and her own life struggles being a college student in NYC with overbearing parents who struggle themselves with changing culture climates around them.

I really liked this book. It was interesting for me to read a fictional story about people in a different culture than mine.

This book is told from a narrator that keeps you on your toes, itching to find out what is going to happen in her life and in her family’s life. Though not a thriller, I’d say it is definitely a page-turner.

The Singh family doesn't know how to move forward after tragedy strikes. Kamal and Harbans immigrated to the US in 1984, they struggled to raise their children in a new land while maintaining their cultural and religious morals and beliefs. Jazz, Ritu, Jeet, and Mira wrestle with their traditional upbringing and their desires to have freedom. Mira meets Dev at NYU and they fall in love, but Mira knows her strict Sikh parents will never accept a Hindu for her to marry. Ritu is stuck in a unhappy marriage. Jazz rebels against everything his parents want and is a huge disappointment to them. Jeet is studying to become a doctor, all he wants is to make his parents happy, but he is harboring a deep secret.

This book was emotional, bittersweet, and heartbreaking at times. Then there were times where it was just plain ridiculous and seemed like scenes from a Bollywood movie. The book is told from different perspectives, but mainly Mira's. It also goes back and forth between years. Sometimes it was hard to follow exactly what year the narrative is in because there will be a random memory thrown in. Every character's story had so much potential, but other than Mira's, I felt like I didn't get enough closure. They were all just rushed to end. There were also characters that were introduced, that I felt were important in the Singh's lives, who are not even mentioned at the end. I wish we had gotten to know all of the characters better. They were all so different and interesting in their own ways. Overall, I think it was a good book, but could have been so much better.
My thanks to Netgalley and the author for the advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.