*4.5 Stars*

I really liked this one. I loved the main characters, they were flawed and captivating. I was really into the whole competition part of the story. I love a competition in any book but a science competition? Yes, please. I also enjoyed how they used to competition to get revenge, I thought it was a great idea. Speaking of great ideas, not all of the main characters' ideas were great, some could be called very bad decisions but it made sense to me because teenagers and I liked that they weren't so perfect all the time. What I did have a little more trouble with was the background and why Meghna hated Rani so much... It never really did make sense to me and I still don't really get the title...
Overall though, this was really really good and I'm, once again, looking forward to more books by Adiba.

Do I even need to say I adored this book? I mean every book Jaigirdar has been an absolute hit and I've loved ever one and this one was no exception. The concept was a little bit darker than the others this was still really fun. I loved the characters and the romance was adorable as always.

A Sapphic story with women in STEM?! Sign me up, please! Just absolutely love this. Chef's Kiss. Highly recommend

I LOVE Adiba Jaigirdar. However, I was frankly appalled by the details of the plot of Rani Choudhury Must Die, as well as the lack of commentary around those within the existing reviews here on NG.

While I loved the plot in a general sense, the two main characters create an app and, in its implementation, advocate for the violation of all conceit of privacy. Rani Choudhury sucks, sure, but he doesn't deserve systematic stalking by the main characters, constant violation of his privacy through the breaking into his phone, illicit downloading of an app he did not consent to have in his possession, or the consistent tracking of his activity through that app.

Regularly, I'll read books and see an act of bigotry that is not called out within the text -- an act of racism that isn't contextualized as *racist*, and is instead normalized. I will always, always knock a book stars for that sort of wonton behavior around subjects that are inherently more serious or impactful than the text made them seem.

In this case, I have to do that for Rani Choudhury Must Die. I expected, at some point, for the app to be flagged by the judges as illegal, if not expressly unethical. It didn't. No one commented on it. The foul ethics and illegal and frankly *abusive* behavior engaged in by the main characters is never called out or in -- it is actually rewarded and normalized with the text.

For that reason, I'm really disappointed to say that I can't give Rani Choudhury Must Die more than 1 star. It feels frankly dangerous to have an idea like this out in the YA sphere without contextualizing it in-text by calling it what it is: abusive, illegal, shitty behavior.