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A review by drops_everything_and_reads
Flirting With Disaster by Naina Kumar
5.0
Thanks to @dellromance and @nkumarwrites for the eARC of Flirting With Disaster, now available from bookstores and libraries!
THIS BOOK IS PERFECTION. No notes. Nothing I would have changed. It hit all the beats. There was tension. There was conflict. There was humour. There were happy moments. Sad moments. Moments of truth and self-reflection. And, of course, a happily ever after.
I know so many people dislike the miscommunication trope, and I think one of the reasons why is because of how accurately it reflects real life. Because we humans can really suck at communicating. We get nervous and scared, we get in our heads and caught up in the “what if” scenarios. We can struggle to express our feelings, our needs and desires. We can also really be bad at listening to those around us.
So yes, Meena and Nikhil wouldn’t have ended up in this situation if they had just TALKED, but they didn’t, and so here we are.
While recognizing that hurricanes can be absolutely devastating to communities, the hurricane in the book served as a good symbolism for Meena and Nikhil’s relationship, and the idea that they think they know what is coming, but they really have no idea because life is so unpredictable. They are forced to work together to rescue a neighbour, lean on one another and trust each other to make it through the storm, and, to the next phase of their lives.
An absolutely glorious book with tremendous prose. This book is definitely going to be a favourite of 2025 and we are only halfway through the first month.
THIS BOOK IS PERFECTION. No notes. Nothing I would have changed. It hit all the beats. There was tension. There was conflict. There was humour. There were happy moments. Sad moments. Moments of truth and self-reflection. And, of course, a happily ever after.
I know so many people dislike the miscommunication trope, and I think one of the reasons why is because of how accurately it reflects real life. Because we humans can really suck at communicating. We get nervous and scared, we get in our heads and caught up in the “what if” scenarios. We can struggle to express our feelings, our needs and desires. We can also really be bad at listening to those around us.
So yes, Meena and Nikhil wouldn’t have ended up in this situation if they had just TALKED, but they didn’t, and so here we are.
While recognizing that hurricanes can be absolutely devastating to communities, the hurricane in the book served as a good symbolism for Meena and Nikhil’s relationship, and the idea that they think they know what is coming, but they really have no idea because life is so unpredictable. They are forced to work together to rescue a neighbour, lean on one another and trust each other to make it through the storm, and, to the next phase of their lives.
An absolutely glorious book with tremendous prose. This book is definitely going to be a favourite of 2025 and we are only halfway through the first month.