When Dimple met Rishi

 

Bibliography

Menon, S. (2017). When Dimple met Rishi. First Simon Pulse hardcover edition. Simon Pulse.

ISBN: 9781481478687

Plot Summary

Dimple Shah has it all figured out. With high school graduation behind her, she's more than ready for a break from her family. Mamma's inexplicable obsession with finding the "Ideal Indian Husband" goes against everything Dimple has planned for her future.  Dimple knows they must respect her principles on some level, though. Even though money is tight, her parents paid for her to attend a summer program for aspiring web developers with a secret plan.

Rishi Patel is a hopeless romantic who is a believer in tradition. His parents tell him about his future wife and that she will be attending the same summer program as him. Dimple and Rishi may think they have each other figured out. But when opposites clash, love works hard to prove itself in the most unexpected ways.

Critical Analysis

Review Excerpts

• “Full of warm characters and sweet romance, fans of contemporary young adult novels will want to pull up a chair and read all about When Dimple Met Rishi.” –Entertainment Weekly

• “The arranged marriage YA rom-com we’ve been waiting for.” –Bustle Magazine

Awards and Recognitions

• Instant New York Times Bestseller!

• Instant National Indie Bestseller!

• A Top 10 Indie Next Pick!

• A Junior Library Guild Selection!

• Starred Review from Kirkus!

• Starred Review from VOYA!

• A 2017 Goodreads Choice Award Finalist!

• An Amazon Best Book of the Year!

• A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year!

• An NPR Books Best Book of the Year!

• A Target Best Book of the Year!

• An ALA BFYA (American Library Association Best Fiction for Young Adults) 2018 pick!

• An ALA Amelia Bloomer List pick for feminist YA fiction!

• An Indies Choice Award Finalist!

• 2018 South Asia Award Honor Book!

• Winner of the 2018 Colorado Book Award in Young Adult Literature!

• One of Book Riot’s Must Read Contemporary YA Novels of the 2010s!

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