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adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.25
Maya’s Laws of Love was a fun and enjoyable read. It’s a whirlwind sort of travel romance where Maya, the FMC, is trying to get to Pakistan for her wedding. A series of unfortunate events gets this plot moving pretty quickly, and the hits don’t stop until the very end of this caper. Maya is also a bit of a disaster, which adds some light hearted humor when everything started to go bad. Sarfaraz, the MMC, is Maya’s sometimes unwilling and very uptight travel companion. He’s gruff. He’s grumpy. But he’s also got a secret nice guy spot underneath the hurt he feels from having gone through a messy divorce and being estranged from his family. And when these two finally make it to Karachi and are starting to feel those warm and fuzzy feelings…in comes the plot twist.
I was conflicted about Sarfaraz and his physical description. In the book, he is half-white and half-Pakistani and is described as having predominantly white features: light skin, green eyes, tall height, lighter brown hair. I found it interesting that in the authors note foreward that Khawaja states that she wrote this book because she wanted to see more characters like her in romance (brown, Muslim, South Asian). so while Sarfaraz is Muslim and speaks fluent Urdu, it made me wonder if his proximity to whiteness was to attract a broader audience of readers?
Tropes/book elements I liked:
I was conflicted about Sarfaraz and his physical description. In the book, he is half-white and half-Pakistani and is described as having predominantly white features: light skin, green eyes, tall height, lighter brown hair. I found it interesting that in the authors note foreward that Khawaja states that she wrote this book because she wanted to see more characters like her in romance (brown, Muslim, South Asian). so while Sarfaraz is Muslim and speaks fluent Urdu, it made me wonder if his proximity to whiteness was to attract a broader audience of readers?
Tropes/book elements I liked:
- Romantic settings outside the US
- K-drama fans will love this (especially Crash Landing on You fans)
- Grumpy/sunshine
- Very light cheating trope
- Insights into Pakistani culture
- Everything that can go wrong will go wrong
- Planes trains and automobiles oh my
- Mostly closed door. I counted 3 kissing scenes in the last 20%.
Content Warnings
Minor: Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Gaslighting, and Abandonment
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