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Recipe for Persuasion by Sonali Dev

4 reviews

strawberryjpg's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

“Often father and daughter look down on mother together. They exchange meaningful glances when she misses a point. They agree that she is not bright as they are, cannot reason as they do. This collusion does not save the daughter from the mother’s fate.”

this book was obviously a romance but i cared more about the relationship between mother and daughter. i liked this retelling a lot. 
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anni_banani's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Loveeee this book! 
Overall I love the Rajes series more than the original Austen books personally. The retelling work so so well and Dev pulls them off amazingly. I love listening to her discuss how she came to this series in interviews


What I love in this book 

  • Intergenerational story rotating POV btw mother daughter and daughter’s love interest 
  • I related too much to Ashna wow. As much as I was frustrated with her sometimes, i completely understand where she was coming from 
  • I’m attracted to both love interests! 
  • Rico was a great man MC 
  • Ashnas character development, wow 
  • Women in pro sports 
  • Calling out martial assault and Islamophobia
  • Chai mmmmm
  • Women in solidarity 

This is maybe my fave in the Rajes Series. Dev gives you so much more than you bargained for, a really true and deep character overhaul. Wow the healing in this book outbounds me and that’s why I’ve re read it. I’m a sucker for inter generational storytelling and this book does it so well. I loved Shoban !! 

I was so satisfied by the end and will always cry when re reading 
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mycatmycatandme's review against another edition

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challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Like 30% of readers said this was lighthearted and funny according to the StoryGraph stats. The AI summary thing calls this a romantic comedy. Did we read the same book? The cover is cute, but the book is heavy! 

I liked it, but please don’t go in expecting a lighthearted romcom. 
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shaipanda's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This book was everything to me. I’ve never actually read Persuasion but this 100% made me want to and despite this being insanely reliant on the miscommunication trope and it being at times overly complicated I loved it so much 
Literally read it in just over 24 hours lol so so so good but definitely be aware of content warnings because this book may be a romance but it’s really dark and has a lot of heavy topics 
Edit: switched it from 5 to 4.75 though bc I just remember like nothing about it lol and I can’t keep something rated 5 stars if i don’t remember anything about it 
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