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OUaT's February "LOVE" Book Giveaway - #CelebrateLove



OUaT's February Book Giveaway is all about LOVE!

Always Forever Maybe by Anica Mrose Rissi - Amazon | Goodreads
When Betts meets Aiden at the candy store where she works, their connection is like a sugar rush to the heart. Betts already knows the two of them are infinite. Inevitable. Destined to become an us.
Betts has only ever kept one secret from her best friend, Jo, but suddenly there's a long list of things she won't tell her, things Jo wouldn't understand. Because Jo doesn't see how good Aiden is for Betts. She finds him needy. Possessive. Controlling.

She's wrong. With a love like this, nothing else matters.
Someone to Love by Melissa de la Cruz - Amazon | Goodreads
Constantly in the spotlight thanks to her politician father's rising star, Olivia Blakely feels the pressure to be perfect. As the youngest girl in her class, she tries hard to keep up and to seem mature to the older boy she's crushing on, even as she catches his eye. But the need to look good on camera and at school soon grows into an all-consuming struggle with bulimia.

As Liv works toward her goal of gaining early admission to art school, including taking part in an upcoming student show, her life spirals out of control. Swept up in demands to do more than she's ready for, to always look perfect and to succeed, Liv doesn't know who she is anymore. It will take nearly losing her best friend and even her life for Liv to learn that loving herself is far more important than earning the world's approval.
From Twinkle, With Love by Sandhya Menon - Amazon | Goodreads
Aspiring filmmaker and wallflower Twinkle Mehra has stories she wants to tell and universes she wants to explore, if only the world would listen. So when fellow film geek Sahil Roy approaches her to direct a movie for the upcoming Summer Festival, Twinkle is all over it. The chance to publicly showcase her voice as a director? Dream come true. The fact that it gets her closer to her longtime crush, Neil Roy—a.k.a. Sahil’s twin brother? Dream come true x 2.
When mystery man “N” begins emailing her, Twinkle is sure it’s Neil, finally ready to begin their happily-ever-after. The only slightly inconvenient problem is that, in the course of movie-making, she’s fallen madly in love with the irresistibly adorkable Sahil.
Twinkle soon realizes that resistance is futile: The romance she’s got is not the one she’s scripted. But will it be enough?
Told through the letters Twinkle writes to her favorite female filmmakers, From Twinkle, with Love navigates big truths about friendship, family, and the unexpected places love can find you.
This Is Kind of an EPIC LOVE STORY by Kheryn Callender - Amazon | Goodreads 
Nathan Bird doesn’t believe in happy endings. Although he’s the ultimate film buff and an aspiring screenwriter, Nate’s seen the demise of too many relationships to believe that happy endings exist in real life.
Playing it safe to avoid a broken heart has been his MO ever since his father died and left his mom to unravel—but this strategy is not without fault. His best-friend-turned-girlfriend-turned-best-friend-again, Florence, is set on making sure Nate finds someone else. And in a twist that is rom-com-worthy, someone does come along: Oliver James Hernández, his childhood best friend.
After a painful mix-up when they were little, Nate finally has the chance to tell Ollie the truth about his feelings. But can Nate find the courage to pursue his own happily ever after?

OUaT's LOVE Giveaway:
One (1) winner will receive a copy of all 4 books:

  • Always Forever Maybe 
  • Someone to Love 
  • From Twinkle, With Love
  • This Is Kind of an EPIC LOVE STORY
Giveaway open Internationally! 

Book Review: When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon



When Dimple Met Rishi
Author: Sandhya Menin
Reading Level: Young Adult
Genre: Contemporary
Released: May 30th 2017
Review Source: Simon Pulse

A laugh-out-loud, heartfelt YA romantic comedy, told in alternating perspectives, about two Indian-American teens whose parents have arranged for them to be married.

Dimple Shah has it all figured out. With graduation behind her, she’s more than ready for a break from her family, from Mamma’s inexplicable obsession with her finding the “Ideal Indian Husband.” Ugh. Dimple knows they must respect her principles on some level, though. If they truly believed she needed a husband right now, they wouldn’t have paid for her to attend a summer program for aspiring web developers…right?

Rishi Patel is a hopeless romantic. So when his parents tell him that his future wife will be attending the same summer program as him—wherein he’ll have to woo her—he’s totally on board. Because as silly as it sounds to most people in his life, Rishi wants to be arranged, believes in the power of tradition, stability, and being a part of something much bigger than himself.

The Shahs and Patels didn’t mean to start turning the wheels on this “suggested arrangement” so early in their children’s lives, but when they noticed them both gravitate toward the same summer program, they figured, Why not?

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.


When Dimple Met Rishi is hands down my favorite book in 2017 so far. It has everything a great YA novel should have, swoon worthy moments, family values, smart chicks, and witty banter. Rishi is prideful in his Indian family values, he believes in arranged marriages and wants to please and make his parents proud. Dimple not so much... She doesn’t have marriage or even finding a life partner in the forefront of her mind. She has her studies, her career, and insomnia con to worry about. Her mom is always pressuring her to wear makeup, dress nicer, find herself a good Indian boy to marry, but that’s the least of her worries at 18.

When Dimple’s parents reluctantly let her go to a summer program, Insomnia Con, a six week program where she comes up and codes an app and the winner gets to met her idol, she is thrilled. Little does she know Rishi is sent there as well, but not to compete but to find his future arranged wife, Dimple. The best part, neither of them know about each other, well Rishi knows about Dimple and has seen her picture, but he doesn’t know that she is clueless about the arrangement and Dimple is completely clueless on everything. From the very first time they meet it becomes a hilarious tale. I seriously could not get enough of these two.

Like I stated before, When Dimple Met Rishi is hands down my favorite book this year. I loved how focused and determined Dimple is when it comes to her future, her studies, and making this app that would help the lives of many, especially her father. Then there’s Rishi whose values his family and their traditions. I loved learning more about their culture and having Hindi involved in the text as well. Then there’s the best dialogue between the two as well, witty, funny, and just perfect. This book was just perfect. I cannot express it enough on how much I loved this book. From the perfect cover art to the perfect story, everything. I don’t know if you can tell but I loved this book and I’ll never be able to completely express myself on the matter, but I do know this will be a reread for sure in the future.  


OUaT is Heading to @YALLWEST!


So exciting news... Shannon from the OUaT team will be attending YallWest this year and seriously cannot contain her excitement! I mean seriously, Cassandra Clare is going to be there, it's a dream come true. Not only will Cassandra Clare be there, a ton of extremely amazing authors will be in attendance. Like Renée Adhieh (OUaT favorite), Victoria Aveyard, creator of my favorite villain; Leigh Bardugo, Melissa de la Cruz, Nicola Yoon, Kasie West, and so many more!






We are also very fortunate to be interviewing this amazing authors at the festival as well! If anyone has questions for Melissa, Marie and Sandhya please leave them in the comments below or tweet us at @twilightsdance! 




And last but not least...


Which I'll be honest, I'm the most excited about because When Dimple Met Rishi has been my favorite book of the year so far! Watch out for my review coming up. 

 If you happen to see me walking around please don't hesitate to come up and say hi!

 



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