By Nisha Sharma
If Shakespeare Were An Auntie Book 3
Star rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Spice rating: 🌶️🌶️🌶️
Pub date: 8/27/2024
Blurb
The third and final installment in Nisha Sharma’s beloved Shakespeare-inspired rom-com trilogy—an ode to Twelfth Night—is the perfect friends to lovers romp featuring an accidental wedding, meddling families, and plenty of sizzling chemistry.
Veera Mathur has been through a lot in the past year. Both of her friends found soul mates, the man she fell in love with got engaged to another woman, and her father fired her before selling the family company. When her twin sister, Sana, tells her there is no way of getting her old life back, Veera feels lost at a single, unemployed mess with a bad tattoo and tons of talent, but nowhere to go.
Deepak Datta hasn’t had the best luck either. To secure enough board votes for the CEO position at his family's company, Illyria Media, he’s ready to marry board member and famous beauty influencer, Olivia Gupta. That is until he wakes up to a get ready with me video announcing their separation. Despite his immediate relief, Deepak needs to do something fast to repair his image.
After a series of convenient mishaps bring them together again—including a literal shipwreck, way too many drinks, and a sunset elopement on the beach—Deepak and Veera realize their accidental wedding might be the solution to their career aspirations. Together, they plot against the very company that ruined their lives in the first place.
As they try to convince the world their friendship was a ruse for romance they’ve felt all along, the line between fake and real begins to blur. Now Veera and Deepak must ask themselves the terrifying question that has haunted them since the first time they will love ruin everything?
With her signature humor and heartfelt storytelling, Nisha Sharma writes a messy, spicy romance about identity, family honor, and love. In Marriage & Masti, readers are sure to love the highly anticipated finale of this beloved trilogy.
Category: Contemporary
Read if you Like:
💍Marriage of convenience
💍Friends to lovers
💍Family drama
💍Slowburn
💍Punjabi rep
My Thoughts:
I have enjoyed each book in the If Shakespeare Were an Auntie series more than the one before and this one was by far my favorite! I really enjoyed Veera and Deepak's friends to lovers dynamic and the fakeish marriage was a fun twist!
I really enjoyed watching Veera find her direction and liked how much Deepak supported her. They were so much alike and I bought into their connection right away. I loved that Deepak supported Veera's dreams and saw her value.
I also found Veera's experience with being married making her feel more a part of her community really interesting. I think it's something a lot of woman will relate to regardless of religion. It can be easy to feel like you get left out when your friends have partners and you are single. I also loved reading about the Punjabi marriage rituals.
If you like fake dating or a marriage of convenience I highly recommend this one! It is definitely one where it will be a better read if you have read the others in the series.
Thanks to Avon for providing me with an eARC of this book! All opinions are my own.
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