The Love Match
Priyanka Taslim
- “Jane
- Austen
- meets
- Bengali
- cinema”
- (Publishers
- Weekly)
- in
- this
- delightful
- and
- heartfelt
- rom-com
- about
- a
- Bangladeshi
- American
- teen
- whose
- meddling
- mother
- arranges
- a
- match
- to
- secure
- their
- family’s
- financial
- security—just
- as
- she’s
- falling
- in
- love
- with
- someone
- else.Zahra
- Khan
- is
- basically
- Bangladeshi
- royalty,
- but
- being
- a
- princess
- doesn’t
- pay
- the
- bills
- in
- Paterson,
- New
- Jersey.
- While
- Zahra’s
- plans
- for
- financial
- security
- this
- summer
- involve
- working
- long
- hours
- at
- Chai
- Ho
- and
- saving
- up
- for
- college
- writing
- courses,
- Amma
- is
- convinced
- that
- all
- Zahra
- needs
- is
- a
- “good
- match,”
- Jane
- Austen
- style.Enter
- Harun
- Emon,
- who’s
- wealthy,
- devastatingly
- handsome,
- and…aloof.
- As
- soon
- as
- Zahra
- meets
- him,
- she
- knows
- it’s
- a
- bad
- match.
- It’s
- nothing
- like
- the
- connection
- she
- has
- with
- Nayim
- Aktar,
- the
- new
- dishwasher
- at
- the
- tea
- shop,
- who
- just
- gets
- Zahra
- in
- a
- way
- no
- one
- has
- before.
- So,
- when
- Zahra
- finds
- out
- that
- Harun
- is
- just
- as
- uninterested
- in
- this
- match
- as
- she
- is,
- they
- decide
- to
- slowly
- sabotage
- their
- parents’
- plans.
- And
- for
- once
- in
- Zahra’s
- life,
- she
- can
- have
- her
- rossomalai
- and
- eat
- it
- too:
- “dating”
- Harun
- and
- keeping
- Amma
- happy
- while
- catching
- real
- feelings
- for
- Nayim.But
- life—and
- boys—can
- be
- more
- complicated
- than
- Zahra
- realizes.
- With
- her
- feelings
- all
- mixed
- up,
- Zahra
- discovers
- that
- sometimes
- being
- a
- good
- Bengali
- kid
- can
- be
- a
- royal pain.
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