A Match Made in Mehendi by Nandini Bajpai

A Match Made in Mehendi

by Nandini Bajpai

Fifteen-year-old Simran "Simi" Sangha comes from a long line of Indian vichole--matchmakers--with a rich history for helping parents find good matches for their grown children. When Simi accidentally sets up her cousin and a wealthy local businessman, her family is thrilled that she has the "gift."

But Simi is an artist, and she doesn't want to have anything to do with relationships, helicopter parents, and family drama. That is, until she realizes this might just be the thing to get her and her best friend Noah to finally be popular. Armed with her family's ancient guide to finding love, Simi starts a matchmaking service--via an app, of course.

But when she helps connect a wallflower of a girl with the star of the boy's soccer team, she turns the high school hierarchy topsy-turvy, soon making herself public enemy number one.

Reviewed by Sam@WLABB on

4 of 5 stars

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This was one of my anticipated 2019 releases, and I am glad I finally had the chance to read it, because it was so fun, adorable, and sweet.

Things I loved:

• Simi was so honest, real, sweet, and endearing. I was fan from the first broken vase.
• Simi's was blessed with a wonderful family, and it was easy to see how much they loved each other
• Noah and Simi had a fantastic friendship. It hit a few bumps during the book, but the experience was really valuable for Simi and helped her gain some perspective.
• The mehendi and other artistic parts piqued my interest, and I loved the way Bajai wove them into the story
• Simi's "match" was a rather wonderful boy, and I adored those two together.
• I have mentioned this before, but I am loving all these books being set in my neck of NJ, giving shoutouts to my alma mater.
• Bajpai treated me to some Punjabi culture, and I especially loved getting to "go" to the engagement party.

Overall: This book made me laugh and smile, and I had a fantastic time reading it.

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