This Is How You Fall In Love

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A highly entertaining and readable romcom featuring all your favourite tropes: fake dating, friends to lovers, love triangles and plenty of pining. Rich, warm and humourous, with realistic teen characters and friendships at its heart. He inches closer to me, his forehead pressed against mine, the warmth of his breath beginning to thaw my heart. ‘I need to know, Zara, do you love him?'” – Yahya, This is How You Fall in Love

I absolutely LOVED THIS! And love how Hussain cleverly explores the complex and often unpredictable nature of relationships whilst perfectly capturing the essence of love in all its many forms. Choose a category that works for your book and an audience that will enjoy it. Otherwise, your efforts will be wasted and possibly cause you to go to the spam folder.Have you ever enjoyed something so much that it felt like you were floating the whole time? Well, that’s how I felt throughout this whole book.

I also really enjoyed exploring Zara’s family relationships, and loved that unlike most YA novels, her parents were just present enough in the narrative to know they existed (and there to support her if necessary) without being too involved to make their inclusion seem unrealistic. I also really liked their positive and rather candid approach to sex (and the ‘sex talk’). This is a place for helping. Promoting your own work is acceptable -even encouraged- as long as it is done in an honest, non-spammy way. If you are spam, you go in the spam folder. Know where that is? Out of the group. *friendly smiles*There are lots of groups where authors and readers can connect, right? That's probably what you're thinking. And that's a val Want new readers/books? Overall, if you’re looking for a refreshing read, this one is definitely a great option. Though I had some issues with it, a lot of that came down to personal preference, and I would definitely recommend this, as it had minimal language and was such an unexpectedly delightful read. A hilarious and heartfelt romcom, told with a light touch, perfect for fans of TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE, EXCUSE ME WHILE I UGLY CRY and HANI AND ISHU'S GUIDE TO FAKE DATING. Zara loves all kinds of romance stories in novels and movies, yet she is still longing for her very own. She is surrounded by her Desi family and friends, including her childhood best friend Adnan, but when they move from best friends to fake dating, the pair need to keep up the act even around Adnan's real girlfriend. Jealousy begins to bubble and Zara finds herself in an awkward position. Her true feelings for another are showing, making Zara's love life a very confusing story. Not exactly how Zara had imagined how her dreamy love romance would take place... All of the characters had their flaws but as the book progressed, I watched as they grew as people and in their love for each other. The main love interest, Yahya, was so easy to fall in love with and was my main comfort character throughout the whole story.

Hussain perfectly captures the very essence of what makes a good teen rom-com; a healthy dose angst, quirky meet cutes, lashings of humour and a host of well meaning but nosey loved ones (friends and family) who may or may not be a little too invested in the protagonist’s relationship. Anika Hussain’s debut follows two British-Bangladeshi teens, who inadvertently test the bonds of their friendship by deciding to fake date in this brilliantly heartfelt and humour-filled YA rom-com that explores their unconventional path to dating, friendship and romance. However, the characters annoyed the HELL out of me. Every single one of them. Especially Adnan and Cami, who, despite asking Zara to do this massive favour for them so they could be together in secret, had the audacity to be mad at her for not doing that quite right. There were parts where I was pretty confused about - like, why couldn't they just hang out without Zara there, especially somewhere not in public? I didn't quite understand all of that. It felt like Cami and Zara were just being pitted against each other for drama's sake and I think it would've been a better message for that not to happen. Please tell me what you think, how I can improve this group, and what you'd like to see added. This isn't my group. It's ours. The writing was wonderfully compelling and the characters well developed and full of depth. I particularly loved Zara, our adorable, rom-com loving bookworm and protagonist. She’s such a sweet, compassionate and loyal friend whose commitment to helping the people she cares about is beyond words. I mean she literally embodies the mates before dates mantra—even when doing so hinders her own plans or happiness.Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a free eARC in exchange for an honest review! So Zara agrees and the act begins: after all, how different can pretending to be in a relationship with your best friend be to just hanging around with them like usual? Turns out, a lot. With fake dating comes fake hand-holding and fake kissing and real feelings... And when a new boy turns up in Zara's life, things get more confusing than ever. Adnan was also a sweetie who had so much love and care for all the people in his life as-well. he had a great sense of humour and he was the perfect friend that Zara needed in her life. i loved the dynamic between the two and how they could always count on each-other to be there when they needed them.