A Holly Jolly Diwali

Other than the Diwali episode of The Office in which Michael Scott is cringe-y and tells people, incorrectly, that Diwali is Indian Halloween, I did not really know much about the holiday. Turns out Diwali was at the beginning of November, so what better time to read a Diwali romance!?

You can read the description, but the short version is, girl gets laid off, goes to India for a friend's wedding, decides to have a fling with a hot musician, which fails spectacularly. Because lurve.

This one is verrrry chaste, not even any fade-to-black hanky-panky between our two MCs. The banter and flirting between Niki and Sam is cute, the way she jumps to conclusions about their entire romance and its viability (as well as her career and living situation) without having a conversation with him is really not. At times the writing felt a tad preachy, but overall it was fun to read about a holiday and a range of cultural events and identities that I am not the most familiar with.