Ayesha at Last

A loose adaptation of Pride and Prejudice to a modern-day Muslim community in Toronto. I loved the author's writing style and wanted to spend more time with these characters, especially Ayesha (of course). The whole mistaken identity at the mosque meeting that leads to Khalid being engaged to Ayesha's cousin was kind of silly, and I don't know why it would have persisted for that long, but I'll chalk that up to romance novel. Khalid's mother was a little one-dimensional and I would've liked for her to have an extra layer or two, but the rest of the major characters were so well-developed and seemed like real people. I'm excited to read whatever Jalaluddin writes next!

Two minor notes:
1) Cover LOVE - it's so gorgeous with the gold and purple and then that little pop of lipstick.
2) Re Clara: I don't quite know who she and her boyfriend were supposed to be in the P&P adaptation. Clearly Hafsa is Lydia and Tarik is Wickham and Khalid's mom is Lady Catherine, but I guess maybe Clara is Jane? Anyway, her boyfriend is a scrub and not worthy of her.

(2019 summer romance bingo: “title includes character's name”; could also count for “heroine smells like a flower.”)