About This Book:
Shaadi preparations are in full swing, which means lehenga shopping, taste testing, dance rehearsals, and best of all, Arya’s sister Alina is home. The Khannas are together again, finally, and Arya wants to enjoy it. So she stifles her lingering resentment towards Alina, plays mediator during her sister’s fights with their mother, and welcomes her future brother-in-law with open arms. (Okay, maybe enjoy isn’t exactly right.)
Meanwhile at school, Arya’s senior year dreams are unraveling. In between class and her part-time gig as a bookshop assistant, Arya struggles to navigate the aftermath of a bad breakup between her two best friends and a tense student council partnership with her rival, the frustratingly attractive Dean Merriweather.
Arya is determined to keep the peace at home and at school, but this shaadi season teaches Arya new realities: Alina won’t always be in the bedroom down the hall, Mamma’s sadness isn’t mendable, friendships must evolve, and life doesn’t always work out like her beloved Bollywood movies. But sometimes, the person you least expect will give you a glimpse of your dream sequence just when you need it most.
Structured like a Bollywood film (entertaining intermission included!) Arya Khanna’s Bollywood Moment will make you swoon, laugh, cry, think, nod your head in agreement, and quite possibly make you get up and dance.
*Review Contributed by Karen Yingling, Staff Reviewer*
While I am not a huge fan of weddings, this was an interesting look at how some Indian weddings are structured, and it was fun to see the types of food served, different ceremonies, and variety of clothing. It was hard enough for my daughter to find ONE wedding dress; I can’t imagine having to have THREE!
Young readers are often captivated by the idea of planning and attending a wedding, so this is a great choice for those who spend a lot of time thinking about what their own wedding day might be like, if that even crosses the mind of modern high schoolers. This is perfect for fans of Bajbai’s Sister of the Bollywood Bride or The Meet-Cute Project, and for readers who enjoyed Ziegler’s Revenge of the Flower Girls when they were younger. There were many wedding books in the 1950s and 60s, like Cleary’s 1963 Sister of the Bride, but I would have thought that modern young women would like career romances more than ones about weddings!
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