About the Book:
A teen tries to save her quickly gentrifying neighborhood—and make her cynical partner in festival-planning believe in love—in this “sweet, feel-good” (School Library Journal, starred review) opposites-attract romance perfect for fans of Lynn Painter and Sandhya Menon.
Sana Merali is a certified hopeless romantic.
It’s inevitable when she literally lives on Love Street, a cute side-street full of mom-and-pop shops and cozy apartments. With her florist mother, her part-time job at a vintage shop, and her adorably curated wardrobe, Sana knows she’s what meet-cutes are made of—and it’s only a matter of time until her own HEA.
When the neighborhood is threatened by new developments, however, her plans for love get pushed to the backburner as she and her neighbors rally to host a festival that will finally put the neighborhood on everyone’s radar. Because what better way to get people to fall in love with Love Street?
Unfortunately, Miles Desai is also on the planning committee. Miles is contrary, judgmental, and…anti-romance. His hard stance on love inspires Sana with another goal for the summer: to matchmake Miles and knock the cynicism right out of him.
But as her set-up for Miles starts to actually work, Sana realizes that happily-ever-afters, for herself and for her street, aren’t that easy to come by.
*Review Contributed by Karen Yingling, Staff Reviewer*
While billed as an “opposites attract” novel, Sana and Miles are really very similar. They share the same cultural background (Ismaili Muslim), have parents who separated, and love their town. They both are college bound (Miles is majoring in urban planning), and are hard workers. The one thing that separates them is their level of romanticism. Sana is bubbly and completely devoted to falling in love, while Miles, in the middle of his parents’ divorce, is more reserved. Once the two are involved, however, he makes sweet gestures like creating a corsage out of Legos! He is definitely a great book crush!
The details about Sana’s Toronto neighborhood make me want to live there! She and her mother share a small but cozy apartment within walking distance of a book shop, vintage clothing store, coffee shop, and a bakery! At one point, Sana’s father tries to tempt her to move in with his new family and attend college, but she does not want to leave. Her father ends up being involved in some of the regentrification process, and there are some changes for Love Street on the Horizon.
There is some mention that Sana is not a virgin, and her previous relationships are discussed. Near the end of the book, there is some plot involvement with what Sana suspects was her father’s infidelity that may have led to the end of her parents’ marriage, but her relationship with Miles involves mainly kissing. This would be a good choice for readers who enjoy the romance books of Kasie West, Suzanne Colasanti, Misty Wilson, or Katie Cicatelli-Kuc.
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