pride prejudice and other flavors

Romance Lost on Me

Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev

February 25, 2024 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I don’t do well with conventional romance novels; I don’t have much patience for personal drama among other reasons. For some reason though I’m usually ok with romantasy, and queer romances. I figured a Jane Austen riff should be safe; wrong. If you take away the manners and the romanticized culture/world, these people are terrible. There’s no one to really like. Not even the couples. You’re supposed to like at least one character in a romance, or least have a couple you hope gets things/themselves […]

It Is a Truth Universally Acknowledged That I Am Now Really Hungry for Samosas

Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev

January 25, 2020 by Jenny S Leave a Comment

My second Jane Austen remix this year (and back to back with Jane of Austin), Sonali Dev’s Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors is a fun read that made me hungry for Indian food. That’s because the Darcy in this novel, DJ Caine, is a talented chef who is trying to make a go of it in San Francisco, having upped and left a Michelin star restaurant in France to be closer to his sister, Emma, who is fighting brain cancer. He first encounters, Trisha Raje, […]

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Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev

June 5, 2019 by scootsa1000 2 Comments

I was excited to read this, as it is a well documented fact that I am a total sucker for any and all Austen retellings. I recently enjoyed Unmarriageable, and was hoping to ride the wave of fun Austen stories here. I began to read, hoping for a fun, gender-swapped modern version of one of my favorite stories. AND THEN I REMEMBERED THE BOLLYWOOD BRIDE. (Oh my. I really despised that book. Remember that #cannonbookclub? Yikes.) Ugh. The good news is that this story is […]

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