One of AudioFileโs Best Audiobooks of 2019!
โAdorable, joyous.โ โBuzzFeed
โIโm head-over-heels for this charming, funny, romantic, life-affirming book.โ โBecky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda and Leah on the Offbeat
The irresistible companion novel to the New York Times bestseller When Dimple Met Rishi, which follows Rishiโs brother, Ashish, and a confident, self-proclaimed fat athlete named Sweetie as they both discover what love means to them.
Ashish Patel didnโt know love could be soโฆsucky. After being dumped by his ex-girlfriend, his mojo goes AWOL. Even worse, his parents are annoyingly, smugly confident they could find him a better match. So, in a moment of weakness, Ash challenges them to set him up.
The Patels insist that Ashish date an Indian-American girlโunder contract. Per subclause 1(a), heโll be taking his date on โfunโ excursions like visiting the Hindu temple and his eccentric Gita Auntie. Kill him now. How is this ever going to work?
Sweetie Nair is many things: a formidable track athlete who can outrun most people in California, a loyal friend, a shower-singing champion. Oh, and sheโs also fat. To Sweetieโs traditional parents, this last detail is the kiss of death.
Sweetie loves her parents, but sheโs so tired of being told sheโs lacking because sheโs fat. She decides itโs time to kick off the Sassy Sweetie Project, where sheโll show the world (and herself) what sheโs really made of.
Ashish and Sweetie both have something to prove. But with each date they realize thereโs an unexpected magic growing between them. Can they find their true selves without losing each other?