![]() ![]() While the summary focuses on the budding love triangle between Zahra, Harun, and Nayim, Taslim’s debut novel is just as much about the love one can have for family, community, and yourself. Priyanka Taslim’s THE LOVE MATCH was a wonderful way for me to start 2023. With her feelings all mixed up, Zahra discovers that sometimes being a good Bengali kid can be a royal pain. And for once in Zahra’s life, she can have her rossomalai and eat it too: “dating” Harun and keeping Amma happy while catching real feelings for Nayim.īut life-and boys-can be more complicated than Zahra realizes. ![]() So, when Zahra finds out that Harun is just as uninterested in this match as she is, they decide to slowly sabotage their parents’ plans. It’s nothing like the connection she has with Nayim Aktar, the new dishwasher at the tea shop, who just gets Zahra in a way no one has before. As soon as Zahra meets him, she knows it’s a bad match. While Zahra’s plans for financial security this summer involve working long hours at Chai Ho and saving up for college writing courses, Amma is convinced that all Zahra needs is a “good match,” Jane Austen style.Įnter Harun Emon, who’s wealthy, devastatingly handsome, and…aloof. Summary: Zahra Khan is basically Bangladeshi royalty, but being a princess doesn’t pay the bills in Paterson, New Jersey. ![]()
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