This book is included in Kindle Unlimited, read and listen (text and audio). I went with the audio version. It was good, but as we have three distinct POVs (Vandy, Rani and Mallika) I think I was expecting three narrators. While Mallika was in 1st person (present tense) ... Vandy and Rani were in 3rd person (past tense) so I can't be too critical of the single narrator choice (if Vandy/Rani had also been 1st person, then I would have! They would have NEEDED their own voices). Mallika is pretty "American" as is her mother Vandy ... it IS noted that Vandy has an "American accent" but I think I wanted to feel more "Indian/English" than the audiobook had. A few of the characters did speak that way, but overall, it was very American. Even Rani's POV/memories and early years. I think I needed, at least wanted, more of an accent to associate with those parts. I may adore an India accent... and was expecting more than I got.

This stayed consistent with a Vandy/Mallika/Rani rotation of POVs. Vandy is in the present (although told in past tense), Mallika is about a week behind the "present" (but told in present tense) and Rani's storyline starts when she is a child and then moves chronologically through time. Vandy's storyline has some flashbacks.

I don't think there were any surprises ... it was pretty obvious (at least to me) what was going to happen, and what would be uncovered. I liked the story, it kept my interest ... I'm not sure how much I'm really going to remember (which could be a bit of a problem as this is for book club, and it doesn't meet for a few weeks). I made a few highlights/notes.   A Vandy-ism "dropping the fight is stopping the fight" (I'm sure that will be discussed), "whether someone screamed in your face or whispered into it, the whoosh of alcohol was just as overpowering" (true ... I despise drinking, the smell) and "You run from the truth so it doesn't ruin the version of truth you've chosen to believe" ... interesting (and talking of the agent, she was "not the kind of person who uses ellipses without cause" (I may be guilty of overuse of ellipses). 

Looking forward to bookclub discussion - I really appreciated the bookclub questions included here at the back of the book (in kindle, not in audio). They really do give me extra things to think about, delve deeper.