So sometimes I end up checking my to-read list for books to read and totally forget what it was about the review/cover copy/whatever that made it interesting in the first place. But I trust my former self not to misjudge my taste.
Anyway, once I got about 1/5 of the way into this book and realized it was shaping up to be a Cupid and Psyche/East of the Sun, West of the Moon style fairy tale, I was thrilled. Next to beauty and the beast, those are my favorites to see reworked and this book does a great job with the larger tropes while crafting a wholly Indian fairy tale. I wonder if south Asian folklore has its own version of AT-425 & 428.