2.5 stars

I was so excited for As Kismet Would Have It, especially after Menon hinted at a wedding. There was one, but not between Dimple and Rishi. Instead I got sixty pages of relationship drama, because Rishi wouldn’t leave the marriage discussion alone. Will Dimple ever want to marry him? Is Dimple against the idea of marriage, or the idea of marrying him specifically?

I like Rishi, but in this novella, he grated on my nerves. The two of them are nineteen and have only been together a year, but he insists that they need to have this conversation now. Honestly, as much as Dimple loves Rishi, I feel like she did what she did to appease him, not because she wanted to.

What I’m getting at is that I really didn’t see the point of this novella. The only parts of it I liked were Dimple’s mom making a Twilight reference, claiming it’s a great love story, and the introduction to Ashish and Sweetie’s relationship. Some people might say they loved this, that it made their heart happy, and if that’s you, that’s great. But personally, this just made me more excited for There’s Something About Sweetie.