Honestly not enough courting of Samira to me. Much more cousin's wedding talk. Other minor issues: I thought Samira would be sassy / mean based on the cover photo, she wasn't! She was an absolute sweetheart and problem solver! Boo!!! Also! The book says she's blonde hair blue eyes, but the cover shows her with brown eyes. So I gotta take points away since this is a pro brown eye black or brown hair household!!!

Jokes aside, she just like me fr. I'll be on the lookout for Awad's next book, this was great. It was funny and sweet and very informative about Australian culture. Which was surprising. I know more about diaspora Palestinians & Arabs than I did about Australians before reading this! I love the parallels to classic English romance novels, even if I haven't read them I GET it. Awad is a true talent!