When Dimple Met Rishi was a good book, it wasn’t great, it wasn’t awful, it was just good.
Up until I hit the 70% mark it was a solid 4 star read for me but then the plot just goes all over the place and a lot happens that it just became more annoying in comparison to the fun tone of the rest of the book. There are a lot of conflicting view points on this story so I’m just going to go ahead and point out the things I liked and the things I disliked and let you all make of it what you will.

The Good:
Dimple and Rishi had this really cute connection. It took them a while to get on the same page but watching them be friends and eventually turn that into more was really heart warming. These two were really honest with each other, even when they weren’t honest with themselves. They helped each other grow and see where one another was coming from and it was honestly just so sweet and pure. I honestly really loved them together by the end of the book.

The talent show was fun to read about. Loved reading about Dimple and Rishi practicing, and Dimple becoming more comfortable with herself!! Loved Ashish coming in a having a role here.

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AND I LOVED CELIA FINALLY STICKING UP FOR HERSELF.

The representation was what really put this book above other contemporaries.

I actually loved the aberzombies, and by that I mean I love that they helped Rishi be proud in his culture, and helped us see how Dimple was growing.

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I liked that they had Isabelle (idk if that was her name) be weird about how bad everyone was to Dimple and Rishi. And I liked that she backs off towards the end. I think it was really important to show that people can change, and also that people sometimes go along with things even though they don’t necessarily agree with them. I also liked it even more that her being nice didn’t completely redeem her, it just made her more human.

The Bad:
The story line with Celia and Ashish felt super dramatic and random, I honestly didn’t understand the point of it other than to make the characters have a role in the story?

Dimple was really stubborn. Yes she grows on me, but on multiple occasions I was kind of side-eyeing her decisions throughout the story. Not awful but definitely cramped on my enjoyment.
The ending is so dramatic.

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While I do find it believable that Dimple freaks out and breaks things off, it really pissed me off. She seems to have a lot of character growth and then it is just gone. I understood why, but it was just annoying.

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Dimple & Rishi have sex in this story and it really felt OOC for both of them. I felt like it was just put in the story because the author felt like it had to be.

The writing was awkward at some parts. Nothing horrendous but…it was distracting at parts.

In conclusion:
Basically this book was just average. The author really nails a lot, but also totally misses on some other things. It’s worth giving it a try if you’re interested in it.