Review: Accidentally Engaged

Accidentally Engaged by Farah Heron
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Reena Manji is a financier but her secret passion is bread. She has a bread starter that is like her family and takes it everywhere. But Reena wishes she could escape her real family. Her parents are determined to interfere with her love life and set her up with a Muslim husband. Reena will not be a part of their matchmaking and does not want to be with anyone who works for her father, no matter how handsome or wonderful Nadim's accent. But when she is offered the opportunity to participate in a cooking contest meant for couples, Reena finds herself in a fake engagement with the very man she refused to marry!

Farah Heron told a story of love filled with so much drama that I could hardly keep up. I enjoyed the food and the culture. Both of the main characters were flawed but somehow managed to find themselves once they found each other. The family dynamic was so complicated and knotted, I didn't know if the author would have been able to unravel the storyline to a satisfying, realistic ending, but she did. My favorite scenes revolved around the cooking show. I found Nadim and Reena's banter refreshing.

The conflict with family and family acceptance is powerful and greatly described. There were a kitchen sink full of secrets that had me raising my eyebrows on several occasions. Saira was one of my favorite characters and her story was quite colorful but I loved how the author ventured into somewhat taboo subjects such as mental illness.

Thank you #Forever and #Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

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