The inspiration for the Netflix original series Mismatched!
A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021)
Everyone is talking about this New York Times bestselling rom-com that Mindy Kaling called âutterly charming!â Eleanor & Park meets Bollywood in this hilarious and heartfelt novel about two Indian-American teens whose parents conspire to arrange their marriage.
Dimple Shah has it all figured out. With graduation behind her, sheâs more than ready for a break from her family, from Mammaâs inexplicable obsession with her finding the âIdeal Indian Husband.â Ugh. Dimple knows they must respect her principles on some level, though. If they truly believed she needed a husband right now, they wouldnât have paid for her to attend a summer program for aspiring web developersâŠright?
Rishi Patel is a hopeless romantic. So when his parents tell him that his future wife will be attending the same summer program as himâwherein heâll have to woo herâheâs totally on board. Because as silly as it sounds to most people in his life, Rishi wants to be arranged, believes in the power of tradition, stability, and being a part of something much bigger than himself.
The Shahs and Patels didnât mean to start turning the wheels on this âsuggested arrangementâ so early in their childrenâs lives, but when they noticed them both gravitate toward the same summer program, they figured, Why not?
Dimple and Rishi may think they have each other figured out. But when opposites clash, love works hard to prove itself in the most unexpected ways.