Title | Dating Dr. Dil |
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ASIN | B08W58Q5MX |
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Ed. Language | English |
Format | e-book |
Length | 373 |
Pub. Date | March 15th, 2022 |
Overall Rating: ⭐⭐⭐.5 /5
Spice Rating: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️/5
I loved this book for its relatable mature Asian woman characters and amusing fake dating plot. This book was easy to read because it is written in a non-boring manner. However, the story is not too deep because I believe this book emphasizes the smutty aspect.
Summary from Publisher:
Dating Dr. Dil features a love-phobic TV doctor who must convince a love-obsessed homebody they are destined to be together.
Kareena Mann dreams of having a love story like her parents, but she prefers restoring her classic car to swiping right on dating apps. When her father announces he’s selling her mother’s home, Kareena makes a deal with him: he’ll gift her the house if she can get engaged in four months. Her search for her soulmate becomes impossible when her argument with Dr. Prem Verma, host of The Dr. Dil Show, goes viral. Now the only man in her life is the one she doesn’t want.
Dr. Prem Verma is dedicated to building a local community health center, but he needs to get donors with deep pockets. The Dr. Dil Show was doing just that, until his argument with Kareena went viral, and he’s left short changed. That’s when Kareena’s meddling aunties presented him with a solution: convince Kareena he’s her soulmate and they’ll fund his clinic.
Even though they have conflicting views on love-matches and arranged-matches, the more time Prem spends with Kareena, the more he begins to believe she’s the woman he wants to spend the rest of his life with. But for Prem and Kareena to find their happily ever after, they must admit that hate has turned into fate.
The main characters were fantastic. Reena and Prem have strong personalities. They both portray modern individuals, despite coming from conservative Asian households. And I found them so close to my life right now. The pressure that Reena went through was quite familiar to me, who is a South East Asian woman in her late 20s. Here's why:
She's an Asian woman in their 30s who struggle because she's not married yet. Maybe we assume that being married is a personal choice; if you don't get married, as long as you're content with your life, that's fine. Marriage, however, is the joining of two families for the majority of Asians. Not only are you married, but so is your family. This is why family members would constantly try to meddle in your life. They will ask when will you get married. Then when you are married, they will ask when you will have children. After that, they will ask when your child will get married. And so on until you die.
Being in the millennial generation with only enough money to live your basic existence, rather than for luxuries like houses or branded stuff. So we mostly prioritize work to survive. Meanwhile, the generation above us is more concerned with whether we can start a family so that someone will look after us in the future.
Craving affection from the opposite sex but finding it hard to find a partner that meets the desired standard. How did it come to have such a demanding standard? Because we have seen the life we want, perhaps from family or other people, and have lived a longer life than people who married first, our criteria are becoming more specific. We learn from the mistakes of others. Or... maybe it's simply an excuse to keep from getting hurt.
I loved how Prem and Reena learned about love and marriage, even though they had to pretend to be a couple first. And for the most part, I also liked their banter and bickering. That was the aspect of this book that kept it interesting.
I didn't enjoy how the development of their chemistry was presented more in terms of sexual connections, even though what this book wants to bring up is a marriage of love. And the strangest thing is, I don't understand how anyone can give a name to their... willy. Ugh.
"If you’re single at thirty, you have to lower your standards. If you’re single at thirty, your prospects for a happily ever after are diminished. If you’re single at thirty, you are perceived as difficult, and no one will want to marry you."
"And that’s why you believe in partnership over love. Despite all the science about long-term love, or whatever. Prem, maybe it’s not one or the other. Maybe you have to have both for partnership to last forever. That’s what will sustain forever."
Recommended for those who like:
Romance Comedy
Workaholic woman
Indian culture
Fake dating
Dual POV
Steamy
Content Warnings: sexual content, death of loved one, grief.
Where to buy:
Google Play (e-book) | Gramedia (e-book) | Periplus (Paperback) | Amazon (kindle) |
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