Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors

Posted on 22 November 2018 by Sonali Dev

Award winning author Sonali Dev launches a new series about the Rajes, an immigrant Indian family descended from royalty, who have built their lives in San FranciscoIt is a truth universally acknowledged that only in an overachieving Indian American family can a genius daughter be considered a black sheep.Dr Trisha Raje is San Francisco s most acclaimed neurosurgeon But that s not enough for the Rajes, her influential immigrant family who s achieved power by making its own non negotiable rules Never trust an outsider Never do anything to jeopardize your brother s political aspirations And never, ever, defy your familyTrisha is guilty of breaking all three rules But now she has a chance to redeem herself So long as she doesn t repeat old mistakes.Up and coming chef DJ Caine has known people like Trisha before, people who judge him by his rough beginnings and place pedigree above character He needs the lucrative job the Rajes offer, but he values his pride too much to indulge Trisha s arrogance And then he discovers that she s the only surgeon who can save his sister s life.As the two clash, their assumptions crumble like the spun sugar on one of DJ s stunning desserts But before a future can be savored there s a past to be reckoned withA family trying to build home in a new land.A man who has never felt at home anywhere.And a choice to be made between the two. Read Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors author Sonali Dev – kino-fada.fr Now this is the kind of retelling that doesn t make me want to pull my hair out I ve read so many variations of PP and never have I been this satisfied with one Sonali Dev has successfully delivered an awesome, gender swapped retelling of everyone s favourite love story, with exotic Indian flavours and beautifully believable characters Dr.Trisha Raje, the proud and acclaimed Neurosurgeon, is the protagonist and is our female Mr.Darcy, trying to save the world, one brain at a time Darcy J Now this is the kind of retelling that doesn t make me want to pull my hair out I ve read so many variations of PP and never have I been this satisfied with one Sonali Dev has successfully delivered an awesome, gender swapped retelling of everyone s favourite love story, with exotic Indian flavours and beautifully believable characters Dr.Trisha Raje, the proud and acclaimed Neurosurgeon, is the protagonist and is our female Mr.Darcy, trying to save the world, one brain at a time Darcy James Caine aka DJ Caine, portrayed as the male Lizzy Bennet, is a hot chef with yummy biceps and yummier desserts, who becomes a victim of his own assumptions when he meets our royal Dr.Raje Sparks fly, misunderstandings happen, drama ensues, truth prevails, sparks fly harder this time around and ignites a fire in the lovers loins and yayy happy humping ummm ...I thought I had the mental bandwidth to discuss why this book didn t work for me, but I don t I m tired But I want to justify my rating and what I thought was problematic, so major spoilers under the spoiler tag CW rape view spoiler A lot didn t work for me The HIPAA violations and doctor patient confidentiality issues The lack of groveling apologies from Trisha s family, who treated her poorly in many ways These things are subjective Maybe you have a large suspension of disbelief and y I thought I had the mental bandwidth to discuss why this book didn t work for me, but I don t I m tired But I want to justify my rating and what I thought was problematic, so major spoilers under the spoiler tag CW rape view spoiler A lot didn t work for me The HIPAA violations and doctor patient confidentiality issues The lack of groveling apologies from Trisha s family, who treated her poorly in many ways These things are subjective Maybe you have a large suspension of disbelief and you don t care about the rules that govern real life doctors Maybe you think that Tris...Mostly a 3.5.I had read books by this author before, but long ago that I don t remember much about them However, when I read the synopsis for this one and realized it s a desi retelling of PP, I was just so happy I also loved that this was set in US, because I can relateto diaspora stories these days than those set completely in India And this one both impressed and frustrated the hell out of me Trisha is an accomplished neurosurgeon who takes immense pride in her job but is quite Mostly a 3.5.I had read books by this author before, but long ago that I don t remember much about them However, when I read the synopsis for this one and realized it s a desi retelling of PP, I was just so happy I also loved that this was set in US, because I can relateto diaspora stories these days than those set completely in India And this one both impressed and frustrated the hell out of me Trisha is an accomplished neurosurgeon who takes immense pride in her job but is quite socially inept She also immensely loves her family, but has a lot of guilt for something that she did fifteen years ago which affected her brother Yash and soured her relationship with her father She is compassionate and a problem solver and I loved her relationship with her sister and cousins and her grandmother However, despite working hard to achieve her goals, she has been born to extreme priv...Well, I m a complete sucker for anything P P and I was excited to see how a different take played out Love love loved Trisha and DJ She s smart and maybe a bit awkward He s gruff and sort of a marshmallow Together, she s the Darcy and he s the Elizabeth and I was all over their arguing This entire set of characters is fantastic I loved her crazy large family and his sister The loyalty of the family their dynamic was refreshing to read.Plot wise it was new and comfortable at the same time Well, I m a complete sucker for anything P P and I was excited to see how a different take played out Love love loved Trisha and DJ She s smart and maybe a bit awkward He s gruff and sort of a marshmallow Together, she s the Darcy and he s the Elizabeth and I was all over their arguing This entire set of characters is fantasti...I keep going back and forth on the rating This might be 2.5 stars or it might be solidly 3 I can t decide.I ve enjoyed Sonali Dev s romance novels so I was curious what I would think of her women s fiction, particularly one that is Pride And Prejudice inspired And I have to say, my feelings are complicated.As a PP inspired gender bent story, it s inventive and a great update Julia Wickham s character in particular was a great treacherous take This is not a straight retelling and this f I keep going back and forth on the rating This might be 2.5 stars or it might be solidly 3 I can t decide.I ve enjoyed Sonali Dev s romance novels so I was curious what I would think of her women s fiction, particularly one that is Pride And Prejudice inspired And I have to say, my feelings are complicated.As a PP inspired gender bent story, it s inventive and a great update Julia Wickham s character in particular was a great treacherous take This is not a straight retelling and this frees Dev up to make some interesting choices with the characters.The food descriptions are one of the best parts of this story DJ s passion for his work as a chef was just as fascinating as Trisha s response to his creations I also really liked learning about the technology Trisha developed in order to do cutting edge surgeries on tumors I have no idea if it s based on existing technology but I hope so However, the medical plot didn t work for me and that means a good portion of this book didn t work, as Tri...A modern day retelling of Pride and Prejudice obviously , set in the Bay Area and featuring the unlikely pairing of world class neurosurgeon Trisha Raje and up and coming master chef DJ Caine, whose initial meeting is fraught with haughtiness and false impressions As it turns out, Trisha is the only doctor offering a cure for DJ s beloved sister s brain tumor, so despite their mutual dislike, the two are forced together again and again I liked that the author didn t follow the PP plotlin A modern day retelling of Pride and Prejudice obviously , set in the Bay Area and featuring the unlikely pairing of world class neurosurgeon Trisha Raje and up and coming master chef DJ Caine, whose initial meeting is fraught with haughtiness and false impressions As it turns out, Trisha is the only doctor offering a cure for DJ s beloved sister s brain tumor, so despite their mutual dislike, the two are forced together again and again I liked that the author didn t follow the PP plotline 100% there are plenty of familiar beats, but the story here stands on its own and isn t shoehorned into unnatural ...My craving for a light, diverting read was satisfied by this Pride and Prejudice inspired novel I loved the way Dev played with the roles and made the story her own The food descriptions were amazing how perfect to cast Darcy as a chef A delicious romp.3.5 stars4.3 starsI received this book for free in exchange for an honest review This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review The truth was, he was right about many things things she could change, like how she treated people He was also wrong about a few things she could not change, like who she was. In this start to the Rajes series, Sonali Dev gives us an emotional look into a royal Indian family that migrated to America The title gives a clue that Ms Dev took inspiratio 4.3 starsI received this book for free in exchange for an honest review This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review The truth was, he was right about many things things she could change, like how she treated people He was also wrong about a few things she could not change, like who she was. In this start to the Rajes series, Sonali Dev gives us an emotional look into a royal Indian family that migrated to America The title gives a clue that Ms Dev took inspiration from Jane Austen, Trisha is our arrogant still waters run deep Mr Darcy while DJ is our making some snap judgments Elizabeth There is also a villainous Wickham character, older sister already married worried about her beau wanting someone else, sick younger sister, mother pressuring children to get married, and other little takings that Pride and Prejudice readers will recognize It s all inspired by and not based on and I loved how Dev put her spin on th...Fun Fun FunA gender flipped Pride and Prej retelling with a surgeon Trisha as Mr Darcy and DJ as Elizabeth Bennett.What I loved drama jumping balconies, rom com scenes, flailing in love, girl hates boy trope to fall in love later, rich girl poor boy trope, royal Indian father, ex Bollywood Indian mother, rich family and parties FOOD Well, what do you expect Le Cordeon Bleu chef who specializes in French and North Indian fusion I must say DJ is the total rom com hero and I loved it Wel Fun Fun FunA gender flipped Pride and Prej retelling with a surgeon Trisha as Mr Darcy and DJ as Elizabeth Bennett.What I loved drama jumping balconies, rom com scenes, flailing in love, girl hates boy trope to fall in love later, rich girl poor boy trope, royal Indian father, ex Bollywood Indian mother, rich family and parties FOOD Well, what do you expect Le Cordeon Bleu chef who specializes in French and North Indian fusion I must say DJ is the total rom com hero and I loved it Well built, good chef, caring, British accent, sarcasm and humour He was too perfect and I definitely didn t care I loved it This isn t your usual retelling So the characters were surprises For eg there s a Jane and Emma in the novel but maybe you might not be able to guess what they are upto in the novel Wickham was brilliant too.What I didn t Some names were so confusing I wish DJ was not named D...MY RATING 5 5 STARSI received a copy from Harper Collins Canada in exchange for a honest review.BUT GUYS this might be my favourite read of 2019 so far Okay, not my most favourite book of 2019 but Top 10 and it s pretty high up on the list If you re a fan of retellings, then you need to read this one because instead of it being completely by the book, this is a fresh twist on Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen I m not educated enough to tell you point by point differences but Sonali Dev play MY RATING 5 5 STARSI received a copy from Harper Collins Canada in exchange for a honest review.BUT GUYS this might be my favourite read of 2019 so far Okay, not my most favourite book of 2019 but Top 10 and it s pretty high up on the list If you re a fan of retellings, then you need to read this one because instead of it being completely by the book, this is a fresh twist on Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen I m not educated enough to tell you point by point differences but Sonali Dev played around with the characters from both the Bennet and Darcy family I don t know how to go into this book without g...Pride and Prejudice and Other Flavors is a modern retelling of the timeless classic This version has a unique element The woman, Trisha, is proud, and the man, DJ, is prejudice I liked Trisha She is proud because she s a surgeon, and that s a justifiable reason She is an intelligent, strong and likeable character DJ, on the other hand, I despised At some point, I should have come to like him, like in the original, but that didn t happen He s just unlikable and garners no sympathy I unde Pride and Prejudice and Other Flavors is a modern retelling of the timeless classic This version has a unique element The woman, Trisha, is proud, and the man, DJ, is prejudice I liked Trisha She is proud because she s a surgeon, and that s a justifiable reason She is an intelligent, strong and likeable character DJ, on the other hand, I despised At some point, I should have come to like him, like in the original, but that didn t happen He s just unlikable and garners no sympathy I understand that the differences between social classes is supposed to be sharply rendered, but prejudice is present in every class and every race Much of it is due to extreme ignorance, lack of education and an unwillingness to admit or acknowledge that these attributes are present I see all of this in DJ His character soured what was otherwise an engaging story Everythin...Please note that I received this book via NetGalley This did not affect my rating or review.Wow What a wonderful retelling of Pride and Prejudice Only the Mr Darcy character is gender swapped and instead of being an upperclass nobleman, we have a young surgeon whose family is descended from Indian royalty Trisha Raje I initially didn t like that Dev had focused on the Mark Darcy character first, but I get why she did it Eventually we get our Elizabeth Bennett DJ Caine and he was fantast Please note that I received this book via NetGalley This did not affect my rating or review.Wow What a wonderful retelling of Pride and Prejudice Only the Mr Darcy character is gender swapped and instead of being an upperclass nobleman, we have a young surgeon whose family is descended from Indian royalty Trisha Raje I initially didn t like that Dev had focused on the Mark Darcy character first, but I get why she did it Eventually we get our Elizabeth Bennett DJ Caine and he was fantastic Dev follows the same plot though modernizes it for readers And she even takes a look at black live matters, feminism and rape culture that I was not expecting in this one I maybe ch...Review is now live on A Take from Two Cities blog here.This read was the most unusual Pride Prejudice retelling I have encountered and where it shone was in the complexity of the plot and characters of the family, so true to the original However, this is a authentic piece of fiction in it s own right, you recognise the foundation of Pride and Prejudice but the Rajes family are new and fresh for your perusal.Trisha Rajes was a savant type neurosurgeon but she was also everything socially a Review is now live on A Take from Two Cities blog here.This read was the most unusual Pride Prejudice retelling I have encountered and where it shone was in the complexity of the plot and characters of the family, so true to the original However, this is a authentic piece of fiction in it s own right, you recognise the foundation of Pride and Prejudice but the Rajes family are new and fresh for your perusal.Trisha Rajes was a savant type neurosurgeon but she was also everything socially awkward, quirky and sensitive in her non professional life I lost count of the times her dialogue and inner monologue made me laugh out loud ...This book bewitched me, body and soul I m biased as an Austen enthusiast but Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors gave me just what I wanted the acidy burble in my stomach that comes from vicariously living through a glorious misunderstanding between could be lovers.

English
22 November 2018

Sonali Dev