{"id":6911,"date":"2022-06-13T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T16:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=6911"},"modified":"2022-06-28T13:24:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T20:24:24","slug":"hani-and-ishus-guide-to-fake-dating-teen-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2022\/hani-and-ishus-guide-to-fake-dating-teen-book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating — Teen Book Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reviewed by Jasmine Sov, age 16<\/p>\n

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Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating<\/em> by Adiba Jaigirda<\/h2>\n
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Popular girl Humaira \u201cHani\u201d Khan and studious overachiever Ishita \u201cIshu\u201d Dey could not be more different from one another, and yet the strangest movie-like circumstances cause their paths to cross. Hani is friendly and well-liked by the student body, but when she comes out to her friends as bisexual, they invalidate her identity, telling her that she can\u2019t be bisexual because she\u2019s only dated guys. Panicked, Hani tells them on impulse that she\u2019s actually dating Ishu\u2026who her friends don\u2019t like at all. When Hani tells Ishu about her fake dating dilemma, Ishu agrees to help on one condition\u2014that Hani will help her become more popular so that Ishu can become a viable Head Girl candidate and prove herself to her parents. However, as the plan goes into motion, the two Bengali girls start to feel things that were certainly not according to plan\u2014and they\u2019ll have to face all of the obstacles thrown in their way.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Hani and Ishu\u2019s Guide to Fake Dating is a mostly lighthearted read that excellently\u00a0 balances well utilized rom-com tropes with complex issues about families and society. With the eponymous \u201cfake dating\u201d trope and in some parts the \u201cenemies to lovers\u201d trope, avid readers of YA will find this a comfortable formulaic read, that is delightfully remixed. Several parts of the book felt painfully real to me as a person of color, such as how Hani\u2019s friends exhibit toxic behavior by not caring about understanding the religion of Islam or how there is great diversity within different cultures and ethnic groups. Hani\u2019s friends lump Hani and Ishu together even before they begin fake dating, as they are the only brown girls at their school. All of this reminded me of the\u00a0 ignorance that is still witnessed from people at my high school today. Hani and Ishu both undergo superb character development regarding their connections with their friends and family, and I especially loved Hani\u2019s relationship with her parents as well as how Ishu grew closer to her sister over time. Hani and Ishu\u2019s Guide to Fake Dating informs the reader of important issues of the current age, while also delivering an adorable classic fake dating love story.<\/span><\/p>\n

4 stars.<\/p>\n

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Reviewed by Jasmine Sov, age 16 Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirda Popular girl Humaira \u201cHani\u201d Khan and studious overachiever Ishita \u201cIshu\u201d Dey could not be more different from one another, and yet the strangest movie-like circumstances cause their paths to cross. 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