This is a beautifully written book and easy to read. The characters are well drawn, and for the most part likeable - those that aren't, are meant to be disliked....every story needs villains, after all! Even the bit-part characters have depth to them. Culturally specific things are explained within the text without detracting from the flow of the story.
The author also highlights the prejudices Muslim people face in their everyday lives, with the storyline between Khalid and his racist boss - Sheila Watts. Sheila is out to get him from the moment she meets him, and is determined to fire him by any means possible.
Whilst a love story is not my genre of choice, there was enough going on in this book to keep me reading, like what happened with Khalid's sister, and how did Ayesha's father die? (I predicted correctly for the sister, I was’t sure about the father.)
Unfortunately it was a bit happily ever after for me, and I felt that everything was all sewn up neatly in a rather rapid fashion.
For a book which bills itself as a modern day Muslim Pride and Prejudice, there are no real plot surprises; but the story is still eminently readable.
The author also highlights the prejudices Muslim people face in their everyday lives, with the storyline between Khalid and his racist boss - Sheila Watts. Sheila is out to get him from the moment she meets him, and is determined to fire him by any means possible.
Whilst a love story is not my genre of choice, there was enough going on in this book to keep me reading, like what happened with Khalid's sister, and how did Ayesha's father die? (I predicted correctly for the sister, I was’t sure about the father.)
Unfortunately it was a bit happily ever after for me, and I felt that everything was all sewn up neatly in a rather rapid fashion.
For a book which bills itself as a modern day Muslim Pride and Prejudice, there are no real plot surprises; but the story is still eminently readable.