The Rearranged Life Review Tour + Giveaway

My first blog tour! Whoop! Though, it might be a while before I do another one, especially during this time of the year. I had to race to finish this one (and I didn't even do it!).

Even though I haven't finished this one yet, what I have read is pretty incredible. I love the diversity presented in this novel. Our main character is of Indian lineage, much like our author, but lives and attends school in America.

She wants to become a doctor, but then one day she forgets to do her Chemistry homework. In comes our hero: the boy next to Nithya gives her his homework to copy.

Annika writes about a lot of issues that are relevant to this group of people and to us overall in today's society. Such as interracial relationships. Definitely check this one out. It's for the books.

I will update this with my full thoughts when I finish the book.

The Rearranged Life by Annika Sharma
Published: 15 May 2015 by Curiosity Quills Press
Format: eARC
Source: Publisher
Genre: New Adult Contemporary Romance
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Nithya, a vivacious, intelligent and driven college senior has always known what she has wanted: a successful career in medicine and the love of her family. She’s even come to terms with the idea of an arranged marriage, a tradition her conservative Indian family has held up for thousands of years.

When a night of partying puts her on a collision course with danger, Nithya’s entire life changes.

Enter James St. Clair, the smart, challenging and heartbreakingly handsome American. As Nithya and James fall in love, she questions the future she and her parents have always planned.

Now, Nithya has a choice to make: become a doctor and a good Indian bride, or step away from her family and centuries of culture to forge her own path. The decision she comes to takes her on a journey that transforms how she sees her future, her relationships with loved ones, and how she learns to put herself back together when even her best-laid plans fall apart.

Annika Sharma was born in India and moved to the United States (Pennsylvania!) when she was a baby. Annika was a daydreamer from day one, always coming up with stories and games of pretend that seemed real. She was a serious journal-writer from fifth grade to college and wrote dramatic scenes for stories often, inspired by soap operas she watched in summers off from school.

Eventually, when the time for college came around, Annika’s parents encouraged her to pursue journalism. Convinced she couldn’t make a living from writing, Annika disagreed. After five years, two degrees, two minors, working with children, being a dancer teacher, and creating a two-and-a-half page resume in college that had interests so all-over-the-place that even she couldn’t make sense of it, Annika finally decided her parents were right. Writing was where her heart was, all along.

In the month before graduate school, the idea Annika had in mind for years finally poured out in the form of the novel, The Rearranged Life. Annika began editing in earnest after she finished her Master’s degree in Early Childhood Special Education, landing Stacey Donaghy of Donaghy Literary Group as an agent. Three months later, she had a book deal with Curiosity Quills.

In her spare time, Annika loves spending time with her family and friends, often indulging in the three S’s: Starbucks, shopping and superhero movies. As a chocolate lover and general all-around vegetarian foodie, Annika also adores cooking.

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