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This book is absolutely fabulous and is an easy 5 star rating!!! I laughed out loud several times (which is unusual for me) and really enjoyed the characters voice. The story follows Twinkle through ups and downs as she sort of 'finds herself' amongst her friends, her love, and her passion. The character is in high school and her voice on the page fits that age – this is not a 25 year old masquerading as a 15 year old. The messaging is really positive, and all the major characters grow in the story.


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From Twinkle with Love Sandhya Menon Books Reviews

“There are two types of people those who kiss and tell and those who kiss and run. I would like to be the former, but sadly, due to my kissing partner, I have been forced to become the latter.”

So, I kinda hope Sandhya Menon comes out with a new hilarious contemporary every summer for the rest of my life because they are always enjoyable. From Twinkle, With Love follows aspiring filmmaker Twinkle Mehra as she aims to shot a short film for the end of the school-year assembly and finally be seen. Hilarity and frustrations ensue in this addicting read.

Things I Liked
So I really loved the writing style in Twinkle! I love that the story is a journal format, it makes it super easy to read. But I also liked that Twinkle was writing to some of her favorite female directions too. Journal formats always showcase personality incredibly well, so it was super easy to know Twinkle. I also liked getting a of Sahil showcased in other formats as well.

So I loved Sahil. He’s just fantastic, and so much better than Neil. Sahil is just such a swoony sweetheart whose dealing with his own insecurities and his love for film, like Twinkle.

I surprising liked Victoria. When she was introduced I kind of expected her to be a mean girl crooney, but Sandhya ended that stereotype real quick. She’s a genuinely nice and bubbly person.

Things I Didn’t Like
I have some conflicting feelings about Twinkle, and while I loved her 90% of the time, my biggest issues with the story, and why I dropped a half star, are related to her character. I thought Twinkle’s reasons for liking Neil were pretty shallow - she wanted the elevated social status he would give her and that was it. She also got a little high-and-mighty when she realized her power as a director and just wouldn’t have been the funnest person to be around.
Even with my minor grips with the titular character, I still loved this story a ton! I’m trying to refrain from comparing the story to Dimple’s because both can and should be celebrated for their individualities. From Twinkle, With Love crafts a laugh-out-loud high school story with an adorably sweet romance and lovely real characters- flaws and all.

I received a copy of the book from Simon Pulse via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.
From Twinkle, with Love stars Twinkle Mehra, an Indian-American girl who’s dreamed of being a filmmaker for her whole life. At the beginning of the book, she’s done a few YouTube videos, but nothing big.

That all changes when Sahil Roy – the nerdy brother of her crush, Neil – suggests that she create a movie for the upcoming Midsummer Night festival at school. He’ll produce, she’ll direct. It’s perfect – Twinkle will get to put herself out there (yikes) and she’ll also get to get closer to Neil – and to her old best friend Maddie who is currently hanging out with Neil’s cooler, “silk-feathered hat” crowd.

The problem? Twinkle’s starting to fall for Sahil. And she’s not sure whether she should be friends with Maddie anymore. And is all this getting in the way of her true dream of becoming a filmmaker who is seen and heard and respected?

From Twinkle, with Love is a classic romantic comedy. It starts with a cute premise and meet-cute, and then launches into a sort of unrequited love/looking for love in the wrong places storyline. There’s definitely touches of Shakespeare here, specifically the mixed-up romances and the “play within a play” of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

It’s also a rom-com that’s heavy on the romance. And the romance is definitely of the “made-for-each-other-written-in-the-stars” type, which I generally don’t love. But like with her debut, When Dimple Met Rishi, author Sandhya Menon makes it work and makes you believe in the perfection of Sahil and Twinkle together.

Part of the reason it works is because we’re really falling in love with Sahil right with Twinkle. Sahil has loved Twinkle for a long, long time, but it’s only when we see them interact that we realize just how much they support and complement each other. Between their joint love of film and their earnest niceness and enthusiasm, it’s just really hard NOT to root for them. The book read a little young for me to swoon too hard over Sahil, but I did really, really enjoy their romance.

What really kept me reading, though, were the threads of friendship and diversity that Menon weaves into the story. I loved how much we got into Twinkle and Maddie’s friendship – which started as a childhood best friendship but might be changing now that Maddie’s hanging out with cooler kids. Both Twinkle and Maddie navigate this new territory a bit immaturely (there’s definitely jealousy, resentment, and shame on both sides), but also with an authenticity that reminds me of myself as a young teenager. In fact, Twinkle’s crush on Neil is based on her idea that if she dates him, she’ll be able to fit in with Maddie’s new crowd. As naive as this idea is, I totally remember feeling the same way when I was 14, and I think Menon writes this friendship with a lot of honesty and respect.

That honesty and respect also threads through Twinkle’s family life, which is so much a part of this novel. Twinkle is adamant about becoming a filmmaker, but she also recognizes that this is not a profession that is easy for a female – or celebrated by her Indian family. It’s only her New Age-abiding grandmother who really appreciates Twinkle and her talent. And even though Twinkle loves her parents, she doesn’t get a lot of affection or positive reinforcement from them.

That’s part of the reason it was so inspiring to see Twinkle pursue her ambitions, in spite of her family. It matters to her that she’s not just a filmmaker, but one promoting feminist ideals. There’s a lot of “smash the patriarchy” going on, from Twinkle and Sahil’s idea to create a gender-swapped Dracula, to the way Twinkle stands up to people at school when they throw fem-shaming insults around. And her feminism is always intersectional – she’s always thinking about what it means to be Indian-American, her family and culture, and how that will play into her work. This is the part of Twinkle I related to the most – and I loved how effortlessly Menon brought it into the book.

Overall, I really enjoyed From Twinkle, With Love. For me, the only part that didn’t feel realistic was the fact that this book was epistolary. It just didn’t feel believable to me that she had the time and the memory to be able to recall all of the incidents in the novel. But it’s a minor quibble, because man, this was a fun read.

THE FINAL WORD
Adorably geeky, authentically Indian, and incredibly feminist, From Twinkle, With Love is a super fast, super sweet read that I highly recommend for 12-15 year old teen readers, or anyone who likes diverse YA. It’s the ultimate diverse younger YA rom-com.
one of my favourite books!!
Not gonna lie. I liked the first one better. This one also was a cute read and fun. Twinkle is relatable in so many ways (desi here) and twins were a bonus. Give it a go peeps. A cool, cute and fast contemporary read. ♥️♥️♥️
Cute, sweet and funny. About a girl trying to be seen. Finding her other half and trying to sort out friendships. Looking forward to reading more books from Sandhya Menon.
Twinkle wants to be a director and writes in her journal to famous female directors she admires. But It doesn’t feel as a book written in a journal though, more an odd quirk at the beginning of each paragraph. One of my favorite parts of this story was the complicated friendships that a a huge part of life, it felt realistic in a way few books capture, also the insecurities the characters felt. It was good and it was a fun, fast book to read!
This book is absolutely fabulous and is an easy 5 star rating!!! I laughed out loud several times (which is unusual for me) and really enjoyed the characters voice. The story follows Twinkle through ups and downs as she sort of 'finds herself' amongst her friends, her love, and her passion. The character is in high school and her voice on the page fits that age – this is not a 25 year old masquerading as a 15 year old. The messaging is really positive, and all the major characters grow in the story.