From Twinkle, With Love | Sandhya Menon

Title: From Twinkle, With Love

Author: Sandhya Menon

Length: 336 pages

Publication date: May 22, 2018

Genre: YA contemporary

Rating: 2.75/5

Aspiring filmmaker and wallflower Twinkle Mehra has stories she wants to tell and universes she wants to explore, if only the world would listen. So when fellow film geek Sahil Roy approaches her to direct a movie for the upcoming Summer Festival, Twinkle is all over it. The chance to publicly showcase her voice as a director? Dream come true. The fact that it gets her closer to her longtime crush, Neil Roy—a.k.a. Sahil’s twin brother? Dream come true x 2. When mystery man “N” begins emailing her, Twinkle is sure it’s Neil, finally ready to begin their happily-ever-after. The only slightly inconvenient problem is that, in the course of movie-making, she’s fallen madly in love with the irresistibly adorkable Sahil. Twinkle soon realizes that resistance is futile: The romance she’s got is not the one she’s scripted. But will it be enough? Told through the letters Twinkle writes to her favorite female filmmakers, From Twinkle, with Love navigates big truths about friendship, family, and the unexpected places love can find you.

I really enjoyed When Dimple Met Rishi, so I was looking forward to this book. Unfortunately, this book made me realize that YA contemporary doesn't really do it for me anymore. I just can't relate to all of these teenager problems. I turned 30 a couple weeks before I read this and my life is just so beyond high school drama. A couple problems with the book itself were that it was really repetitive, and I called absolutely everything that happened from like chapter 2. But I would've really enjoyed this book more when I was younger (when I was actually in the age group this book is intended for haha). So I'm giving it 3 stars because most of my problems were with me, not the book.