{"id":11956,"date":"2021-04-23T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=11956"},"modified":"2021-04-30T15:21:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T20:21:44","slug":"t-is-10-things-i-hate-about-pinky-sort-of-maybe-by-sandhya-menon-ya-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=11956","title":{"rendered":"T is 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT PINKY, sort of, maybe… by Sandhya Menon (YA book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Rebel-activist free spirit,
SAT ace in starched shirts –
all summer together?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She supports social causes of all types, he charts out his future law career list by list- Pinky and Samir are nothing alike. But when she’s accused of repeating rebellious behavior and his DC internship is cancelled, maybe he could pose as her new super-responsible boyfriend for the summer\u2026 if they don’t bite off each other’s heads!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pinky’s mom and aunt co-own the lovely summer home on Cape Cod, with a lake that she and cousin Dolly-the-perfect have enjoyed for years with the other summer kids and the butterfly sanctuary<\/a> that always gives Pinky peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being Pinky’s summer boyfriend gets Samir closer to interning with her mom’s Bay Area corporate law firm and tests his planning-ahead nature every day\u2026 walking a rescued fainting opossum on a leash\u2026.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acting like Samir is really her boyfriend strains Pinky’s impetuous nature, but if they can fool her family so she’s not grounded for life, it’ll be worth it\u2026 if he can get past planning every moment like his mom was still fighting cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When big-money threatens to bulldoze the butterfly sanctuary for condos, Pinky and Samir pitch in to rally the community against the developers – the clock is ticking!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mom insists that the ‘summer kids’ have no place in town meetings, some year-rounders say the Indian-American teens aren’t welcome anywhere, but Pinky says they should keep fighting\u2026 right, Samir?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Told in alternating voices by Pinky and Samir, this frenemies-to-something-more story is a companion book to When Dimple Met Rish<\/em>i (I recommend here<\/a>) and There’s Something About Sweetie<\/em> (reviewed here<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s the cause you’ll stand up for, time after time?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book Info:<\/strong> 10 Things I Hate About Pinky \/ Sandhya Menon. Simon Pulse, 2020. (author site<\/a>) (publisher site<\/a>) Review copy & cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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