I admired her passion to protect her family’s restaurant and her refusal to allow the higher-ups at the radio station to control her ideas and use her show to perpetuate stereotypes. Hana is a complex main character, and I was really rooting for her throughout the story. I did find that the story has a bit too much going on, but despite this, I enjoyed reading about the strength of the Golden Crescent community and the more serious themes the book mixes in alongside its rom-com elements. However, several hurdles complicate her goals, from surprise visitors to her home, to racism in her workplace, and to a growing connection with the rival restaurant’s infuriating owner. At the same time, she works as an intern for a local radio station, hoping to someday live her dream and get a job there. ❃Īs a part-time waitress at her family’s halal restaurant, Hana is furious when a higher-end, rival halal restaurant plans to open in the same neighbourhood. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. ❃ I received this book for free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. A hate-motivated attack on their neighborhood complicates the situation further, as does Hana's growing attraction for Aydin, the young owner of the rival restaurant-who might not be a complete stranger after all.Īs life on the Golden Crescent unravels, Hana must learn to use her voice, draw on the strength of her community and decide what her future should be. When her mysterious aunt and her teenage cousin arrive from India for a surprise visit, they draw Hana into a long-buried family secret. But soon she'll need all the support she can get: a new competing restaurant, a more upscale halal place, is about to open in the Golden Crescent, threatening Three Sisters. In the meantime, Hana pours her thoughts and dreams into a podcast, where she forms a lively relationship with one of her listeners. If she can just outshine her fellow intern at the city radio station, she may have a chance at landing a job. Hana waitresses there part time, but what she really wants is to tell stories on the radio. Sales are slow at Three Sisters Biryani Poutine, the only halal restaurant in the close-knit Golden Crescent neighborhood.

From the author of Ayesha at Last comes a sparkling new rom-com for fans of 'You've Got Mail,' set in two competing halal restaurants.

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