Anna has never been the beautiful one; she’s always been the nice one. So when the gorgeous man sitting across the table at a wedding reception remembers her from high school — and quite fondly at that — she’s taken off guard.
Formerly overweight and unpopular, Kiran has never forgotten Anna, the one person who was kind to him when no one else could be bothered, and Anna’s a bit flustered as … flustered as she slowly comes to grips with his intense attraction for her.
In what feels like a romantic dream come true, all-grown-up, hunky Kiran invites Anna on a trip to Varanasi. But her troubled, whack-a-do ex-boyfriend starts interfering, creating drama at every turn, which begs the question, “Can nice girls really finish first?”
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Vegas to Varanasi has a charm about it right from the start, and I can’t say that it’s due to any one particular thing. Instead, I think it’s a combination of several things that work just work wonderfully together to create a story that’s fun, witty, emotional, and romantic without being too much of any of those.
The characters are likable – …
3 1/2 Simple. Sweet. Subtle. . . .stars
Overall 3 out of 5 stars
Performance 4 out of 5 stars
Story 3 out of 5 stars
The cultural aspects of the book was what got me the most. Yes, this was a romance with older people (not teens or twenties). I think a real adult romance with people that have lived some life was called for on this …