"Modern day retelling of our beloved Austen characters"
Reviewed by Bharti C
Posted June 24, 2021
Multicultural Indian | Romance Comedy
INCENSE AND SENSIBILITY, part of a series, modern-day retelling of the lives of the siblings from the much-loved Pride and Prejudice.
The siblings in this series, are of the Raje family, royalty in India and a white collar, political family in California. This is the story of the only son, one with the much beloved by the family political career, Yash Raje.
Yash is the beacon of Virtue, sensible, duty-bound good son of the family. Who believes he was born and groomed to bring his family's political aspirations in America to fruition. He lives and breathes politics, serving the people of California and changing their lives for the better.
With a gaggle of siblings and cousins in their joint family, Yash falls for one of his sister's friends, India Dashwood, at another sibling's wedding celebrations. Ironically duty comes calling and for the next decade Yash ignores his personal feelings for India and focusses on politics. Fast forward a decade, a tragic event which Yash just survives. With PTSD from the event, it's India to the rescue, prescribed by his sisters.
Finally, it's time for Yash to bring his trademark sensibility into his personal life by making things right with India. What follows is a personal battle for Yash, India with the remaining fireworks happily supplied by their families.
It was a happy time to be back in the Raje household. I enjoyed and loved Trisha Raje's story and Yash was surprisingly fun too. I could understand, be upset and finally cheer for Yash as I knew exactly what he was going through with the family and siblings pressure.
The family may have settled in America however their Indian joint family dynamic is still strong, alive and kicking ass especially as the siblings came into their own. A series I am most definitely low-key addicted to and look forward to more and more from the Raje siblings.
SUMMARY
The author of Recipe for
Persuasion—“not only one of the best but
one of the bravest romance novelists working today”
(Shelf Awareness)—adds an Indian American twist to
Jane Austen's classic Sense and
Sensibility in this delightful retelling that
is a feast for the senses.
Yash Raje, California’s first serious Indian
gubernatorial candidate, has always known exactly what he
wants—and how to use his privileged background to get
it. He attributes his success to a simple mantra: control
your feelings and you can control the world.
But when a hate-fueled incident at a rally critically
injures his friend, Yash’s easy life suddenly feels
like a lie, his control an illusion. When he tries to get
back on the campaign trail, he blacks out with panic.
Desperate to keep Yash’s condition from leaking to
the media, his family turns to the one person they
trust—his sister’s best friend, India Dashwood,
California’s foremost stress management coach. Raised
by a family of yoga teachers, India has helped San
Francisco’s high strung overachievers for a decade
without so much as altering her breath. But this
man—with his boundless ambition, simmering intensity,
and absolute faith in his political beliefs—is like no
other. Yash has spent a lifetime repressing everything to
succeed.
Including their one magical night ten years ago—a
too brief, too bright passion that if rekindled threatens
the life he’s crafted for himself. Exposing the
secrets might be the only way to save him but it’s
also guaranteed to destroy the dream he’s willingly
shouldered for his family and community . . . until now.
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