Language: PG13 (23 swears 0 'f'); Mature Content: PG; Violence: PG (reference to sexual assault).
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Janna is spending the summer after high school staying at her dad's lake front estate, and helping her brother prepare for his upcoming wedding in just a few days. As her friends and her brother Muhammad's friends begin to arrive - to also help with pre-wedding preparations, Janna anticipates Nuah's arrival, because feelings have grown between the two of them, and she is excited to announce to the family that they might be official. But, everything does not go as planned, her brother is a bit of a groomzilla, and Janna is recruited to help get the wedding back on track; a couple of guys she's never met, Haytham and Layth confuse her feeling for Nuah; and Nuah is acting strangely.
A companion novel, it would be best to read "Saints and Misfits" first so that you understand Janna better and know all the friends as they arrive, however, it can stand on its own. I really liked reading about all the Muslim traditions surrounding a wedding, and appreciated the serious subplot surrounding the young people's reactions to the older generation's racist ideas. Well explained, you don't need Muslim background knowledge to become completely involved in the story, but I'm sure Muslim readers will have a much fuller reading experience.
Lisa Librarian
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