The Love Match

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To All the Boys Ive Loved BeforemeetsPride and Prejudicein this delightful and heartfelt rom-com about a Bangladeshi American teen whose meddling mother arranges a match to secure their familys financial securityjust as shes falling in love with someone else.

Zahra Khan is basically Bangladeshi royalty, but being a princess doesnt pay the bills in Paterson, New Jersey. While Zahras plans for financial security this summer involve working long hours at Chai Ho and saving up for college writing courses, Amma is convinced that all Zahra needs is a good match, Jane Austen style.

Enter Harun Emon, whos wealthy, devastatingly handsome, andaloof. As soon as Zahra meets him, she knows its a bad match. Its nothing like the connection she has with Nayim Aktar, the new dishwasher at the tea shop, who just gets Zahra in a way no one has before. So, when Zahra finds out that Harun is just as uninterested in this match as she is, they decide to slowly sabotage their parents plans. And for once in Zahras life, she can have her rossomalai and eat it too: dating Harun and keeping Amma happy while catching real feelings for Nayim.

But lifeand boyscan be more complicated than Zahra realizes. With her feelings all mixed up, Zahra discovers that sometimes being a good Bengali kid can be a royal pain.