The Novel: Dating Dr. Dil (If Shakespeare was an Auntie #1)

The Author: Nisha Sharma

The Guest: Aaron, romance booktuber (Aaron's Reading Room) and podcaster (The Categorically Romance Pod)

The Synopsis:
Kareena Mann dreams of having a love story like her parents, but she prefers restoring her classic car to swiping right on dating apps. When her father announces he’s selling her mother’s home, Kareena makes a deal with him: he’ll gift her the house if she can get engaged in four months. Her search for her soulmate becomes impossible when her argument with Dr. Prem Verma, host of The Dr. Dil Show, goes viral. Now the only man in her life is the one she doesn’t want.

Dr. Prem Verma is dedicated to building a local community health center, but he needs to get donors with deep pockets. The Dr. Dil Show was doing just that, until his argument with Kareena went viral, and he’s left short changed. That’s when Kareena’s meddling aunties presented him with a solution: convince Kareena he’s her soulmate and they’ll fund his clinic.

Even though they have conflicting views on love-matches and arranged-matches, the more time Prem spends with Kareena, the more he begins to believe she’s the woman he wants to spend the rest of his life with. But for Prem and Kareena to find their happily ever after, they must admit that hate has turned into fate.

Show Notes:
- Sorry for the delay, but we've finally made it to April episodes!
- The complexities of BookTube vs. BookCasts
- Highlighting category romance
- Loving romance BECAUSE of it's predictable structure, not in spite of
- Introducing today's read, Dating Dr. Dil (00:14:25)
- The different iterations of Taming of the Shrew
- A not-so-brief synopsis for Dating Dr. Dil (00:17:55)
- Everything you ever wanted to know about South Asian culture
- Why it's perfectly okay to be single in your 30s!
- A book dedication to remember (00:26:30)
- Discussing cultural and gender expectations... while also making us laugh
- Somebody needs to tell Prem they love him... (00:32:51)
- Looking ahead and who comes next in the series...
- How this book defied my own assumptions: surprisingly hot AND hilarious!!
- We're bringing back sweater vests
- A few steamy sexcerpts… We were not prepared for rimming! (00:46:42)
- Kind of a stalker... but a cute stalker?
- Heart, Humor, & Heat Ratings (00:54:53)
- One one "10 Things I Hate About You" moment that was missing from this book
- Keep Grandma's vibrator in the drawer where it belongs...

Books & Other Media Mentioned:
- The Harlequin Presents line (Aaron's fave)
- "Kiss Me Kate" (movie and musical), "10 Things I Hate About You"
- 3 Minute Shakespeare: Taming of the Shrew
- "Love is Blind" Season 2

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