![]() "Hand to fans of Netflix hit Never Have I Ever. "Hand to fans of Netflix hit Never Have I Ever." - Booklist "A must-have addition to any YA bookshelf." -Sabina Khan, author of Zara Hossain Is Here and The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali Book." -Mark Oshiro, award-winning author of Anger Is a Gift and Each of Us a Desert T-minus twenty-eight days until everything returns to normal-but what if Karina no longer wants it to? Though Karina agrees, she can’t help but start counting down the days until her parents come back. But Ace Clyde does everything right-he brings her coffee in the mornings, impresses her friends without trying, and even promises to buy her a dozen books (a week) if she goes along with his fake-dating facade. Pretending to date him? Out of the question. Tutoring the school’s resident bad boy was already crossing a line. Instead, one simple lie unravels everything. It's the tale of a young girl struggling with what her parents want from her, and what she wants from herself. It's a letter of encouragement, a letter of resilience, a letter of independence. It truly is a letter to anyone who has ever struggled with parental expectations. When her parents go abroad to Bangladesh for four weeks, Karina expects some peace and quiet. 5/5: If I had to describe this in one phrase, I wouldn't say its a romance. How do you make one month last a lifetime Karina Ahmed has a plan. Keep her head down, get through high school without a fuss, and follow her parents’ rules-even if it means sacrificing her dreams. 16,855 ratings3,328 reviews Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best Young Adult Fiction (2021) A reserved Bangladeshi teenager has twenty-eight days to make the biggest decision of her life after agreeing to fake date her school’s resident bad boy. ![]() She loves writing stories about girls with wild hearts, boys who wear rings, and gaining agency through growth. I’m excited to be a part of the blog tour for Tashie Bhuiyan’s Counting Down with You, hosted by Shealea Caffeine Book Tours. How do you make one month last a lifetime? Tashie Bhuiyan is the author of Counting Down with You and A Show for Two.Shes a New Yorker through and through, and hopes to change the world, one book at a time. I put a countdown clock to this review on my Instagram story because I thought it was apt, and now the wait is over. In this sparkling and romantic YA debut, a reserved Bangladeshi-American teenager has twenty-eight days to make the biggest decision of her life after agreeing to fake date her school’s resident bad boy. "A witty, romantic, deeply insightful debut." -Emma Lord, author of Tweet Cute
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