The Emma Project by Sonali Dev

 

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The Emma Project by Sonali Dev, book four in the Rajes series is a deeply layered enemies to lovers, age-gap story with a gender reversal, retelling of Jane Austen’s Emma. I enjoyed this very much. Vansh is so charming and relaxed, a total opposite to Naina’s uptight and closed-off personality. Naina has so many deep emotional wounds, and it was gratifying to see how her relationship with Vansh opened her up and allowed her to heal.  Entering this story I was unsure of my feelings toward Naina after reading the previous story. However, this book really put things in perspective, especially how she had been treated by Rajes siblings. This story was able to put her into a more positive light, making the reader fall in love with her.  Vansh also surprised me, appearing more mature and responsible than the carefree youngest presented in prior stories. His passion about solving the housing crisis in San Francisco and his wisdom and advice made him appear older than 26-years old. This is supposed to be an age-gap romance yet Vansh and Naina treated each other as equals in all ways possible. The side story featuring the Raje cousin, Esha, and her relationship with Sid made up for them not getting an entire story featuring only them. Their relationship was so sweet and you have to love how interconnected this family is.


Sonali Dev wove magic into her fourth Jane Austen-inspired novel, allowing her readers to connect with her characters, while adding an irresistible Indian-American flavor to her storyline. I love how Ms. Dev’s is able to blend light and dark into her stories. She allows her characters to be flawed and dealing with everyday, real-life things: pesky emotions, familial expectations, love, insecurities, and friendship. I highly recommend The Emma Project to other readers. 


 

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