First Comes Like - Book Review by Voodoo Bride

 

First Comes Like (Modern Love #3)

by Alisha Rai

What is it about:

Beauty expert and influencer Jia Ahmed has her eye on the prize: conquering the internet today, the entire makeup industry tomorrow, and finally, finally proving herself to her big opinionated family. She has little time for love, and even less time for the men in her private messages—until the day a certain international superstar slides into her DMs, and she falls hard and fast.

There’s just one wrinkle: he has no idea who she is.

The son of a powerful Bollywood family, soap opera star Dev Dixit is used to drama, but a strange woman who accuses him of wooing her online, well, that’s a new one. As much as he’d like to focus on his Hollywood fresh start, he can’t get Jia out of his head. Especially once he starts to suspect who might have used his famous name to catfish her…

When paparazzi blast their private business into the public eye, Dev is happy to engage in some friendly fake dating to calm the gossips and to dazzle her family. But as the whole world swoons over their relationship, Jia can’t help but wonder: Can an online romance-turned-offline-fauxmance ever become love in real life? 

What did Voodoo Bride think of it:

I was in the mood for a Contemporary Romance and this one had one of my favorite tropes: Fake Dating.

And what a delightful read!

I fell in love with both Jia and Dev from the start. The chapters alternate in viewpoint so you get to know both of their thoughts and feelings. I rooted for them to see they were perfect for each other.

What I liked is that there's little drama between the two of them. The obstacles in their path have more to do with family and other outside sources. I also loved how Dev supports Jia in her influencer work instead of looking down on it.

I raced through this book to find out how they would reach their Happily Ever After, and I was not disappointed in the road to it and in the HEA itself. 

All in all a wonderful fluffy read.

Why should you read it:

It's a fun and delightful Contemporary Romance

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