Pride, Prejudice, and Other Flavors

A Novel

By: Sonali Dev

Narrated by: Soneela Nankani

Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins

Publisher's summary

Award-winning author Sonali Dev launches a new series about the Rajes, an immigrant Indian family descended from royalty, who have built their lives in San Francisco....

It is a truth universally acknowledged that only in an overachieving Indian American family can a genius daughter be considered a black sheep.

Dr. Trisha Raje is San Francisco’s most acclaimed neurosurgeon. But that’s not enough for the Rajes, her influential immigrant family who’s achieved power by making its own nonnegotiable rules:

• Never trust an outsider
• Never do anything to jeopardize your brother’s political aspirations
• And never, ever, defy your family

Trisha is guilty of breaking all three rules. But now, she has a chance to redeem herself. So long as she doesn’t repeat old mistakes.

Up-and-coming chef DJ Caine has known people like Trisha before, people who judge him by his rough beginnings and place pedigree above character. He needs the lucrative job the Rajes offer, but he values his pride too much to indulge Trisha’s arrogance. And then he discovers that she’s the only surgeon who can save his sister’s life.

As the two clash, their assumptions crumble like the spun sugar on one of DJ’s stunning desserts. But before a future can be savored there’s a past to be reckoned with....

A family trying to build home in a new land.

A man who has never felt at home anywhere.

And a choice to be made between the two.

©2019 Sonali Dev (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers

Well worth the challenge to process discomfort.

The book does an excellent job of presenting inequity, prejudice and their effects through race and class. Thank you for writing books that evoke growth via discomfort and reflection.

I do also love the story. 🥰

Very captivating

Loved listening to it all through. Enjoyed every minute of listing to it. Enjoy the book

Generally interesting but fluff

Liked the attempt at strong characters but this read like a beach read romance novel. Was painful at times. That said, I listened to the whole thing but got impatient with the predictable or cringe worthy parts

Wonderful

I really enjoyed this book. The author was very expressive, so much so that I could really picture the events playing out in the story. I can see why she describes this story as being loosely based on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. It is a wonderful story that I know I will come back to re-read over and over again. Because of the narration, I also know that I will listen to the book over and over again as well.

Clever. I will read more books from this author.

It's not easy to take this story and bring it into modern day. It doesn't always translate, but this author has done an excellent job. She really found a way to have the characters spar with each other and she found a way to highlight both the pride and the prejudiced in both of these characters and still make it relevant to today's world It was well done and I plan on reading more of her books.

Plus I loved all of the talk of the Indian food. I wish I could eat some right now.

Charming rom com, Desi style

charming rom com, Desi style
Family dynamics, old secrets, being passionate about your work, they all weave together in this fun story. excellent narration.

Amazing read. Do yourself a favor and grab it!

Serious question. How can anyone give this less than 5 stars? This book was amazing, best I’ve read in a while. The characters were flawed but you just loved them. Trisha was quirky and so relatable, I absolutely loved her. DJ had a tough exterior but was an absolute teddy bear inside. They balance each other out and the chemistry between them, even when they hated each other was evident. Their growth throughout the book was so nice to see. The slow burn of the novel was exactly what I like in books.

Pride and Prejudice with a Twist

I enjoyed this modern version of Pride and Prejudice. It's one of the best I've read. It uses the themes, characters, and details from its predecessor to create a new story with the spirit of the original. It is a complete story with themes, characters, and details from Pride and Prejudice fitting in seamlessly with an Indian family in modern times. I really enjoyed reading this book and could not put it down. This is a book I will re-read.

Trish Raje is a gifted and dedicated neurosurgeon who carries guilt about something that happened in the past. Her current patient, Emma Caine, is the sister of DJ Caine, a private chef hired by her family to cater a dinner. She meets him after arriving late and barging into the kitchen where he is preparing dessert. She gets to know DJ better as she treats Emma and tries to convince Emma to have surgery to save her life.

She likes DJ but is insecure about her feelings for him. When a former friend reappears, she begins to face her fears and the guilt she carries from the past and starts to let go of what's holding her back. DJ is attracted to Trisha but is also unsure about her because of what her former friend Julia has said about her. DJ eventually learns the truth about Julia and the Raje family. Trisha and DJ let go of earlier impressions of the other and acknowledge their feelings for each other. They both let go of the past and move forward into the future.

hard at times

I've liked other books by this author but this one was hard to get thru at times. Some of it was the performer reading the story (not good at all, distracting). But some was the unsatisfactory depth with so many characters. I also was left with many questions about the people in the story. it was tied up too fast that left me disappointed.

Wonderful author

Great story of an immigrant family settling in California, each of them very successful. The overcome any obstacles by working hard and sticking together. Love story too! Surgeon meets handsome chef! Loved this story!