And the rest of the chapters.. here we go!!! I apologise beforehand, my review might be totally random and not be the most articulate but I will try and portray my thoughts as they came?? ☺️
I absolutely LOVVVVVVE LAVANYA AND KHUSHI’s friendship so, so much!!! Their bond is EVERYTHING!!!! They are just so good for each other and I love their scenes.. also what am I reading???? AKAASH AND LAVANYA??? THEY’RE A THING !!?? OH MY GOD LOL YAY !!!! (Altho I felt for Akaash so much at La’s comments. The boy is 100% smitten)..
Arnav saving Khushi from falling, the hand hold, the way they look over @ the party - this whole interaction.. the writing of this entire was spectacular! LOVED it.. I have to say this line made me so soft - Failing to notice (or perhaps in deliberate refusal to notice) - It made me think of how flustered Khushi is.. or perhaps how scared she is of thinking Arnav might potentially like her and find her attractive. She’s just dismissing the idea before it can even start to form.. if only she knew.. (although I feel she would lose it and not know how to respond. Bless her😆) - this idea was also heightened by her interrupting Arnav’s compliment. I’m pretty sure she knew he was going to compliment her.. it’s like she guards herself from hoping he might find her attractive.. or even give her a second look. Argh, I love this story so much.
YAYYYYYYYY ANJALI CONTENT !!!! I’ve missed my baby.. wait I should have said Anjali-Khushi content LOL!!!! Nevertheless, I’VE MISSED MY BABIES !!! So, so cute !!! Anjali stumbling😆 - such a ditz. A cute ditz, mind you!!? The “Apologies if my back hurt your knife,” Arnav muttered drily” gave me such FRIENDS vibes!!!! Argh I love that show..
The description of nani was brilliant.. I have to be honest, it reminded me of a different actress for some reason (an actress who played a granny before but I cannot for the love of me, remember her name. Dammit, sorry LOL!!) - if i do, i will be sure to post!! Not until she spoke did i picture the IPKKND nani😳 - the bit where Khushi talks about the negatives of Soya.. omg !!!! 😆 - I had the biggest grin. It was just SO ADORABLE LOL !!!! I also love how Nani noticed the chemistry between ArHI - the wandering eye, the “discomfort”, the smiles. She is one clever lady !!! (i was going to add this later but I will just say it now since I was talking about nani but I love how she didn’t judge Khushi for being divorced. It’s such great forward-thinking but it was a gesture I really liked😒)
Okay so when I reached the end of this chapter, I became a little stressed.. and kind of annoyed @ myself as I completely forgot that there would be other families from Lucknow here! The way you worded Khushi’s fear was fantastic (yet so heartbreaking @ the same time). Arnav’s timing was great.. but I also like how he told her to refuse things that make her uncomfortable. As someone who finds it difficult to refuse things myself, it gives a sense of validation that i’m okay to do this or feel like this, you know!! I’m sure Khushi appreciated it because I sure as hell did !! ❤️
The scene with ArHi watching Anjali and her guy friend - the way he called him a mongoose 🤣.. this made me laugh so hard!!! Typical Arnav type insult.. and the whole description of the scene was so apt !!!!! LOVED IT.. i find it so sweet how the both of them were @ the sidelines of the party.. all the commentary and then Khushi imagining life if Arnav was beside her instead of Shyaam. I have to admit I was ecstatic when I read this scene.. so, so ecstatic !!! I’ve been waiting for a scene like this and boy, did you deliver. It broke my heart @ the same time but it just banged so hard LOL :(
THE ENDING OF THIS CHAPTER 23/24 itself deserves another review and I will be back because I have so much to say and it was so hard to read (i can’t imagine how you wrote that - hats off) .. but after reviewing the above, i can’t bear to write about the rest atm!!!!! Once again Sabi, you absolutely KILLED IT 👏
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