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More Than Just a Pretty Face
More Than Just a Pretty Face | Syed M. Masood
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For fans of Becky Albertalli and Jenny Han, a sweetly funny YA debut about falling in love, family expectations, and being a Renaissance Man. Danyal Jilani doesn't lack confidence. He may not be the smartest guy in the room, but he's funny, gorgeous, and going to make a great chef one day. His father doesn't approve of his career choice, but that hardly matters. What does matter is the opinion of Danyal's longtime crush, the perfect-in-all-ways Kaval, and her family, who consider him a less than ideal arranged marriage prospect. When Danyal gets selected for Renaissance Man, a school-wide academic championship, it's the perfect opportunity to show everyone he's smarter than they think. He recruits the brilliant, totally-uninterested-in-him Bisma to help with the competition, but the more time Danyal spends with her...the more he learns from her...the more he cooks for her...the more he realizes that happiness may be staring him right in his pretty face. In this young adult debut full of depth and heart, author Syed M. Masood will have readers laughing, sighing, tearing up, and shouting "YES!" at the top of their lungs.
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LibrarianRyan
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🌟 🌟 🌟 🌟5 🌟

Full Review on GR, LT, and TSG

It makes the reader smile and feel giddy. It is at the heart, a happy book, about a happy boy, wanting to make a sad girl happy. And as a reader, it is a journey that once started can not end until the final page with all the happy smiley people.

#popsugar - Less than 1000 reviews
#BBRC

cozypunk Forgive my tired brain... what's TSG? 3y
LibrarianRyan The Story Graph. It‘s relatively new. It just launched in Jan but I‘ve been part of the beta for months. It‘s similar to Good Reads with NO connection to Amazon. https://app.thestorygraph.com/ 3y
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For fans of Becky Albertalli and Jenny Han,#reaathon a sweetly funny YA debut about falling in love, family expectations, and being a Renaissance Man. Danyal Jilani doesn't lack confidence. He may not be the smartest guy in the room, but he's funny, gorgeous, and going to make a great chef one day.#bookspin

LibrarianRyan Love this book 3y
COMICS XD me too @LibrarianRyan (edited) 3y
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LibrarianRyan
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Okay ya‘LL. I don‘t know the last time I sat and read a book cover to cover in one day that wasn‘t a GN or short Mg.

But this, I picked it up and couldn‘t stop!!!! Full review later but it was an excellent ya romance that even hardcore adult romance readers will love. Plus do you know how many reading challenges prompts this kicks off!? Lots #ownvoices #muslimvoices.

COMICS XD thats cool @LibraRyan 3y
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1) The writing was EXCELLENT. 2) That humor!
3) The way anti-colonization themes were woven into the narrative was SO BEAUTIFUL. 4) themes of female agency that were *chefs kiss* 5) the author was very clear about not making the “other girl” a villainess. 6) The friendships were as wrenchingly beautiful as the romance. I‘ve a small quibble with the plot set up, but over all, this is a powerful, beautiful, & sweet coming-of-age romcom. ★★★★★.

Sharanya **TW for a few instances/mentions of emotional abuse.** 3y
CoveredInRust This sounds amazing! 3y
Sharanya @CoveredInRust it was phenomenal! 10/10 would recommend 👌🏽 3y
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Sharanya
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#currentlyreading | oh hey, YA, it‘s been a minute!

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Lovesbooks87
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Danyal wants to be a chef but he dad doesn‘t approve. A lot of people don‘t take him serious because they think he is just another pretty face. No one thinks he is a great arranged marriage prospect either. So when his parents set him up to meet Bisma he goes but doesn‘t think anything will happen between them. But when she agrees to help him with a school competition he gets to know her better and starts to fall for her. Loved the ending!

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ashesofabookdragon
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Mehso-so

(LINK IN BIO👀)
#SyedMMasood #NewRelease
Happy Release day to #MoreThanJustAPrettyFace
It took a bit to get into but once you‘re there it‘s a fun summer read with a lot of heart ❤️ If you‘re in the mood for a flirty, fun read~ give it a go!
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❤️ BIG THANK YOU to @thenovl for providing me an ARC in exchange for an honest review. ❤️
#book #bookreview #bookworm #bookish #booklovers #bookblogger #NOVLNation #LBYRpartner #yalit

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Missusb
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Some middle grade #augrso2020 #preview reads. All very different. Some #anticipated highly others brand new.

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