The Dos and Donuts of Love Review

Wow! This was awesome! I found a new favorite YA sapphic comtemporary book!

The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar is about Shireen, who signs up to be a part of this new reality tv show that will feature teenage bakers from all over Ireland in baking competitions. Aside from her love of baking, Shireen is also entering for the show to help save her parent's donut shop, if she wins the prize money. But then, she finds out her ex-girlfriend Christina Huang (who usually goes by Chris) is in the show, too! Things get super awkward when the host and judges (which includes Shireen's favorite celebrity chef, Indian-Irish Padma Bollywood) pair them up for the first couple of rounds. At the same time, Shireen becomes friends and starts to get close to one of the other contestants, a girl named Niamh. But then Shireen discovers things about Chris and later Niamh that'll change everything. Shireen and Chris also have to deal with a lot racist tweets on Twitter about them in the baking show. Luckily, Padma Bollywood has their back throughout!

This book got me hooked from page one. I love the way the author writes and how relatable the characters were! The story was so sweet (pun intended). I also loved how diverse it was. For examples, Shireen was Bangladeshi-Irish and plus-sized, Chris was Taiwanese-Irish, and Padma is Indian-Irish. It's not confirmed if they are lesbian or bi, but Shireen, Chris, and Niamh are all attracted to girls. So there's queer rep, too. 

But what I found super-cool about this book is the MC's best friend is also named Fatima! It is so rare to find fictional characters with my name. Shireen's Fatima is pretty cool, too. 

Anyway, this was a 5 star book. I will definately read the rest of the author's books! I've seen them floating around on the internet, mostly The Henna Wars and Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating. Let's see which one I will pick up next!