Such a fun, lovely summer read. I always love Sandhya Menon’s cute YA books and this was a really fun one. As soon as my daughter is old enough I’ll be buying them for her, great role models and realistic teenage voices.

When I read when 'Dimple Met Rishi' as a teenager I adored it. It was great to be able to jump back into this world. Pinky was such a fun character, I loved how passionate she was as a warrior for social justice and chance. This is such a lovely summer read, it was fabulous to see Samir and Pinky flourish together.

First of all a big thank you to Netgalley, the author and the publisher for sending me a copy of this book to read and review.

I loved the main characters in this one and the relationships that were formed. I especially found the relationship between Pinky and her mum to be both heartbreaking and heartwarming. It was nice to see a good female friendship between Pinky and Dolly. Also a fake dating trope is always a win for me.

A super cute super fun read for anyone who is a fan of Menon's work you won't be disappointed !!!

Obsessed with her ever since the first in the series this one lives up to expectations !

Unfortunately I had to purchase a new Kindle device and could no longer access this book. I will come back and review if I read this in the future.

I started the book with a feeling that I knew how it would end, what I liked the most is the character development, especially Samir (my fave). Sure Pinky can be a bit annoying sometimes but I really liked the way everything turned out. The constant fight between mother and daughter are infuriating and the resolution was too easy for my taste. Anyway, it was an enjoyable reading. My favorite is still There's Something about Sweetie, that book is precious.

At first I really wasn’t a fan of Pinky but throughout the story I grew to love her. In the end I realised the only reason I hadn’t liked her was because I didn’t understand her. She is a strong woman who will always fight for justice, and I hope women of all ages felt inspired by her after reading this book.

Sandhya Menon is so good at discussing important topics through her entertaining stories. This is the third of her books I have read so far, and I cannot tell you which one was my favourite. However, I know that I learned a lot from each one. I love learning more about Indian-American culture from her books and can’t wait to pick up another someday soon.

Unfortunately I no longer wish to review this book as the first few chapters did not reel me in. Thank you for the opportunity.

Pinky needs an upstanding boyfriend as her parents are so constantly disappointed in her, and Samir is bribed with a new internship with her mother’s law firm to play the part. I mean, I’m sold – fake to real romance is one of my favourite tropes.

Pinky and Samir are about as opposite as you can get; Pinky is classic rebel with a cause, with multi-coloured hair and many projects that she cares about and dedicates time and efforts to (none that her parents approve of, either, by the way), while Samir is focussed, obsessed with planning out every minute of his life and practically lives in ironed shirts.

I loved this, it was really easy to read, very entertaining and highlighted a few moral and climate crisis issues that I appreciated.

Pinky and Samir could not be more different. With her multi-coloured hair, facial piercings, and many protests under her belt, Pinky is about as non-conformist as it gets. Samir, on the other hand, makes to-do lists every day, starches his sensible clothes, and dreams of becoming a corporate lawyer. It's no surprise that their friendship is a little combative more often than not, but when Samir's carefully planned internship falls through and Pinky's mom blames her for something that really, actually wasn't her fault this time, Pinky comes up with a plan, to prove to her mom that she can make sensible choices and to get Samir an internship equally as prestigious as the one he lost.

Samir is exactly the kind of boyfriend Pinky's lawyer mom would approve of, so if they pretend that that's exactly who he is, then Pinky's mom might see that her daughter isn't a total screwup and they should be able to convince her to give Samir the internship he needs. It's the perfect plan. Except, there are some things even Samir can't timetable in his planner. Like feelings. And the opossum in Pinky's closet.

Of course, as it always does, fake dating inevitably leads to real feelings, and over the course of a summer, Pinky and Samir learn a lot about themselves and each other. As many of Sandhya Menon's novels do, 10 Things I Hate About Pinky deals well with themes of parental expectations and young people figuring who they are and who they want to be, while also delivering the sugary goodness of classic romcom tropes we all know and love. Personally, this might be my favourite of Sandhya Menon's novels yet. It's sweet, funny, heart-warming, and there's more than enough drama to keep the pages turning. Plus, as previously mentioned, there is an opossum.

Fans of Menon's previous works certainly won't be disappointed.

’10 Things I Hate About Pinky’ is the third book in the ‘When Dimple Met Rishi’ series and just like every other book Sandhya Menon has written, I absolutely loved this book.

’10 Things I Hate About Pinky’ is a hate to love rom-com following Pinky and Samir over the course of a summer as they pretend to be dating so that Pinky can show her parents that she can date a nice boy, however Pinky and Samir are complete opposites from each other and just so happen to hate each other.
I loved the relationship between Pinky and Samir and how over the course of the book you can see them slowly changing their feelings towards each other and they had so many cute moments together that even before they were together, I was rooting for them to be. Pinky and Dolly’s friendship was another one of my favourite parts of this book. I loved how Pinky and Dolly were completely the opposite of each other as Pinky was seen as rebellious and Dolly was the nice girl who could not do anything wrong, but despite this their friendship was such a strong aspect of this book and I loved how they stuck by each other throughout. Also shout out to Drama Queen the possum who was such a highlight in this book and made me laugh quite a bit.

Whilst I don’t think this is my favourite book in the series (‘There’s Something About Sweetie’ is definitely my favourite) I still adored this book and Pinky and Samir were just so cute!! I will definitely read any book that Sandhya Menon writes because her writing and characters are so amazing and I love them a lot.

Thank you to Hodder & Stoughton for providing me with a copy of this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I got an eARC through Netgalley but ended up listening to the audiobook on Storytel. It’s the end of summer and this is the prefect summer book. If you want to hold on to those summer feelings I’d suggest you pick this one up.  I haven’t read the first two books in this series but I never felt like I missed anything. There was a cameo I think but it didn’t take away from my enjoyment. 

This book deals with two of my favourite tropes; fake dating and a bit of enemies to lovers. Just throw any (or preferably both) of them my way and there's a big chance I will enjoy the story. Pinky and Samir are completely different people and they both have their own reason for the fake relationship.

We all know where this story is going and the story was pretty predictable. But it didn't really bother me, especially not since the characters were so well written and I was quite invested in them. With a book like this the characters are really the most important aspect and Sandhya did a great job in my opinion.

Pinky is a very different teenager than I was but I really enjoyed reading about her. She has a wonderful, sister like relationship with her cousin and I loved that about this book. They really support each other. Apart from Pinky's (fake) relationship with Samir this book also focusses on her relationship with her mother. And I think that might even be my favourite part of the book.

Samir is a great and very steady character. I love his development and his banter with Pinky. While they are basically polar opposites, they do support each other and are exactly what the other one needs. I was laughing out loud so much while listening to this book and the banter was in large part the blame for that haha.

All in all this was an adorable summer contemporary and I really enjoyed it. I also quickly have to give a shoutout to DQ and the butterfly conservatory, both were excellent additions to the book!

10 Things I Hate About Pinky was exactly what I needed. With its fierce protagonist Pinky who doesn't hold back even though her mother ostensibly thinks she's too much, the enemies-to-lovers and fake dating tropes, this was an enjoyable and heartfelt YA romance.
I also loved that there was no tedious girl-on-girl hate in this book - instead, Pinky supports her cousin Dolly and lets her make her own mistakes even though she knows from experience that dating the bad guy isn't always everything it promises to be.
Also a huge shoutout to Drama Queen, the most adorable possum in the world.
Samir was by far my favorite character because I could relate to him and his struggles of wanting everything in his life to be perfectly planned so nothing bad can happen.
Their romance was as volatile and energetic as the fights the two have were and I for one could not get enough!
My only caveat would be that the ending was very over the top and dramatic and everything got resolved way too quickly - then again, I guess that was intentional and did remind me of early 2000s romcoms where there would be a big fight followed by a reconciliation within the last few minutes.

Quirky and fierce, 10 Things I Hate About Pinky was the perfect summer read for me!

Samir has his summer planned out perfectly, with a dream internship at a top law firm. Pinky is set to spend the summer as she always does, at her family’s holiday home in Ellingham catching up with her cousin Dolly. But when an unexpected incident leads to tension between Pinky and her parents, and Samir’s internship falls through at the last minute, Pinky hatches a plan.

Pinky is a proud activist, confidently fighting for a whole range of different causes, living life in the moment and often getting into trouble, much to the disapproval of her mother. Samir on the other hand, lives his life to a rigid schedule and loves to make lists, so much so that he writes one every single day. Although they share mutual friends, the pair have next-to-nothing in common so naturally Samir is shocked when he receives a text from Pinky inviting him to spend the summer with her and her family in Ellingham. But with his summer plans shattered and a potential internship at Pinky’s mothers law firm on the table he decides to hear her out. The catch? He must pretend to be Pinky’s boyfriend for the summer.

10 Things I Hate About Pinky has everything you could want from a fun summer read... including an opossum named Drama Queen! Obviously this book follows the popular fake relationship trope and whilst the fact that it also turns out to be a hate-to-love tale was predictable, this wasn’t in a bad way. It was enjoyable to see how Pinky and Samir would figure out that their relationship wasn’t quite as fake as they had planned, and to find out if/when/how Pinky would discover Samir’s not-so-kind list entitled ’10 Things I Hate About Pinky’.

Parents can often be absent in YA novels but the addition of different family dynamics, including Pinky’s strained relationship with her mother, was an interesting theme throughout the novel. I really liked how passionate Pinky was about trying to save the butterfly habitat that meant so much to her and her family and the way Samir began to become more adventurous over the course of the summer. I also liked a lot of the supporting characters including Dolly, and think it would be interesting to have another book in the series focusing on her story.

One of the things I enjoyed most was the setting of Ellingham. The way it was described allowed me to vividly picture the house and areas such as the butterfly habitat which sounded beautiful, and it was easy to see why Pinky and her family would choose to spend their summers there.

An enjoyable read from an established voice in young adult humour romances. Menon has carved out an excellent space for herself and continues to improve on previous novels with this fun read.

This honestly felt like two different books? It was like Menon wrote the first chapter with Pinky, then her publisher told her that they wanted a fake dating book, and she panicked and just continued the thing she already started. Why would Pinky want a fake boyfriend?! Why does Menon set up a fire and then basically go 'lol it wasn't even that bad and will have no effect on the plot'? Why is Samir such a drip?
This just had too many plot holes for me,

This is the 3rd book by Sandhya Menon that I have had the pleasure to read.
I loved this one as much as I did 'When Dimple Met Rishi' and 'From Twinkle, With Love'.
10 Things I Hate About Pinky is a beautiful story about a girl who feels misunderstood by her family, and generally feels that she is unlovable. I was reading this at work, during my break, and can safely say that the story moved me to tears on a few occasions.
If you get the chance to read this, definitely go for it!!

I don't think it's possible for Sandhya Menon to write one bad book. I also don't think she's capable of writing a book that won't make me smile 24/7. She truly gets better with each book, and the fact that this one had the fake dating trope? At this point she's just giving us what we want, and we're saying thank you ma'am for your generosity.
Both Pinky and Samir were so well-developed, it felt like reading about real people. I was rooting for them from page 1. To me this book was truly about staying true to yourself, and I loved every single page of it.

This is the third book in the series but you don't need to have read the previous books to read this one. I had read When Dimple Met Rishi back when it released and I read There's Something About Sweetie the day before so if you are interested in the series, I recommend reading them as they are brilliant books! Especially Sweetie's book as you see our main characters a lot in that book and it enhances the reading experience.

This was a really great fake dating summer romance. I really liked Pinky and Samir and how they really didn't like each other and I didn't know how Sandhya was going to have them come together but it was fantastic! I love Sandhya's writing style, it hooks me in from the first page and these books are adorable but also cover some harder topics and this book was no different.

Pinky is one passionate character and I loved that about her, she gives her all to everything. Samir lives a completely different life to Pinky having being homeschooled and I did like the way it was discussed and handled in this book. He does get some hate from another character in and that is a real example of what homeschooled kids have to deal with.

This book had some fun and swoony moments as well as some heartbreaking ones with Pinky and her mum. If you are looking for a new young adult series to start, I would highly recommend Sandhya's books!

I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher. This in no way impacted on my view.

10 Things I Hate About Pinky see as fake boyfriend plot become something a little more serious while spending the summer on holiday in Massachusetts. Pinky Kumar has always clashed with her mam, about just about everything: her hair, her piercings, her boyfriends, her various schemes and plots for different causes. When she and her parents are spending their summer at their lakeside home with her perfect cousin and family, it's becoming even harder for Pinky to deal with the parental expectations. Everything about her cousin, Dolly, is perfect, so when the barn burns down one night, everyone automatically assumes Pinky was to blame, and even when Dolly owns up to it, there's still no apology. So, she decides to tell her parents she's got a perfect boyfriend, who wants to be a lawyer to boot, and invites him to spend summer with her - the only issue, she doesn't actually have any such boyfriend. Samir Jha should be having the best summer ever. He's managed to convince his overprotective mother to let him travel across country to Washington D.C. to take part in a prestigious internship, but when he arrives, the lawyer he should've been working with has been indisposed, and he no longer has any reason to be there. Rather than travel home, he agrees to Pinky's harebrained scheme, especially when she says she can get him a winter internship with her parents at their own law firm. Samir is the complete opposite of Pinky, and they clash, again and again, leading to him creating a list of the 10 things he hates about Pinky.

Both characters in this book have intrigued me from previous forays into this series, and I was especially interested in seeing how their romance played out, considering they'd always somewhat been at odds with each other in previous books. Pinky's character was lovely and refreshing, and though she wasn't what you would expect, she really did believe in the different causes she worked for, and seeing that in this book through the actions she took over the butterfly sanctuary, and with DQ, the possom, showed her in the very best light. Because she was completely different to her mother, this had been a big reason in why they were as estranged as they were, and I loved the exploration into how their relationship was repaired, rather than the book only being about romantic feelings. Samir and Pinky, though, were definitely the best choice for each other, even as different as they were. Being polar opposites, the saying was true in their case, and opposites definitely do attract. Yeah, there's angst, and fighting, but there's also the sweet moments between them when the true person shows through, and not how they portray themselves to the public. I think this couple may be my favourite out of the three in the series, and am sad this is the last story in the Dimple and Rishi verse, because I'd love to hear more about them in future. Sandhya is still one of my favourite YA authors, and I can't wait for her next book!