A sweet story of searching for pure, ultimate love, Courting Samira features a 27-year old Palestinian based in Sydney caught between her Romantic dreams and the everyday realities of dating while trying to achieve her professional and personal goals.
Inspired by Regency and love fairy tales, Samira is following the traditional pathway to find love and believes in romance, but she may end up entangled in a web of funny circumstances. Just a bit of more drama, as she was not already having enough of it, As an assistant at Bridal Bazaar magazine and her everyday family experience, she may now a thing or maybe two about it. And now, some dramatic love triangles are about to happen and she should manage them somehow, while trying to get a long awaited and much deserved promotion at work.
Courting Samira has a hilarious take, but also offers a diverse story, featuring a different way of searching for Romantic love. Although I´ve felt sometimes that the story isn´t developed too fast, it is far from boring and has a thoughtful take on relationships, particularly of young successful Muslim women growing up in Western societies. The women characters are adorable, bubbly and with strong personalities and last but not least, an outstanding sense of humour. They are largely relatable and would love to see them featured in a movie inspired by the book. The story flows beautifully and keep the reader smartly entertained.
It is a book that may appeal to readers interested in diverse characters, but can also offer inspiration and role models for young Muslim girls, not very often featured in Romantic books those days.
Rating: 4 stars
Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the book tour but the opinions are, as usual, my own
Thanks for the blog tour support x
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