GRR Reviews Opposites Attract by Zahra Habib

Opposites Attract is about friendship / grief / friends to lovers story that carries a very distinct Pakistani flavor, yet the theme is universal.

Aysa and Fahad had been pranking each other since they were five growing up in Pakistan, but they drifted apart. Aysa moved to London and got engaged. Fahad became a writer and traveled around the world. When Aysa's fiancee died in an accident, Aysa was despondent and her parents relocated the family back to Pakistan, just as Fahad came back to recharge. Fahad will do anything to bring a smile back to Aysa's face... including some epic pranks... And Aysa will fight back, esp. when Fahad's parents arranged for him to meet a different girl...

The cultural references are great and you don't need to be Pakistani to understand the story. The themes are universal, as I said. There are a couple twists here and there that even surprised me. The story is about recovery from grief and moving on. The cover though, seems really generic.

Category: Contemporary

Primary Plot: Traveling writer will do some serious pranking to cheer up his childhood friend despondent over loss of her fiancee...

Overall Rating: 4/5

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