This is a chaste Muslim inspirational romance novella, which focuses on whether an arranged marriage will happen between Princess Aisyah and Syafiq. Their faith is important to both of them and I liked seeing how this factored in, especially because the secondary characters show a range of devoutness within the country. Aisyah is very sheltered and came across as Not Like Other Girls or a Mary Sue. She was a little too perfect and the way her virginity was prized almost verged on slut-shaming her less devout cousin. It was not clear whether she didn’t date because she felt that was important for her faith (although dating is normal in Mekar) or if it was because of lack of opportunity, which she clearly felt self-conscious about. The plot was a bit soapy for my tastes, especially with the way her cousin Nadiah was used, but it was still an interesting read.
Character notes: Aisyah is the princess of Mekar. She’s 20 years old, about to finish up university, and a published author. She describes herself as chubby. Syafiq is 28 and works for a publisher in Colorado. They are both Muslim. Mekar is apparently an Asian country (Syafiq describes himself as Asian.)
She is unusual as she is an Asian princess and her life is simple until she meets him. He is a biker and not who she expected to meet. Soon things get steamy. Is this her love? Will they be great together? Follow them and find out
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