Payal Mehtas Romance Revenge Plot, Preeti Chhibber
Payal Mehtas Romance Revenge Plot, Preeti Chhibber
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Payal Mehta's Romance Revenge Plot

Author: Preeti Chhibber

Narrator: Mayuri Bhandari

Unabridged: 8 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/24/2024


Synopsis

This laugh-out-loud debut romance introduces perfectly imperfect Payal Mehta, whose plan to get her longtime crush to finally notice her is destined for success, but only if she ignores her budding feelings for her archnemesis...

Payal Mehta has had a crush on popular, athletic, all-around perfect Jonathan Slate ever since he smiled at her in freshman–year Spanish class. At a party during spring break of her junior year, Payal finally works up the courage to ask Jon to hang out. However, her romantic plans are derailed when he vomits on her Keds. Twice. But when Jon offers to take her out to lunch as an apology, Payal is convinced this is the start of their love story. 

Over chalupas and burritos at Taco Bell, Payal's best jokes are landing as planned. Jon is basically choking on his Coke—and then it happens. "Do you have a boyfriend?" Payal is (finally) about to get the guy. And then he tries to set her up with his Indian friend. Payal's best friends, Neil Patel and Divya Bhatt, are just as mad about the microagression as Payal is, but they think she’s a little too hung up on him. 

Determined to teach Jon a lesson by making him fall for her, Payal ropes in her archnemesis, Philip Kim, to help. It’s the perfect plan. Minus Philip’s snarky, annoying quips and lack of faith in its success. But as Payal lies to the people she loves, hides the too-Indian parts of herself in front of her crush, and learns that maybe Philip isn't the worst, she starts to wonder if what she's been looking for has been scowling at her all along...

About The Author

Preeti Chhibber is a YA author, speaker, and freelance writer. She also used to work as a publishing professional. She has written for SYFY, Polygon, BookRiot, BookRiot Comics, The Nerds of Color, and The Mary Sue, and others. Her first book in her original Spider-Man trilogy, Spider-Man’s Social Dilemma, was released in July 2022, and her Marvel Comics debut in Women of Marvel #1 came out in March. She also writes the Avengers Assembly series. She co-hosts the podcasts Desi Geek Girls and Tar Valon or Bust. She’s appeared on several panels at New York Comic Con, San Diego Comic Con, and on screen on the SYFY Network. Honestly, you probably recognize her from one of several BuzzFeed “look at these tweets” Twitter lists.


Reviews

Goodreads review by liv ❁ on November 16, 2024

When the guy Payal Mehta has been crushing on for years turns out to finally notice her (through a series of unfortunate, vomit-related incidences), she thinks it’s finally her chance at an epic love story. That is, until he tells her that she should totally date his Southeast Asian because she’s so......more

Goodreads review by Fizah(Books tales by me) on July 01, 2024

THANKS TO KOKILA AND PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE FOR THIS PHYSICAL ARC IN EXCHANGE FOR AN HONEST REVIEW. Payal Mehta is your typical Desi, more specifically an Indian-American, teenager. Both of her best friends are also Indian-American. Although, her long-term (three years is long enough) crush (Jon)  is a......more

Goodreads review by Azanta (azantareads) on December 12, 2024

cute!!!! but the insistence of Payal’s obsession with a racist white boy really rubbed under my skin lol but i also understand teenage crushes!!......more

Goodreads review by carthi ♡ on October 12, 2024

after a painful rejection, girl teams up with her rival to make the guy fall in love with her. but she ends up falling for the other person? thank you so much to colored pages book tours, kokila books, penguin teen and preeti chhibber for this opportunity to be part of the book tour and the eARC! th......more

Goodreads review by Talia on November 10, 2024

Smart, funny and soooo relatable. I will NEVER be able to get over ROHIT. iykyk.......more


Quotes

Praise for Payal Mehta’s Romance Revenge Plot by Preeti Chhibber

"A cute romance that explores valuable themes around self-esteem." —Kirkus Reviews

 
“Look no further: here’s the funniest book of the year! Payal Mehta’s story soars with heart, humor, and brilliance, while still managing to subvert romantic comedy tropes in surprising ways. I was fist pumping AND crying in the final pages.”
 —Mark Oshiro, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Into the Light

"Outrageously funny, incisive and tender. Chhibber's romance is effervescent and effortlessly luminous."
 —Roshani Chokshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Gilded Wolves
 
"Chhibber is a hilarious and delightful new voice in YA romance! A smart exploration of friendship, navigating a first crush, and diaspora teens finding their voice. A heartwarming coming-of-age!" 
 —Kat Cho, New York Times Bestselling author of Once Upon a K-Prom

“Hilariously charming and smartly nuanced, Payal Mehta’s Romance Revenge Plot is a refreshingly honest exploration of identity, friendships, microaggressions, and that awkward line between crushes and true love. A joyful, can’t-miss winner!”
 —Julian Winters, award-winning author of Right Where I Left You
 
"Payal Mehta's Romance Revenge Plot is love at first crush-him-under-your-heel-Payal-you-deserve-better! Delightfully hilarious and excruciatingly relatable, you know it's a good book when I'm up at 2am screaming 'KISS THE NERD.' Preeti Chhibber had me in a chokehold. I can't wait for her to do it again."
 —Ashley Poston, New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics and The Seven Year Slip