BETTER CATCH UP, KRISHNA KUMAR

Booksmart meets Never Been Kissed in this debut, standalone YA rom-com Better Catch Up, Krishna Kumar, which follows a girl on road trip to find her summertime crush after discovering he's left her the flirty text she had been dreaming of the night before she's set to leave India.

ESCAPISM AT ITS BEST
Between the descriptions of a gorgeous Indian wedding, the delicious homemade food, and her whirlwind road trip through India, this is a book that will make readers feel like they're living vicariously through Krishna.

IRRESISTABLE ROMANCE
Neither Krishna and Rudra nor the reader will be able to deny the palpable chemistry within this novel. Readers will be rooting for them to get together, even as miscommunications and assumptions threaten to pull them apart.

HEARTWARMING FAMILY & FRIENDSHIP STORY
Childhood best friends turned distant cousins, Krishna and Priti's dynamic will be sure to capture the heart of readers as the pair learn to forgive and rebuild their relationship.

COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL
In the spirit of When Dimple Met Rishi, Loveboat Taipei, Dear Haiti, Love Alaine, and The Sun Is Also a Star, this is a contemporary YA with a diverse cast with appeal to readers looking for their next romance read.

REWARDING FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS
Exploring the pieces that are lost through immigration, Priti and Krishna's relationship is the dual love story within the novel as they reconnect after years of separation to support one another.

Anahita Karthik is the Indian, queer, and trilingual author of Better Catch Up, Krishna Kumar, her debut novel. She is a postgraduate creative writing student at the University of Cambridge, a contributor for My Big, Fat, Desi Wedding anthology, and author of the Amazon bestselling short story "All I Have Left."