Parnassus Next is a monthly YA book subscription box. Each month you will receive a first-edition, signed YA book. I'm a bit of a YA book subscription box addict, so I had to sign up for this one when I found out about it!
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The Subscription Box: Parnassus Next
The Cost: $25 a month
The Products: One first edition, hardcover, signed YA book.
Ships to: US and Canada
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This box comes with a card detailing the selected book for the month:
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon – Retail Value $17.99 (On Amazon for $12.57)
Book Summary from Amazon:
The rom-com that everyone’s talking about! Eleanor & Park meets Bollywood in this hilarious and heartfelt novel about two Indian-American teens whose parents conspire to arrange their marriage.
Dimple Shah has it all figured out. With graduation behind her, she’s more than ready for a break from her family, from Mamma’s inexplicable obsession with her finding the “Ideal Indian Husband.” Ugh. Dimple knows they must respect her principles on some level, though. If they truly believed she needed a husband right now, they wouldn’t have paid for her to attend a summer program for aspiring web developers…right?
Rishi Patel is a hopeless romantic. So when his parents tell him that his future wife will be attending the same summer program as him—wherein he’ll have to woo her—he’s totally on board. Because as silly as it sounds to most people in his life, Rishi wants to be arranged, believes in the power of tradition, stability, and being a part of something much bigger than himself.
The Shahs and Patels didn’t mean to start turning the wheels on this “suggested arrangement” so early in their children’s lives, but when they noticed them both gravitate toward the same summer program, they figured, Why not?
Dimple and Rishi may think they have each other figured out. But when opposites clash, love works hard to prove itself in the most unexpected ways.
This book was on my watch list, so I was happy to see it in the box! I always love a cute rom-com book and the alternating narration. The build up and the initial meeting of the two main characters was fun and fast paced, but it slowed down for me a bit after that. It's a quick read so far, though, so I'm going to finish it soon - hopefully it picks up again!
And each book is signed by the author!
Verdict: This subscription probably won't be for everyone, but if you value signed, first editions and love YA, I think this box would be great for you. So far, I've been very impressed with the books they select, too.
If you're considering this subscription, I recommend checking out their Instagram account to get a good sense of the types of YA books they send.
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