BETTER CATCH UP,
KRISHNA KUMAR

A whirlwind rom-com perfect for fans of Jenny Han, Axie Oh, and Ann Liang, following a desi bisexual immigrant teen who goes off on a road trip to claim her summertime crush—while trying to avoid falling for someone else. With Bollywood references aplenty and a slow burn romance, this cheeky and hilarious debut by Anahita Karthik is a love letter to India.

 

Eighteen-year-old Krishna Kumar got into her dream college … and she’s sure she’ll be the only freshman there who’s never been kissed. She spent her summer in India flirting with her gorgeous neighbor Amrit, but she’s going home with nothing to show for it. 

 

Then her flight home is delayed right as a distinctly flirty text from Amrit lights up her phone. Krishna is determined to seize her last chance at a perfect first kiss with her summer crush, even if it means asking her cousin-turned-nemesis, Priti, for help. Because Amrit is miles away at a family wedding—and Priti’s best friend, Rudra Desai, is the only one with a car.

 

The unlikely trio set off on a road trip to crash a wedding and save Krishna’s summer. But as she starts to fall for the quiet but irresistibly hot and charming Rudra, who everyone knows is unrequitedly in love with Priti, Krishna’s heart better catch up to her head before she skips right past her first kiss and falls directly into her first heartbreak.