Counting Down with You

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Tashie Bhuiyan

"A witty, romantic, deeply insightful debut." —Emma Lord, author of Tweet CuteIn this sparkling and romantic YA debut, a reserved Bangladeshi-American teenager has twenty-eight days to make the biggest decision of her life after agreeing to fake date her school’s resident bad boy.How do you make one month last a lifetime?Karina Ahmed has a plan. Keep her head down, get through high school without a fuss, and follow her parents’ rules—even if it means sacrificing her dreams. When her parents go abroad to Bangladesh for four weeks, Karina expects some peace and quiet. Instead, one simple lie unravels everything.Karina is my girlfriend.Tutoring the school’s resident bad boy was already crossing a line. Pretending to date him? Out of the question. But Ace Clyde does everything right—he brings her coffee in the mornings, impresses her friends without trying, and even promises to buy her a dozen books (a week) if she goes along with his fake-dating facade. Though Karina agrees, she can’t help but start counting down the days until her parents come back.T-minus twenty-eight days until everything returns to normal—but what if Karina no longer wants it to?"I. Love. This. Book." —Mark Oshiro, award-winning author of Anger Is a Gift and Each of Us a Desert"A must-have addition to any YA bookshelf." —Sabina Khan, author of Zara Hossain Is Here and The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali"Hand to fans of Netflix hit Never Have I Ever." —Booklist

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Author

Tashie Bhuiyan

Pages

464

Publisher

Harlequin

Published Date

2021-05-04

ISBN

0369700147 9780369700148

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"This book had it all,a little bit of comedy,a little bit of romance and a whole lot of drama! Definitely worth a read!"

Jonathan Kent

"3.5* In this book we follow Karina who is very passionate about English. Because of this her English teacher asks her to tutor the schools “bad boy” Ace. At first Karina isn’t thrilled about it but after the two start fake dating one another, the two start to grow closer to one another. This was okay. I did like it but I don’t think it’s a book I’ll think about often after this. I really liked Karina as a character. She was very relatable so I really liked her. Karina has anxiety and is still at a point in time where she is figuring out how to cope with it and it was written well. However this book I just found okay. I enjoyed it but maybe it’s just that I’ve read so many YA contemporary’s that they can all follow the same formula at some point. I definitely would recommend this book because it’s fun, fluffy and cute, but I just thought it was fine. It also felt like we were building to Karina telling her parents about her relationship with Ace in the end but that conversation never happened which was kind of disappointing. I definitely recommend this to fans of to all the boys I’ve loved before and the upside of falling so if you liked those, I’d check this book out. Or if you liked this book and haven’t read those then I’d recommend checking those ones out. I’m excited to read more from Tashie Bhuiyan in the future."

Emily Beaumont

"So freaking cute!!! Absolutely loved Ace and Karina, and the whole book was just perfection. I’ve read both of Tashie Bhuyan’s books in one sitting 😅 overall, I’d rate it 5 stars "

The Good Witch

"I love this book so much!!!! It was so cute I can’t get over it! If you haven’t read it, read it now!"

Satori

"If I could give it more than 5 stars, I would. It was AMAZING. So raw and emotional and Karina’s character development was phenomenal. Being a south Asian teen myself, I was able to relate to a lot of the struggles she goes through. It really sheds light on how different cultures and families play a role in teenagers’ lives. HIGHLY recommend it to anyone. Also, ACE AND KARINA FOREVER 💗💗💗"

Devi Aparna

"Fav book ever"

Lexi Copper

"My haven.. go-to comfort read "

Sreegouri

"I cried at the end. I don't know if I should've cried but no matter what I've been very emotionally stable today and this book made me cry sooo... five stars? Maybe 4.5 more like it because I didn't mesh particularly well with the love interest for like a whole chunk of the book and also I'm rating this extremely based on emotions. Also I think it's time to admit I don't get poetry? Never have. Did AP English lit, read constantly, have poet friends, and still can't tell someone's first poem from an award-winning one. It is really embarrassing to admit as someone who considers myself a creative that I need more clearly defined rules than poetry appears to have, but oddly this book combined with other things I'm encountering during the time I'm reading this are making me want to try to get it. So side note there."

Emily

"So worth it, it was probably the best contemporary romance I have ever read"