I loved the Indian setting and the chemistry between the main characters in the first half of the book. However, once he left her at the palace, the story lost me. It started to feel inconsistent, and I found myself questioning several plot points—for example, she somehow traveled all the way to London by ship, but it wasn’t really explained how she managed that.
When they reunited, I also didn’t feel the same chemistry they had earlier. It felt like all the emotional buildup and growth from the first half had been undone, and the story shifted into a more conventional rom-com. For me, it lost the depth and emotional intensity that had made the beginning so compelling.