#Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

[the-bisexual-and-damned]

i just finished hani and ishu’s guide to fake dating, and i cannot tell you how fucking REFRESHING it is not to have the muslim parents in this book be egregiously homophobic. to have them to so over the top close minded (which can be true don’t get me wrong) but is the forefront of muslim representation.

to have them be vehemently homophobic, backwards and not be empathetic to their children and push religion down on them.

but hani’s mom is so understanding to her daughter who’s bisexual and muslim, who yes struggled to get it at first, but she doesn’t say she can’t. she accepts her identity AND her girlfriend.

and ishu doesn’t HAVE TO come out to her parents (who wouldn’t be very accepting probably). the story of a queer person doesn’t have to include some big coming out scene and we need MORE of this.

hani and ishu are together while still figuring themselves out because they’re teens. they’re gay and in love and they don’t need to both be out and have everyone know.

[qbdatabase]

Everyone likes Humaira “Hani” Khan—she’s easy going and one of the most popular girls at school. But when she comes out to her friends as bisexual, they invalidate her identity, saying she can’t be bi if she’s only dated guys. Panicked, Hani blurts out that she’s in a relationship…with a girl her friends absolutely hate—Ishita “Ishu” Dey. Ishu is the complete opposite of Hani. She’s an academic overachiever who hopes that becoming head girl will set her on the right track for college. But Ishita agrees to help Hani, if Hani will help her become more popular so that she stands a chance of being elected head girl.

Despite their mutually beneficial pact, they start developing real feelings for each other. But relationships are complicated, and some people will do anything to stop two Bengali girls from achieving happily ever after.

[yourfavebooklrsfavebooklr]

Some books by Asian authors to read this may!

Edit: thank you @linkedsoul for letting me know that I misused the term AAPI in the original post. I’m very sorry about that, and have changed the title to accurately reflect what this list is.

[ilibra]

Hey all, thanks so much for liking my other post with all my Dazzling chibis :> Here are some newer ones. You can get them in the monthly subscription for Dazzling Bookish Shop, and sometimes with their special editions.

Also, bonus chibis! I did these Cemetery Boys and The Sunbearer Trials charm designs for Aiden Thomas' shop "Graveyard Goods" and you can still get them HERE if you're interested!

In order, the books are: Hell Followed With Us, The Raven Cycle, Boyfriend Material, Icarus (by K. Ancrum), Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating, Cemetery Boys, The Sunbearer Trials ♥

[butchnavi]

shoutout to parent-ified eldest kids who never ever ever no matter what take out their pain or trauma or bitterness on their younger siblings (or alternatively actively teach themselves not to even if their relationship with their parents is absolutely broken and it hurts like hell to try because their sibling's isn't) and instead do everything to make sure they never have to go through the same thing or repress their feelings and always have a built-in best friend. and maybe develop a little bit of a mom complex along the way all while doing everything in their power not to become their parents. gotta be one of my favourite genders

[lunaathorne]

every sapphic book i love → hani and ishu's guide to fake dating by adiba jaigirdar

she smiles so rarely that each one–the genuine ones that light up her entire being–feels like a gift. like something private she has only reserved for me.

[bookishfreedom]

this book had me up wayyy to late to finish it and it was so worth it

[queerliblib]

Queer reads for Ramadan? We’ve got you covered!

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Ishita Dey- Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdar

Evelyn Hugo- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Henry Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor- Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Penn de Foucart- One Night in Hartswood by Emma Denny

[lgbtqplus-book-recs]

Intro post

Hello everyone welcome to LGBTQ+ book recs: a blog to collect promote, ans talk about LGBTQ+ books !

I will be making some of my own posts recommending and reviewing books I have read, however you are able to share books you have read as well!! Just send an ask or submit a post about a good you have read: these can be reviews, just regular recommendations, OR you can even talk about books you hated and want everyone else to avoid as well!!

I may also reblog fanart for books that have been featured on this blog as well, if you have any fanart you'd like to promote you can tag me!

I would also love if we can hold small events on this blog every now and again, what those events will be we can figure out togther!

Anyways, I think this will be fun! I hope this is all clear, if not send a ask :>

Tell me about your favorite books :)

[multi-fandom-lunatic]

if you read adult lit I need to recommend N.K. Jemisin's absolutely brilliant The Broken Earth trilogy. It is fantasy/sci fi and is about a futuristic earth which is battered by storms due to some celestial goings-on. The characters are amazing and the worldbuilding just as much.

Hi anon! Missed your asks :D

I don't typically read adult lit (again, a middle-grade fan) but I'll definately check this out! Finally, a book rec I haven't seen on Booktok. All my friends either don't read or read Booktok stuff. The premise is seriously cool, and I love me some fantasy/sci fi.

I wish I had adult lit recs, but unfortunately I don't. However, if you're into middle grade, Momo Arashima is a seriously underrated series that just hits the spot. I don't love YA at all (seriously. Such a YA hater) but Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating is truly a masterpiece and deserves all the love and more. It's about two desi girls who fake date for different reasons: Hani, to prove to her friends that she's bisexual (her friends are assholes who don't believe her). And Ishu to become more popular to be voted headgirl (to please her parents). It deals with themes of racism and parental abandonment and queerphobia in such a nuanced, refreshing light. I know that YA can be so bad sometimes, but this book (and another other by Adiba Jaigirdar) is seriously nuanced, well paced and heartfelt.

[sapphic-book-tournament]

Hey, all I'm trying to get a sapphic book tournament set up if anyone has any ideas and would want to participate please comment your favorite sapphic book and follow!

[wlwsuperheroine]

If you’re a fan of sapphic kamala khan I can recommend to you 2 books that I’m %98 sure you’ll love

[yourfavebooklrsfavebooklr]

Happy bi week to those who celebrate! These are some books which contain bi main characters (including some bi aros / bi aces) that I’ve read and enjoyed. Every book on this list is one I would recommend to someone (depending on the person).

(My apologies if some of them contain pan main characters instead, it’s been a while since I’ve read a lot of them and I don’t completely remember. I tried to check but I can’t be 100% sure)

Also, bonus: An Arcane Inheritance by Kamilah Cole is a bi4bi dark academia thriller coming out in 2025!

[myhikari21things]

Read of Hani and Ishu’s Guide To Fake Dating by Adiba Jaigirdah (2021) (341pgs)

[daryj]

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feita em: 04.02.2024

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