{"id":48882,"date":"2021-12-27T11:12:19","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T16:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=48882"},"modified":"2021-12-22T20:35:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T01:35:47","slug":"incense-and-sensibility-the-rajes-series-book-3-by-sonali-dev-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/incense-and-sensibility-the-rajes-series-book-3-by-sonali-dev-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Incense and Sensibility [The Rajes series, Book 3] by Sonali Dev [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-48886\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/Incense-and-Sensibility-Sonali-Dev-BookDragon-531x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"531\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/Incense-and-Sensibility-Sonali-Dev-BookDragon-531x800.jpg 531w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/12\/Incense-and-Sensibility-Sonali-Dev-BookDragon.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 531px) 100vw, 531px\" \/>Sonali Dev continues to channel Jane Austen via the Raje family with her third in the <a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/tag\/series-rajes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>, familiarly, gratefully voiced by Indian American favorite Soneela Nankani. Dev opens with a literal bang: California gubernatorial candidate Yash Raje is shot during a rally. His physical recovery is miraculously quick, but his bodyguard friend lies comatose.<\/p>\n<p>The race must go on despite Yash\u2019s (understandably) debilitating panic attacks. Queue the violins as he\u2019s reunited with India Dashwood, yoga therapist extraordinaire (yep, her family also makes incense) who is Yash\u2019s cousin-raised-as-sister Ashna\u2019s (star of <em><a class=\"trackclick\" href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/recipe-for-persuasion-raje-family-series-book-2-by-sonali-dev-in-booklist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-pid1=\"9751352\" data-pid2=\"9736383\" data-linkt=\"5\">Recipe for Persuasion<\/a><\/em>, 2020) best friend China\u2019s older sister. Got all that?<\/p>\n<p>Yash and India\u00a0have history (love at first sight, blighted by Yash\u2019s ghosting)\u00a0<em>and\u00a0<\/em>current complications (uhmm \u2026 Yash has a long-term girlfriend adored by the public). Hearts are at stake, not to mention high-stakes politics &#8230; but Austen aficionados know exactly how this ends.<\/p>\n<p>Dev contemporizes deftly with Very Important Issues, including hate crimes, gun control, religious intolerance, classism, LGBTQIA challenges, healthcare, transracial adoption, and (even!) more. From passive to passion (and everything in between), Nankani never misses a beat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Incense-and-Sensibility-\/pid=9751352\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;Media,&#8221; <em>Booklist Online<\/em>, December 21, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sonali Dev continues to channel Jane Austen via the Raje family with her third in the series, familiarly, gratefully voiced by Indian American favorite Soneela Nankani. Dev opens with a literal bang: California gubernatorial candidate Yash Raje is shot during a rally. 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