Counting Down with You
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- Author：Tashie Bhuiyan
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Summary
A reserved Bangladeshi 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？
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？
Reviews
Jade Rogers
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I really loved this book it was cute and taught me something that I don't always need to other people happiness before my own a lot and the chapters were short and it was a really fast paced book I really loved this book it was cute and taught me something that I don't always need to other people happiness before my own a lot and the chapters were short and it was a really fast paced book 。。。more
Gabriela
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I really loved this book。 you could tell that it’s a little more “modern” which makes sense since it was just recently released。 i loved how it ended， showing us the double meaning of “counting down with you” her anxiety countdown， and counting down with ace until her parents returned。 i loved how it really showed her anxiety and her real issues with her parents。 and i’m so glad that she was able to convince them that they should “allow” her to study english in college。 i absolutely loved ace。 i I really loved this book。 you could tell that it’s a little more “modern” which makes sense since it was just recently released。 i loved how it ended， showing us the double meaning of “counting down with you” her anxiety countdown， and counting down with ace until her parents returned。 i loved how it really showed her anxiety and her real issues with her parents。 and i’m so glad that she was able to convince them that they should “allow” her to study english in college。 i absolutely loved ace。 i loved the way his character was described and he was a very good guy。 like when he wrote that song for her on the piano。 i really did love this book。 。。。more
Ainhoa Plaza Martínez
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This author it’s just too much， I simply love her and her style so much😽🤌
Elena
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3。5 stars
bea
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3。5
Rhea Uchil
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i had high hopes for this book， but it far exceeded all my expectations。 i don't think ive ever felt so seen while reading a book， even though karina and i are different in many ways， the similarities in our sense of self are truly astounding。 i absolutely loved this book and i wish i could read it again for the first time even if i just finished reading it less than 5 minutes ago。 i had high hopes for this book， but it far exceeded all my expectations。 i don't think ive ever felt so seen while reading a book， even though karina and i are different in many ways， the similarities in our sense of self are truly astounding。 i absolutely loved this book and i wish i could read it again for the first time even if i just finished reading it less than 5 minutes ago。 。。。more
Alyssa
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i’m sobbing。 this book was so emotional and beautiful， i think i can relate to karina in a few ways and her characters representation was not one i see a lot in literature and it was refreshing。 i absolutely loved this book！
Alyssa
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So good and so cute。
Cate
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AH SO GOOD！ drop everything and read this right now it’s the perfect summer read for the beach 😩 i read this in a day and i could not put it down i’m obsessed！！ i loved all the characters and i could literally relate to cora in every single way possible :0 5 ⭐️
salaamseeker
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My sibling had warned me about this book being so messed up but I still gave it a chance and surprisingly enjoyed it！ It had a To All the Boys I Loved Before feel to it。
Gabrielle
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I LOVED this book This book right here is the book that got me out of a 1 month long reading slump so if that doesn’t convince you this book is good then idk what will I LOVED the South Asian representation This book never became boring there was always something that kept me from closing the book
*:･ﾟ✧ Isabelle （semi-hiatus）
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4。5 starsliterally one of the cutest books I’ve read in a while！！rtc！
Amanda Cresse
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I liked it。 I liked the characters。 I liked the message。。。 but。。。 It is a predictable， cute romance that points out the flaws of traditional multi-cultural parenting that we often find in contemporary YA lit。 However， the issue that bothered me is that the mental health element is not dealt with in a realistic manner。
Kaele’s Krazy Book Obsession
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This was so good！ Loved following Karina on her journey。 Ace is so sweet and I love him 😍
Ava Clark
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4。5*
Yohannan
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 this book was amazing。 i found myself relating to karina in so many ways。 her character and the way she processed the things that she had to deal with resonates so much with me and she has a special place in my heart。 and the fake dating was just perfectly exuctied and the rain scene was just the icing on the cake。
Anna
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4。5 ⭐WHEW talk about an emotional roller coaster！ So this book made me cry at least twice， and I call that a win bc holy crap， the emotions jumped all the way off these pages。 This was an excellent read！
Ananya
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I don’t know what to say。 There’s so much I could say。 Often I don’t find characters that are similar to me and sometimes I do。 But never have I ever read a book where I was able to relate the characters so much。 Especially Karina。 I literally had to stop reading halfway since it got too overwhelming for me to continue。 I just restarted and completed the book。 * all the characters are amazing。 I wish I had someone like Dadu in my life。 Ace is definitely my top book boyfriend。 He is LITERALLY PER I don’t know what to say。 There’s so much I could say。 Often I don’t find characters that are similar to me and sometimes I do。 But never have I ever read a book where I was able to relate the characters so much。 Especially Karina。 I literally had to stop reading halfway since it got too overwhelming for me to continue。 I just restarted and completed the book。 * all the characters are amazing。 I wish I had someone like Dadu in my life。 Ace is definitely my top book boyfriend。 He is LITERALLY PERFECT！！ I am not even joking。 Karina。 Though， some might think that Karina was being unreasonable or annoying。 But I understood where she came from。 There are always those people in our lives whom we love so much that we are constantly afraid of hurting and disappointing them。Being Bangladeshi or south Asian in general doesn’t help。 Some of our parents immigrated just so that we can live a better life。 And it Hurts to disappoint them。 Fortunately for me I am lucky enough to have parents who support my career choice。 But there are so many other matters which they don’t understand。 *Anyway， I can read this book probably 20 more times。 The author did a wonderful job and cannot wait to read more of her books in the future ♥️ 。。。more
Sar。reads
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Review to come
tori
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Ok， so this book was absolutely amazing！！！ Ace is so fucking sweet that it hurts my heart。 The way that he completely understands Karina and doesn’t push her to do anything that she wants to do is so incredibly admirable。 My standards for guys is going to be so incredibly high after reading this book。 Although I did get a bit frustrated sometimes with Karina but I know that it’s due to the fact that my parents aren’t like Karina’s parents。 Although I still do really like her character。 My favori Ok， so this book was absolutely amazing！！！ Ace is so fucking sweet that it hurts my heart。 The way that he completely understands Karina and doesn’t push her to do anything that she wants to do is so incredibly admirable。 My standards for guys is going to be so incredibly high after reading this book。 Although I did get a bit frustrated sometimes with Karina but I know that it’s due to the fact that my parents aren’t like Karina’s parents。 Although I still do really like her character。 My favorite character was Dadu， she’s a queen。 。。。more
megan ✨
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i need an ace clyde in my life3。5 stars / review to come
Jillian
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THIS WAS SO GOOD。 Ace Clyde is literally the perfect guy to ever exist。
Misha Ahuja
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I LOVE this book so much！ The representation of brown girls and what we go through is amazing。 I related to this book and so many of Karina's experiences are similar to what brown girls go through and I am so glad that there's a book portraying it。The mental health representation in the brown community was amazing in this book。 I love that it spreads awareness about mental health and how many brown parents don't take it seriously。 I cannot say enough good things about this book！ The romance was I LOVE this book so much！ The representation of brown girls and what we go through is amazing。 I related to this book and so many of Karina's experiences are similar to what brown girls go through and I am so glad that there's a book portraying it。The mental health representation in the brown community was amazing in this book。 I love that it spreads awareness about mental health and how many brown parents don't take it seriously。 I cannot say enough good things about this book！ The romance was amazing and the feminism， women empowerment were beyond this world。 This book one of the best portrayals of what brown girls go through and how society reflects on us。 I cannot recommend this book enough。 I never write reviews for books but this one deserves it， I can't express how much I love this book and how everything about it is amazing！ 。。。more
Suzanne Kowalski
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3 1/2 stars。 I know that this is an own voices novel， but it reads more like a fairy tale than a contemporary romance。 Ace never seems like an actual person， just a teen fantasy。 Although the pressures of being a child of immigrants is addressed， the issues of race and religion are glossed over， which is unfortunate in a book featuring an underrepresented group。
delilah ✿
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Very cheesy， fast paced romance。This is a super fast read， with short chapters。 I liked the cuteness of the story。 It's an attempt at good girl meets bad boy but tries to spin it into another direction of the bad boy not being bad。 The thing is， this is written like a wattpad story。 No shade， it's just a simple written story that is fast paced。 The romance is very light as well。 It's cute， heartwarming at times。 I'll give it points for showing how strong Karina is。 She stands up for herself by t Very cheesy， fast paced romance。This is a super fast read， with short chapters。 I liked the cuteness of the story。 It's an attempt at good girl meets bad boy but tries to spin it into another direction of the bad boy not being bad。 The thing is， this is written like a wattpad story。 No shade， it's just a simple written story that is fast paced。 The romance is very light as well。 It's cute， heartwarming at times。 I'll give it points for showing how strong Karina is。 She stands up for herself by the end。 Anxiety in this book is handled well and her friends are god tier。 。。。more
Kae
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4。5***I don’t think I’ve ever tabbed a book as much as I tabbed this one！ Ms。 Tashie Bhuiyan has put my romantic standards off the charts with KarinaAce and I don’t know how any man will be able to live up to it 🤷🏻♀️
olivia
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3。5; it was cute but i feel like even though karina made a lot of explicit disclaimers that she was proud of her religion and culture， the overall impression i got was kind of negative and i'm certain that was not the aimi also feel like the resolution was kind of strange？ idk 3。5; it was cute but i feel like even though karina made a lot of explicit disclaimers that she was proud of her religion and culture， the overall impression i got was kind of negative and i'm certain that was not the aimi also feel like the resolution was kind of strange？ idk 。。。more
ninnnng
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I thought this is gonna be a light fun read but it MORE！！ and I love it！this book is about how to be a good daughter from parents expectations and is it bad to be your self and didn't follow the things that your parents thing it good for you。 as a asian my self， I feel related to Karina in many way and I see my younger self in her。 this book was so good I can't explain well enough but it struck in me， like I cry a lot while reading。 you can feel the pain that she want to be her self but at the s I thought this is gonna be a light fun read but it MORE！！ and I love it！this book is about how to be a good daughter from parents expectations and is it bad to be your self and didn't follow the things that your parents thing it good for you。 as a asian my self， I feel related to Karina in many way and I see my younger self in her。 this book was so good I can't explain well enough but it struck in me， like I cry a lot while reading。 you can feel the pain that she want to be her self but at the same time she didn't want to disappointed her parents。 and to top that， Ace my best boy！ he was everything。 he's so lovely， he listens to her and respect her boundaries and learns from his mistakes。 and I love the he did not try to change her or made her do anything that she don't want to and respect her choice。 how could I not falling in love with him？ Overall I highly recommend this book。 。。。more
Prerana
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There was no need for this book to be this relatable。 Absolutely no need。Where do I even begin？Okay， I think I have to start with the main thing here: I'm Bengali。 And no， never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that I would ever get to read a book （in this decade） about a Bangladeshi teenager living in the US。 （No， I'm not Bangladeshi， but Bengali solidarity， okay？）It was me saying every five seconds， this book is SUCH a mood。I have never particularly cared for adolescent romance， which is the There was no need for this book to be this relatable。 Absolutely no need。Where do I even begin？Okay， I think I have to start with the main thing here: I'm Bengali。 And no， never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that I would ever get to read a book （in this decade） about a Bangladeshi teenager living in the US。 （No， I'm not Bangladeshi， but Bengali solidarity， okay？）It was me saying every five seconds， this book is SUCH a mood。I have never particularly cared for adolescent romance， which is the only reason why this book isn't five stars。 Also， he's white。 Also， there were some things that reeked of internalized colonialism， but I'm not sure if I'm the best person to unpack that。 I， however， was fully immersed in this book as a coming-of-age story for Karina。I am honestly at a mild loss of words。 I teared up twice during the book。 （It hits home， okay？ It hit really close to home。） The relationship portrayed in this book was astonishingly healthy。 Karina and her best friends were extremely relatable。The only thing that bothered me was that she calls her grandma Dadu？？？！？？！？ Isn't that typically for grandfathers？ I even asked my mom because I was that confused， but she was on the same wavelength。 I guess it might be different for Bangladeshis， but my maternal grandparents are Bangladeshi and I call my grandfather Dadu， so nope， still confused。 Okay also it didn't bother me that her name was Dadu， obviously you can call her whatever you want， it was just jarring because I expected something different。Back to the meat of the book。 This was way too relatable， and honestly， I wasn't expecting that。 I know I'm avoiding the romance part of it， but as I mentioned before， I don't particularly care for teenage romance。 I guess their relationship could be cute。 Overwrought and cliche， probably， but cute， I guess。Yet Karina growing and learning herself was just such a relatable journey。 First things first， it's hard disobeying your parents。 And yes， sometimes the only excuse is well， because they're my parents。 They're my parents and this is how I was raised， and I can't just do whatever I want。 It's other people always being like， but you CAN。 You literally CAN。 Just do something else。 But no？ That's not how our world works？ Second， omg her relationship with her brother Samir。 Men simply do not fucking understand how much easier everything is for them。 I don't want to say too much here， but wow， a mood。Third， her friend group being composed of a Bangladeshi， Indian， and half-Chinese/half-white was the most relatable thing ever。 Ugh。 YES。Fourth， the emotions as she tried to figure everything out。 Stop。 Too close to home。Fifth， I'm glad this book talked about anxiety。 Anxiety is not something I personally deal with， but I know the toll it can take， and having it talked about pretty openly in this book was really wonderful。 Tying it together with POC representation made it even better。Ultimately， I'm really glad I stumbled upon this book。 I should probably stop now before I mention one more time how much of a mood this book was or discuss again the finer points of being Bengali。 And I'm out。 。。。more
Vania Vela
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I loved this book。 I really couldn't stop reading it; it has very beautiful writing and I cried a lot。 I identified too much with the protagonist; we try all the time to be perfect to make our parents love us and be proud of what we have accomplished。 Also， the romance was extremely wonderful。 Honestly， the experience of reading this book was amazing。 I loved this book。 I really couldn't stop reading it; it has very beautiful writing and I cried a lot。 I identified too much with the protagonist; we try all the time to be perfect to make our parents love us and be proud of what we have accomplished。 Also， the romance was extremely wonderful。 Honestly， the experience of reading this book was amazing。 。。。more
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