Symptoms of a Heartbreak by Sona Charaipotra

The premise of Symptoms of a Heartbreak is this: Saira Sehgal is sixteen and just starting her first job as a doctor. She's a "Girl Genius," having been in college at eleven and graduating med school at sixteen. Now she's ready for the professional world. But she's still sixteen, and her fellow interns and doctors at Princeton Presbyterian Hospital are very much not. Despite having graduated, she needs to prove herself as a professional, and as a doctor. Oh, and she needs to get her driver's license. But when she meets a cute patient that she starts to have feelings for, all bets are off. 

I'm not usually the biggest fan of rom-com type books, but let me tell you that this is an #ownvoices author and that that's super important. The author wrote from the point of view of her own culture and it added an extra something. Because Saira, the protagonist, is more than a Girl Genius Doctor. Her family is a huge part of her story and you can tell how much they love each other and love their culture. This book just HAS something, you know? There are happy parts to this novel, and sad parts (hence the title), but it all adds up to something great. 

Darcy Lepore
Library Director

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