❤️❤️❤️ CHECK OUT XPRESSO BOOK TOURS GIVEAWAY AND REVIEW FOR BEENA KHAN'S 'THE NAME OF RED' ❤️❤️❤️ See the #linkinbio to read the full review. • • I had so many emotions throughout this book. At first, I thought it was going to be a little boring, given that the setting and characters were kind of basic and static. However, when I had gotten to the middle of the book and started to see the characters as flawed, human beings, that was when I got into it. • • The side characters were a lot of fun, too. Aryan, Nadia, and even Samar were good comic reliefs for the drama and angst between Kabir and Elif. • • Beena Khan's writing was simplistic and easy to get through. Since there wasn't much to go on outside of Kabir and Aryan's bar in which Elif visited almost every day, I had to rely on character growth and arcs. • • One of the things I loved was that this was an #ownvoices novel, given the South Asian author, characters, and cultural aspects. I had never read a South Asian book before, so the references were entertaining and inspiring. • • Overall, The Name of Red was very good, deep, heartbreaking, funny, romantic, tragic story about best friends to lovers and the hope of moving on. • • #thenameofred #beenakhan #ownvoices #ownvoicesbooks #ownvoicesreviews #xpressobooktours #bookreviews #reading #weneeddiversebooks #southasianwriters #southasianbooks #romance #youngadultbooks #contemporary #newadultromance https://www.instagram.com/p/CEFstt5JB3U/?igshid=pzjsgowgqmod