Dubai-based Indian writer Nihara Hareesh announced her debut novel and 5th book, Unlovable, on Thursday, October 2022. This is her first novel since her debut in 2017 and the plot follows a series of love triangles, hate, betrayal, friendship, and everything in between. A coming-of-age story intervened with the struggles of adulting.
“Unlovable” ticks all the necessary boxes for a romance novel, trope, and plot-wise. It’s grumpy-sunshine, meet-cute, just friends, forced proximity, and a love triangle. It satisfies the cravings of a casual romance reader.
The plot revolves around Nisha Kumar, a scholarship student from South India who found herself in New Delhi pursuing a dream against all odds… her parents even! New city, culture, and people. This new world is her oyster. She is quick to catch the attention of two of the most interesting men on the campus – “The Greek God” Rivan and “The Book Boy” Felix. From teens to adulthood – a journey with mixed emotions.
Nihara Hareesh is many things- a lifestyle blogger, A TEDx speaker, an entrepreneur, a singer, a filmmaker, and an avid traveler.
Originally from Kerala, India, she currently resides in Dubai. She graduated from Amity University Haryana in journalism and from New York Film Academy in Hi-Def Filmmaking.
She started her own lifestyle website ‘Lifestyle Glossary’ back in 2015. Since then she has worked with over 400 brands and spends most of her time writing and documenting her wanderlust conquests. She began writing at the age of 11. She had won multiple prizes for her poetry and short stories. Her first short story was published in 2008 called ‘We Always Hurt the Ones We Love’ in Gokulam magazine India. Her first cover story about the safety of women in India has published in ‘The Hindu’ New Delhi edition back in June 2014. Nihara is also a TEDx speaker who recently delivered a speech on ‘Power In Vulnerability’ in Dubai. She also co-founded and owns a media agency named “Hyperlinks Media” along with her husband, Rachit Sawal, in Dubai. It was said that her poetry collection drew real-life experiences with her husband and family. She believes in the profound power of storytelling and credits her passion for books for shaping who she is today.
‘Unlovable’ was released on Jan 1 2023 and has been on the bestseller list since then.
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