I was so very excited when I saw there was a new book my Alka Joshi. The Henna Artist series is one of my favorite series, and I was so excited to jump into her newest stand alone book. Set in 1930's India, it paint a vivid picture of the caste system and the disruption of the British rule. It follows a young nurse that has an Indian mother and a British father, and her coming of age as an independent person. Definitely pulls at the heartstrings. Definitely recommend!!

Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing for gifting me this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I loved Six Days in Bombay. It was beautifully written and evocative. I love Ms. Joshi’s writing style; she creates layered and complex characters and paints a scene that invokes all the senses.

The novel follows Sona, a young nurse, who befriends a patient, Mira. Sona, who is of English and Indian descent, has lived a sheltered life with her mother. She is drawn to Mira, a world renowned painter, who has experienced life to the fullest, and regales Sona with the tales of her many exploits. However, suddenly everything changes and Sona must figure out if she will continue to lead a sheltered existence or if she will push forward and see what the world has to offer.