Kismet
Book Feature - Kismet by Amina Akhtar
HBL Note: I first featured Amina Akhtar with the release of her first novel, #FashionVictim, where we connected over our mutual love of fashion (she’s a former fashion editor!) In Kismet, Amina Akhtar satirizes the wellness community (sound familiar? This is giving me Nine Perfect Strangers vibes!) in Sedona. Part humor, part thriller, and lots of smoothies - this page-turner that will also make you stop and think about your inner strength and standing up for yourself would be the perfect book to curl up with on a stormy summer night. Scroll down to read more about KISMET by Amina Akhtar.
From the publisher:
Lifelong New Yorker Ronnie Khan never thought she’d leave Queens. She’s not an “aim high, dream big” person—until she meets socialite wellness guru Marley Dewhurst.
Marley isn’t just a visionary; she’s a revelation. Seduced by the fever dream of finding her best self, Ronnie makes for the desert mountains of Sedona, Arizona.
Healing yoga, transcendent hikes, epic juice cleanses…Ronnie consumes her new bougie existence like a fine wine. But is it, really? Or is this whole self-care business a little sour?
When the glam gurus around town start turning up gruesomely murdered, Ronnie has her answer: all is not well in wellness town. As Marley’s blind ambition veers into madness, Ronnie fears for her life.