Better Catch Up, Krishna Kumar, Anahita Karthik
Better Catch Up, Krishna Kumar, Anahita Karthik
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Better Catch Up, Krishna Kumar

Author: Anahita Karthik

Narrator: Reena Dutt

Unabridged: 10 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 01/27/2026

Synopsis

"Come for the road trip of a lifetime. Stay for the kissing!”— Meg Cabot, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Princess Diaries seriesBuckle up for a wild ride with this cheeky and charming rom-com where one girl’s quest across India to seal her first kiss turns into finding first love in the most unexpected places. Perfect for fans of Axie Oh and Jenny Han! Krishna Kumar may have gotten into her dream college, but that doesn’t mean she’s stopped being a bi disaster. Even after spending her whole summer in India flirting with her gorgeous neighbor Amrit, she has nothing to show for it. And now, her fate is sealed: she’s destined to be the only freshman who’s never been kissed.But when her flight home is delayed right as a distinctly flirty text from Amrit lights up her phone, Krishna is determined to seize her last chance at a perfect first kiss with Amrit, even if it means asking her cousin-turned-nemesis, Priti, for help. Because Amrit is miles away at a family wedding—and Priti’s best friend, Rudra Desai, is the only one with a car.The unlikely trio set off on a road trip to crash a wedding and save Krishna’s summer. But as she starts to fall for the quiet yet irresistibly hot and charming Rudra, who everyone knows is unrequitedly in love with Priti, Krishna realizes her heart better catch up to her head before she skips right past her first kiss and falls directly into her first heartbreak.

About Anahita Karthik

Anahita Karthik is a desi, queer, and multilingual writer of stories heavily inspired by Indian mythology, history, and culture. She has an MSt in creative writing from the University of Cambridge and a tech degree she’ll probably never use in her life. While she writes across genres, her stories usually include road trips, a slow burn romance, and nods to Indian cinema (both explicit and thematic). Better Catch Up, Krishna Kumar is her debut novel, but her first feature was in My Big, Fat Desi Wedding anthology. She can be found posting excessively across platforms @ana_scribe or blogging about publishing on her website, anahitakarthik.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Anahita on September 08, 2025

Anyway, if you enjoy ♡ whirlwind summer road trips ♡ bi + bi romances ♡ sunshine x brooding ♡ sisterhood ♡ all desi + queer casts ♡ the vibes of Jab We Met, Paper Towns, The Summer I Turned Pretty, and Never Have I Ever ♡ recent book releases like Rules for Rule Breaking, Loveboat Taipei, and This Time It......more

Goodreads review by Mai ༊*·˚ on February 04, 2026

4.25 ★ — There’s nothing better than a lighthearted YA romance to sweeten your day. This was just adorable! Krishna was such a fun character to follow. A rule follower and academically focused young woman, she’s never really let herself cut loose. So, now that she is on the brink of her first year of......more

Goodreads review by gracie on September 22, 2025

Once I saw the author advertising this as a bi4bi romance with a road trip, I knew I was going to be reading it even though I wasn't familiar with any of the comp titles. I was not disappointed. The prose and it's ability to suck you into the street and nightlife of Mumbai/India was one of the parts......more

Goodreads review by Sujin on September 17, 2023

Updating my review as I've finished the book, and I'm so confident in saying this is one of the best coming of age stories I've read and my new favorite romcom! Every page is AMAZING. The characters push the plot forward at an incredible speed and I just couldn't put it down. What I think is truly u......more

Goodreads review by Betty on December 10, 2025

When everyone said Better Catch Up, Krishna Kumar is a love letter to India they meant it🙂‍↕️. Better Catch Up, Krishna Kumar follows Krishna, desi bisexual teen, who goes off on a road trip with her cousin Priti and Priti’s friend Rudra to claim her summertime crush— while trying to avoid falling fo......more

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