{"id":30963,"date":"2024-02-02T10:05:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T14:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=30963"},"modified":"2024-02-02T10:05:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T14:05:34","slug":"review-the-night-of-the-storm-by-nishita-parekh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/02\/review-the-night-of-the-storm-by-nishita-parekh\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \ud83d\udd0d The Night of the Storm by Nishita Parekh"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-30963\" data-postid=\"30963\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-30963 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_dbbz300 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top gutter-narrow tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_gpmi301 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_nvv9301 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"967\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/the-night-of-the-storm-nishita-parekh.jpg?resize=640%2C967&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-30964\" title=\"the-night-of-the-storm-nishita-parekh\" alt=\"the-night-of-the-storm-nishita-parekh\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/the-night-of-the-storm-nishita-parekh.jpg?w=993&amp;ssl=1 993w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/the-night-of-the-storm-nishita-parekh.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/the-night-of-the-storm-nishita-parekh.jpg?resize=678%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 678w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/the-night-of-the-storm-nishita-parekh.jpg?resize=768%2C1160&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/the-night-of-the-storm-nishita-parekh.jpg?resize=400%2C604&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_9tnh301 customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Hurricane Harvey is about to hit Houston. Meanwhile, single mom Jia Shah is already having a rough week: her twelve-year-old son, Ishaan, has just been suspended from school for getting in a fight. Still reeling from the fallout of her divorce\u2014their move to Houston, her family\u2019s disapproval, the struggle to make ends meet on her own\u2014now Jia is worried about Ishaan\u2019s future, too. Will her solo parenting be enough? Doesn\u2019t a boy need a father?<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">And now their apartment complex is under a mandatory evacuation order. Jia\u2019s sister, Seema, has invited them to hunker down in her fancy house in Sugar Land, and despite Jia\u2019s misgivings\u2014Seema\u2019s husband, Vipul, has been just a little too friendly with her lately\u2014Jia concedes it\u2019s probably the best place to keep Ishaan safe during the hurricane. With Jia\u2019s philandering ex scrutinizing her every move, all too eager to snatch back custody of Ishaan, she can\u2019t afford to make a mistake.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">When Vipul\u2019s brother and his wife show up on Seema\u2019s doorstep, too, it\u2019s a recipe for disaster. Grandma, the family matriarch, has never been shy about playing favorites among her sons and their wives. As the storm escalates, tensions rise quickly, and soon someone\u2019s dead. Was it a horrible accident or is there a murderer in their midst?<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">With no help available until the floodwaters recede in the morning, Jia must protect her son and identify the culprit before she goes down for a crime she didn\u2019t commit\u2014or becomes the next victim. . . .<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_4gsu301 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_0u7r301  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16467 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3_5-hearts-1.jpg?resize=146%2C44&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Jan 16, 2023<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong> Dutton<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $14.99<\/p><hr \/><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Jia Shah<\/strong> is a newly divorced Indian-American mother of a teenager. She decided to\u00a0 give her and her son Ishaan a fresh start by moving from Chicago to Houston. Even though her sister, Seema, also lives in Houston, Jia and Ishaan aren\u2019t having an easy time adapting to their new life. When Hurricane Harvey strikes the area, Jia and Ishaan accept shelter with her sister and her extended family to ride out the storm. Jia is hiding a secret from Seema, but she isn\u2019t the only one with something to hide. Now in addition to navigating family tensions, it seems there is a murderer in the house and everyone else is now in danger.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Night of the Storm<\/strong> includes a murder mystery, but I would classify most of the book as a domestic drama as opposed to a mystery or a thriller. Things would already be complicated between the characters, but everyone staying together worrying about the storm makes things even more tense. I didn\u2019t really warm to Jia or most of the other characters. You weren\u2019t supposed to like some of the characters, but there were only one or two out of all of the characters that I was rooting for. Jia overreacts to almost everything, so it\u2019s hard to tell the red flags from the red herrings when Jia tries to figure out who the killer is.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I enjoyed learning about the Indian-American customs that are mentioned throughout the story. I appreciated Jia\u2019s insights about one of the characters who isn\u2019t Indian trying to fit in with her husband\u2019s Indian family, reminding her of how she felt as a U.S. immigrant. However, sometimes Jia had too many observations and asides that slowed the pace of the book. I am glad the suspense picks up as the storm continues. I like the dramatic showdown near the end of the story as well as the book\u2019s shocking ending which helped raise my rating of the book.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Christine<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_ofm2302 customBorderRad repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/49lda1w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3umrNmv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-night-of-the-storm-nishita-parekh\/1143364141?ean=9780593473382\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/the-night-of-the-storm-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Kobo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Nishita_Parekh_The_Night_of_the_Storm?id=8NO5EAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hurricane Harvey is about to hit Houston. 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src=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/the-night-of-the-storm-nishita-parekh.jpg\" title=\"the-night-of-the-storm-nishita-parekh\" alt=\"the-night-of-the-storm-nishita-parekh\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/the-night-of-the-storm-nishita-parekh.jpg?w=993&amp;ssl=1 993w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/the-night-of-the-storm-nishita-parekh.jpg?resize=199%2C300&amp;ssl=1 199w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/the-night-of-the-storm-nishita-parekh.jpg?resize=678%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 678w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/the-night-of-the-storm-nishita-parekh.jpg?resize=768%2C1160&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/the-night-of-the-storm-nishita-parekh.jpg?resize=400%2C604&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hurricane Harvey is about to hit Houston. Meanwhile, single mom Jia Shah is already having a rough week: her twelve-year-old son, Ishaan, has just been suspended from school for getting in a fight. Still reeling from the fallout of her divorce\u2014their move to Houston, her family\u2019s disapproval, the struggle to make ends meet on her own\u2014now Jia is worried about Ishaan\u2019s future, too. Will her solo parenting be enough? Doesn\u2019t a boy need a father?<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And now their apartment complex is under a mandatory evacuation order. Jia\u2019s sister, Seema, has invited them to hunker down in her fancy house in Sugar Land, and despite Jia\u2019s misgivings\u2014Seema\u2019s husband, Vipul, has been just a little too friendly with her lately\u2014Jia concedes it\u2019s probably the best place to keep Ishaan safe during the hurricane. With Jia\u2019s philandering ex scrutinizing her every move, all too eager to snatch back custody of Ishaan, she can\u2019t afford to make a mistake.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When Vipul\u2019s brother and his wife show up on Seema\u2019s doorstep, too, it\u2019s a recipe for disaster. Grandma, the family matriarch, has never been shy about playing favorites among her sons and their wives. As the storm escalates, tensions rise quickly, and soon someone\u2019s dead. Was it a horrible accident or is there a murderer in their midst?<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With no help available until the floodwaters recede in the morning, Jia must protect her son and identify the culprit before she goes down for a crime she didn\u2019t commit\u2014or becomes the next victim. . . .<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/3_5-hearts-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"44\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Jan 16, 2023<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong> Dutton<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $14.99<\/p><hr \/><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Jia Shah<\/strong> is a newly divorced Indian-American mother of a teenager. She decided to\u00a0 give her and her son Ishaan a fresh start by moving from Chicago to Houston. Even though her sister, Seema, also lives in Houston, Jia and Ishaan aren\u2019t having an easy time adapting to their new life. When Hurricane Harvey strikes the area, Jia and Ishaan accept shelter with her sister and her extended family to ride out the storm. Jia is hiding a secret from Seema, but she isn\u2019t the only one with something to hide. Now in addition to navigating family tensions, it seems there is a murderer in the house and everyone else is now in danger.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Night of the Storm<\/strong> includes a murder mystery, but I would classify most of the book as a domestic drama as opposed to a mystery or a thriller. Things would already be complicated between the characters, but everyone staying together worrying about the storm makes things even more tense. I didn\u2019t really warm to Jia or most of the other characters. You weren\u2019t supposed to like some of the characters, but there were only one or two out of all of the characters that I was rooting for. Jia overreacts to almost everything, so it\u2019s hard to tell the red flags from the red herrings when Jia tries to figure out who the killer is.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I enjoyed learning about the Indian-American customs that are mentioned throughout the story. I appreciated Jia\u2019s insights about one of the characters who isn\u2019t Indian trying to fit in with her husband\u2019s Indian family, reminding her of how she felt as a U.S. immigrant. However, sometimes Jia had too many observations and asides that slowed the pace of the book. I am glad the suspense picks up as the storm continues. I like the dramatic showdown near the end of the story as well as the book\u2019s shocking ending which helped raise my rating of the book.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Christine<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/49lda1w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3umrNmv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/the-night-of-the-storm-nishita-parekh\/1143364141?ean=9780593473382\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/the-night-of-the-storm-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Nishita_Parekh_The_Night_of_the_Storm?id=8NO5EAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30963"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30971,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30963\/revisions\/30971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}