Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating

About This Audiobook

Hani and Ishu’s fake-dating scheme is the messy, heartfelt chaos every queer teen deserves. Hani, the school’s golden girl, panics when her friends dismiss her bisexuality as a phase—so she invents a relationship with the most hated girl in school, Ishu, to prove she’s taken seriously. But their “arrangement” spirals faster than a TikTok trend gone wrong, blurring lines between performance and real feeling. Jaigirdar crafts a story that’s equal parts rom-com and cultural deep-dive, where every cringe-worthy moment lands like a truth bomb about queer identity and class divides. The banter is razor-sharp, the stakes feel urgent, and the slow-burn payoff is worth every awkward pause. This isn’t just a fake-dating trope—it’s a blueprint for how to love yourself when the world won’t let you be yourself. Narrated by Reena Dutt and Shubhangi Karmakar, the audiobook splits duties between Hani and Ishu’s perspectives with theatrical precision. Dutt’s Hani is all effortless charm and barely contained chaos, her vocal inflections mirroring the character’s desperate need to be seen. Karmakar’s Ishu is all icy sarcasm and brittle edges, her delivery sharpening every sarcastic jab until it cuts deep. The chemistry between them crackles like a live wire, making their emotional U-turns land with gut-punch authenticity. Production is crisp, with subtle ambient cues (like the hum of a Dublin café or the echo of a school hallway) that ground the story without ever overpowering the dialogue.