I received an eARC of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

The story starts slowly--it took me about a quarter of the book to really get into it--but once Parini Shroff establishes the intricate web between her cast of characters, it's hard to stop reading it. While establishing cultural elements of India as well as hard truths about the caste system and the status of women there, Shroff crafts a sharp novel filled with dark humor and a few murders. I loved seeing Geeta form relationships with the women in her village to create a group of "widow-makers" who, um, remove the problems from their marriages. This culminates into a hilarious, madcap, violent climax that ends up being deeply satisfying.