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ALT Book cover of BETTER CATCH UP, KRISHNA KUMAR by Anahita Karthik. Features main character Krishna Kumar and her love interest Rudra Desai perched on a blue car, backdropped by the sunset view of Apollo Bandar, Colaba, Mumbai. Krishna wears a black bindi, pink kurta, and jhumkas with yellow churidar pyjamas, while Rudra is wearing a dark green hoodie, blue T-shirt, and black jeans. Rudra is looking at Krishna fondly while Krishna smiles at us, the viewer. The book comes out with HarperTeen on 27th January 2026, and is available for preorder now via the link in the post above.

ALT Krishna Kumar got into her dream college . . . and she’s sure she’ll be the only freshman there who’s never been kissed. She spent the summer in India flirting with her gorgeous neighbor Amrit, but she’s going home with nothing to show for it. Then 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.